SHIN-GOJIRA Takes SEVEN Japan Academy Awards, Including Best Picture! See The Full List Here!

UPDATED at 2:51pm with IMAGES of the historic wins from Natalie.mu

Hollywood Reporter shared the wonderful news early Friday morning as TOHO’s modern Godzilla masterpiece, SHIN-GOJIRA, swept the 40th annual Japan Academy Prize Awards.

SHIN took a staggering SEVEN awards home, including BEST PICTURE. The film’s acclaimed directors, Hideaki Anno and longtime Toho/Godzilla veteran Shinji Higuchi, were awarded the coveted BEST DIRECTOR prize together. HR’s report brings much welcomed mainstream recognition to the film’s top two awards. The film, however, took home seven awards in total! We’ve gathered the full sourced list for you here, thanks to The Japan Academy Prize Awards’ official site. SHIN-GOJIRA took home the following awards:

news_header_01dx1883 — The winners stand with their coveted Academy Prizes, courtesy of Natalie.mu.

The full nominations and winners list is below, which also highlights all other categories SHIN was nominated in, including “Best Actor”, “Supporting Actress” twice over, and “Film Score”.

40th Japan Academy Prize Awards:

Picture of the Year	Animation of the Year
Shin Godzilla Rage What a Wonderful Family! Her Love Boils Bathwater 64: Part I	In This Corner of the World Your Name A Silent Voice Rudolf the Black Cat One Piece Film: Gold
Director of the Year	Screenplay of the Year
Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi – Shin Godzilla Makoto Shinkai – Your Name Takahisa Zeze – 64: Part I 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 – 64: Part I Yoji Yamada and Emiko Hiramatsu – What a Wonderful Family! Lee Sang-il – Rage
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Kōichi Satō – 64: Part I Gō Ayano – Twisted Justice Junichi Okada – A Man Called Pirate Hiroki Hasegawa – Shin Godzilla Kenichi Matsuyama – Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow	Rie Miyazawa – Her Love Boils Bathwater Shinobu Otake – Black Widow Business Haru Kuroki – The Bride of Rip Van Winkle Suzu Hirose – Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku Aoi Miyazaki – Rage
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Satoshi Tsumabuki – Rage Takehara Pistol – The Long Excuse Masahiro Higashide – Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow 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 Music	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Radwimps – Your Name Kotringo – In This Corner of the World Shirou Sagisu – Shin Godzilla Naoki Sato – A Man Called Pirate Muramatsu Takatsugu – 64: Part I	Kousuke Yamada – Shin Godzilla Norimichi Kasamatsu – Rage Kōichi Saitō – 64: Part I Kozo Shibasaki – A Man Called Pirate Masashi Chikamori – The Magnificent Nine
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Takayuki Kawabe – Shin Godzilla Yuuki Nakamura – Rage Akinaga Tomiyama – 64: Part I Nariyuki Ueda – A Man Called Pirate Koichi Watanabe – What a Wonderful Family!	Yuji Hayashida and Eri Sakushima – Shin Godzilla Toshihiro Isomi – 64: Part I Tomoko Kurata – What a Wonderful Family! Yuji Tsuzuki and Fumiko Sakahara – Rage Takayuki Nitta – The Magnificent Nine
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording	Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing
Jun Nakamura and Haru Yamada – Shin Godzilla Kazumi Kishida – What a Wonderful Family! Mitsugu Shiratori – Rage Shinya Takada – 64: Part I Kenichi Fujimoto – A Man Called Pirate	Hideaki Anno and Atsuki Sato – Shin Godzilla Iwao Ishii – What a Wonderful Family! Tsuyoshi Imai – Rage Ryo Hayano – 64: Part I Ryuji Miyajima – A Man Called Pirate
Outstanding Foreign Language Film	Newcomer of the Year
Sully The Martian Zootopia Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Revenant	Hana Sugisaki – Her Love Boils Bathwater Mitsuki Takahata – Evergreen Love Kanna Hashimoto – Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation Takanori Iwata – Evergreen Love Kentarō Sakaguchi – 64: Part I & 64: Part II Takara Sakumoto – Rage Yudai Chiba – The Magnificent Nine Mackenyu Maeda – Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku and Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku

Reference: Jump up^ “日本アカデミー賞公式サイト”. Japan Academy Prize.

news_xlarge_005d0043 — Shinji Higuchi hands over the prize to SHIN. Courtesy of Natalie.mu.

Congratulations again to TOHO and the film’s creative team. We are thrilled to see such a true resurgence for our beloved GOJIRA!

Jon D. B.

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