40th Japan Academy Film Prize explained

Number:	40
Award:	Japan Academy Film Prize
Date:	March 3, 2017
Site:	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Host:	Toshiyuki Nishida Sakura Ando
Best Picture:	Shin Godzilla
Most Wins:	Shin Godzilla (7)
Most Nominations:	Shin Godzilla (11)
Last:	39th
Next:	41st

The is the 40th edition of the Japan Academy Film Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking. It awarded the best films of 2016 and took place on March 3, 2017 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.^{[1] [2]}

Winners and nominees

Picture of the Year	Animation of the Year
Shin Godzilla Rage What a Wonderful Family! Her Love Boils Bathwater	In This Corner of the World Your Name A Silent Voice Rudolf the Black Cat
Director of the Year	Screenplay of the Year
Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi – Shin Godzilla Makoto Shinkai – Your Name Takahisa Zeze – Ryota Nakano – Her Love Boils Bathwater Lee Sang-il – Rage	Makoto Shinkai – Your Name Ryota Nakano  – Her Love Boils Bathwater Shinichi Hisamatsu and Takahisa Zeze – Yoji Yamada and Emiko Hiramatsu – What a Wonderful Family! Lee Sang-il – Rage
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Kōichi Satō – Gō Ayano – Twisted Justice Junichi Okada – Hiroki Hasegawa – Shin Godzilla Kenichi Matsuyama –	Rie Miyazawa – Her Love Boils Bathwater Shinobu Otake – Black Widow Business Haru Kuroki  – A Bride for Rip Van Winkle Suzu Hirose – Aoi Miyazaki – Rage
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Satoshi Tsumabuki  – Rage Takehara Pistol – The Long Excuse Masahiro Higashide – Mirai Moriyama – Rage Lily Franky – Scoop!	Hana Sugisaki – Her Love Boils Bathwater Satomi Ishihara – Shin Godzilla Mikako Ichikawa  – Shin Godzilla Suzu Hirose – Rage Aoi Miyazaki – Birthday Card
Outstanding Achievement in Music	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Radwimps – Your Name Kotringo – In This Corner of the World Shirou Sagisu – Shin Godzilla Naoki Sato – Takatsugu Muramatsu –	Kousuke Yamada – Shin Godzilla Norimichi Kasamatsu – Rage Kōichi Saitō – Kozo Shibasaki – Masashi Chikamori – The Magnificent Nine
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Takayuki Kawabe – Shin Godzilla Yuuki Nakamura – Rage Akinaga Tomiyama – Nariyuki Ueda – Koichi Watanabe – What a Wonderful Family!	Yuji Hayashida and Eri Sakushima – Shin Godzilla Toshihiro Isomi – Tomoko Kurata – What a Wonderful Family! Yuji Tsuzuki and Fumiko Sakahara – Rage Takayuki Nitta – The Magnificent Nine
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording	Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
Jun Nakamura and Haru Yamada – Shin Godzilla Kazumi Kishida – What a Wonderful Family! Mitsugu Shiratori – Rage Shinya Takada – Kenichi Fujimoto –	Hideaki Anno and Atsuki Sato – Shin Godzilla Iwao Ishii – What a Wonderful Family! Tsuyoshi Imai – Rage Ryo Hayano – Ryuji Miyajima –
Outstanding Foreign Language Film	Newcomer of the Year
Sully The Martian Zootopia The Revenant	Given to multiple actors: Hana Sugisaki – Her Love Boils Bathwater Mitsuki Takahata  – Evergreen Love Kanna Hashimoto – Takanori Iwata – Evergreen Love Kentaro Sakaguchi – & Takara Sakumoto – Rage Yudai Chiba – The Magnificent Nine Mackenyu Maeda – and

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 日本アカデミー賞公式サイト. Japan Academy Prize (film award).
2. Web site: 【第40回日本アカデミー賞】「シン・ゴジラ」が作品賞含む7冠！. eiga.com.