49th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 49th Japan Academy Film Prize (第49回日本アカデミー賞) is the 49th edition of the Japan Academy Film Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking.

49th Japan Academy Film Prize
Date	March 13, 2026
Site	Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by	Shinichi Hatori Yuumi Kawai
Highlights
Most awards	Kokuho (10)
Most nominations	Kokuho (17)

The nominations were announced on January 19, 2026.

Winners and nominees

Awards

Best Film	Best Animation Film
Kokuho Hero's Island Suzuki=Bakudan 1st Kiss Tokyo Taxi	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc 100 Meters Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Lee Sang-il – Kokuho Eiji Uchida – Night Flower Keishi Ōtomo – Hero's Island Ayuko Tsukahara – 1st Kiss Akira Nagai – Suzuki=Bakudan	Satoko Okudera – Kokuho Eiji Uchida – Night Flower Kaho Fukuda – 366 Days Masahiro Yamaura and Hiroyuki Yatsu – Suzuki=Bakudan Yoji Yamada and Yuzo Asahara – Tokyo Taxi
Best Actor	Best Actress
Ryo Yoshizawa – Kokuho Satoshi Tsumabuki – Hero's Island Kyōzō Nagatsuka – Teki Cometh Hokuto Matsumura – 5 Centimeters per Second Yuki Yamada – Suzuki=Bakudan	Chieko Baisho – Tokyo Taxi Keiko Kitagawa – Night Flower Masami Nagasawa – Dollhouse Suzu Hirose – A Pale View of Hills Takako Matsu – 1st Kiss
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jiro Sato – Suzuki=Bakudan Min Tanaka – Kokuho Hokuto Matsumura – 1st Kiss Ryusei Yokohama – Kokuho Ken Watanabe – Kokuho	Misato Morita – Night Flower Yū Aoi – Tokyo Taxi Mitsuki Takahata – Kokuho Shinobu Terajima – Kokuho Nana Mori – Kokuho
Best Music	Best Cinematography
Marihiko Hara – Kokuho Taisei Iwasaki – Tokyo Taxi Naoki Satō – Hero's Island Moe Hyuga – 366 Days Yaffle – Suzuki=Bakudan	Sofian El Fani – Kokuho Keisuke Imamura – 5 Centimeters per Second Tetsuya Kondo – Suzuki=Bakudan Daisuke Soma – Hero's Island Masashi Chikamori – Tokyo Taxi
Best Lighting Direction	Best Art Direction
Yuki Nakamura – Kokuho Koshiro Ueno – 5 Centimeters per Second Satoshi Mizoguchi – Suzuki=Bakudan Hidenori Nagata – Hero's Island Masato Tsuchiyama – Tokyo Taxi	Yohei Taneda and Nao Shimoyama – Kokuho Ryo Sugimoto and Takuya Okada – Suzuki=Bakudan Takashi Nishimura – Tokyo Taxi Hidefumi Hanatani – Hero's Island Hiroto Matsuzaki – Muromachi Outsiders
Best Sound Recording	Best Film Editing
Mitsugu Shiratori – Kokuho Hiroshi Ishigai – Suzuki=Bakudan Masaharu Tanabe – 366 Days Shota Nagamura – Tokyo Taxi Fusao Yuwaki – Hero's Island	Tsuyoshi Imai – Kokuho Hiroshi Sugimoto – Tokyo Taxi Sakura Seya – Exit 8 Mitsuo Nishio – 1st Kiss Suguru Ninomiya – Suzuki=Bakudan
Best Foreign Language Film	Newcomer of the Year
Conclave Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning One Battle After Another F1	Yamato Kochi – Exit 8 Noa Shiroyama – 5 Centimeters per Second Runa Nakashima – Tokyo Taxi Ryota Bando – Suzuki=Bakudan Takaya Matsutani – One Last Throw Ai Mikami – Kokuho Misato Morita – Night Flower
Special Award of Honour from the Association	Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman
Kumiko Ogawa Kazuko Kurosawa Jiro Shindo Tadamitsu Nishida	Mayumi Ogawa Yoshiko Sakuma Gisaburō Sugii Yozo Tanaka Seiji Mori
In Memoriam	Special Award from the Chairman
Shoji Ueda Masahiro Shinoda Kazuko Yoshiyuki Kazuo Ikehiro	Ayumi Ishida Tatsuya Nakadai Masato Harada Nobuyoshi Otani

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)