The 44th Japan Academy Awards Ceremony was held in Tokyo on the 19th, and Masami Nagasawa (33) won her first Best Actress award for “MOTHER Mother” (Director Tatsushi Omori). Last year, the 20th anniversary of her debut, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award for the second time, but received all “Three Awards” from individual awards, including the New Actor Award. “I felt like I couldn’t make a movie without the support of many people. I want to work hard to make a movie in good faith.”

“Midnight Swan” (directed by Eiji Uchida) won the award for best play, and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (46), who appeared in the same play, won the award for best actor for the first time. Additionally, “Fukushima 50” won the most 6 crowns, including the Best Director Award for Setsuro Wakamatsu (71) and the Best Supporting Actor Award for Ken Watanabe (61).

Also, as of January, the box office revenue was 36.55 billion yen, and the anime film “Theatrical Version Devil’s Blade Infinite Train Edition” (directed by Haruo Sotozaki), which set the highest box office record in Japan, it was the best animation. Work and Theme Award He received three crowns in the category of awarded work and the Best Music Award.

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▽ Top prizes of the 44th Academy Award of Japan

Best Film Award “Midnight Swan” directed by Eiji Uchida

Best Director Award Setsuro Wakamatsu “Fukushima 50”

Best Actor Award Tsuyoshi Kusanagi “Midnight Swan”

Best Actress Award Masami Nagasawa “MOTHER Mother”

Best Supporting Actor Award Ken Watanabe “Fukushima 50”

Haru Kuroki Best Supporting Actress Award “Asada Family!”

Award for the best animation work, category of work of the award by theme, award for the best music “Devil’s Blade Infinite Train Edition Theater Version” directed by Haruo Sotozaki

* Nagi from Kusanagi is a bow hen with a sword under the old character in front of her.