40th Japan Academy Film Prize


The 40th Japan Academy Film Prize 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.

Winners and nominees

Picture of the YearAnimation 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 YearScreenplay 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 RoleOutstanding 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 RoleOutstanding 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 MusicOutstanding Achievement in Cinematography
  • Radwimps – Your Name
  • * Kotringo – In This Corner of the World
  • * Shirou Sagisu – Shin Godzilla
  • * Naoki Sato – '
  • * Muramatsu Takatsugu – '
  • Kousuke Yamada – Shin Godzilla
  • * Norimichi Kasamatsu – Rage
  • * Kōichi Saitō – '
  • * Kozo Shibasaki – '
  • * Masashi Chikamori – The Magnificent Nine
    • Outstanding Achievement in Lighting DirectionOutstanding 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 RecordingOutstanding 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 FilmNewcomer 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