44th Japan Academy Film Prize

The 44th Japan Academy Film Prize (第44回日本アカデミー賞) is the 44th edition of the Japan Academy Film Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking.^[1][2]

44th Japan Academy Film Prize
Date	March 19, 2021
Site	Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by	Shinichi Hatori Shim Eun-kyung
Highlights
Most awards	Fukushima 50 (6)
Most nominations	Fukushima 50 (12)
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Nominees

Awards

Picture of the Year	Animation of the Year
Midnight Swan The Asadas Tora-san, Wish You Were Here The Voice of Sin Fukushima 50	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Violet Evergarden: The Movie Poupelle of Chimney Town Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Stand by Me Doraemon 2
Director of the Year	Screenplay of the Year
Setsurō Wakamatsu – Fukushima 50 Eiji Uchida – Midnight Swan Naomi Kawase – True Mothers Nobuhiro Doi – The Voice of Sin Ryōta Nakano – The Asadas	Akiko Nogi – The Voice of Sin Eiji Uchida – Midnight Swan Ryōta Nakano and Tomoe Kanno – The Asadas Yōichi Maekawa – Fukushima 50 Yoji Yamada – Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi – Midnight Swan Shun Oguri – The Voice of Sin Kōichi Satō – Fukushima 50 Masaki Suda – Threads: Our Tapestry of Love Kazunari Ninomiya – The Asadas	Masami Nagasawa – Mother Nana Komatsu – Threads: Our Tapestry of Love Hiromi Nagasaku – True Mothers Masami Nagasawa – The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess Chieko Baisho – Tora-san, Wish You Were Here Suzu Hirose – Not Quite Dead Yet
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Ken Watanabe – Fukushima 50 Shōhei Uno – The Voice of Sin Satoshi Tsumabuki – The Asadas Ryo Narita – The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese Gen Hoshino – The Voice of Sin	Haru Kuroki – The Asadas Noriko Eguchi – Stigmatized Properties Kumiko Goto – Tora-san, Wish You Were Here Kaori Momoi – I Never Shot Anyone Narumi Yasuda – Fukushima 50
Outstanding Foreign Language Film	Newcomer of the Year
Parasite Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Ford v Ferrari 1917 Tenet	Misaki Hattori – Midnight Swan Aju Makita – True Mothers Nana Mori – Last Letter Kenshi Okada – Hope, The Legacy of Dr. Death: Black File and All About March Daiken Okudaira – Mother Ren Nagase – Yowamushi Pedal: Up the Road
Outstanding Score
Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train Taro Iwashiro – Fukushima 50 Seiji Kameda –Yarn Naoki Sato – The Voice of Sin Junnosuke Yamamoto – Tora-san, Wish You Were Here