39th Japan Academy Film Prize

39th Japan Academy Prize
Date	March 4, 2016
Site	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Highlights
Most nominations	Our Little Sister (12) 125 Years Memory (10)

The 39th Japan Academy Prize (第39回日本アカデミー賞) is the 39th edition of the Japan Academy Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking. It awarded the best films of 2015 and it took place on March 4, 2016 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

Nominees

Awards

Picture of the Year	Animation of the Year
Our Little Sister 125 Years Memory The Emperor in August Living with My Mother 100 Yen Love	The Boy and the Beast The Anthem of the Heart Miss Hokusai Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' Love Live! The School Idol Movie
Director of the Year	Screenplay of the Year
Hirokazu Koreeda – Our Little Sister Hitoshi Ōne – Bakuman Masaharu Take – 100 Yen Love Mitsutoshi Tanaka – 125 Years Memory Masato Harada – The Emperor in August	Shin Adachi – 100 Yen Love Eriko Komatsu – 125 Years Memory Hirokazu Koreeda – Our Little Sister Masato Harada – The Emperor in August Yoji Yamada and Emiko Hiramatsu – Living with My Mother
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Kazunari Ninomiya – Living with My Mother Seiyō Uchino – 125 Years Memory Yo Oizumi – Kakekomi Kōichi Satō – Kishūteneki Terminal Kōji Yakusho – The Emperor in August	Sakura Ando – 100 Yen Love Haruka Ayase – Our Little Sister Kasumi Arimura – Flying Colors Kirin Kiki – Sweet Red Bean Paste Sayuri Yoshinaga – Living with My Mother
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Masahiro Motoki – The Big Bee and The Emperor in August Tadanobu Asano – Living with My Mother Hirofumi Arai – 100 Yen Love Atsushi Itō – Flying Colors Shōta Sometani – Bakuman	Haru Kuroki – Living with My Mother Kaho – Our Little Sister Masami Nagasawa – Our Little Sister Hikari Mitsushima – Kakekomi Yō Yoshida – Flying Colors
Outstanding Achievement in Music	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Sakanaction – Bakuman (Motion Music of Bakuman) Michiru Ōshima – 125 Years Memory Yoko Kanno – Our Little Sister Harumi Fūki – The Emperor in August Gorō Yasukawa – Solomon's Perjury Part 1: Suspicion	Mikiya Takimoto – Our Little Sister Takahide Shibanushi – The Emperor in August Masashi Chikamori – Living with My Mother Tetsuo Nagata – 125 Years Memory Masakazu Fujisawa – Solomon's Perjury Part 1: Suspicion
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Norikiyo Fujii – Our Little Sister Takaaki Miyanishi – The Emperor in August Kōichi Watanabe – Living with My Mother Kiyoto Andō – 125 Years Memory Masao Kanazawa – Solomon's Perjury Part 1: Suspicion	Hidefumi Hanaya – 125 Years Memory Yūji Tsuzuki – Bakuman Mitsuo Degawa – Living with My Mother Tetsuo Harada – The Emperor in August Keiko Mitsuya – Our Little Sister
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording	Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
Nobuhiko Matsukage – 125 Years Memory Kazumi Kishida – Living with My Mother Yutaka Tsurumaki – Our Little Sister Yasumasa Terui (Recording) and Masato Yano (Voicing) – The Emperor in August Shinji Watanabe – Bakuman	Yasuyuki Ōzeki – Bakuman Iwao Ishii – Living with My Mother Akimasa Kawashima – 125 Years Memory Hirokazu Koreeda – Our Little Sister Yūjin Harada – The Emperor in August
Outstanding Foreign Language Film	Newcomer of the Year
American Sniper Kingsman: The Secret Service Whiplash Mad Max: Fury Road Spectre	Kasumi Arimura – Flying Colors Tao Tsuchiya – Orange Suzu Hirose – Our Little Sister Ryōko Fujino – Solomon's Perjury Atsushi Shinohara – Three Stories of Love Yojiro Noda – Pieta in the Toilet Kento Yamazaki – Orange and Heroine Shikkaku Ryosuke Yamada – Assassination Classroom
Special Award from the Association	Special Award of Honour from the Association
Kazuo Matsuda (Costume Designer) Gal Enterprise Inc. (Trailer Production)	Tatsuya Nakadai (Actor)
Popularity Award
Bakuman (Production Category) Momoiro Clover Z – Maku ga Agaru (Actor Category)

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Complete list of awards and nominations for the 39th Japan Academy Prize (Japanese)