2019 Japon Akademi Ödülleri’nde adaylar açıklandı. Hirokazu Kore-eda'nın Altın Palmiye ödüllü son filmi "Shoplifters" 13 dalda adaylık elde ederek zirveye çıktı. "Blood of Wolves" 12 adaylıkla onu takip ederken, gerçek bir hikayeden uyarlanan "Recall" ise dokuz adaylıkla onurlandırıldı. 42. Japon Akademi Ödülleri, 1 Mart’ta Tokyo’da düzenlenecek ödül töreniyle sahiplerini bulacak. İşte adayların tamamı:
En İyi Film
One Cut of the Dead
Sakura Guardian in the North
The Blood of Wolves
Recall
Shoplifters
En İyi Animasyon
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Penguin Highway
Mirai
Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer
Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei!
En İyi Yönetmen
Shinichiro Ueda – One Cut of the Dead
Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters
Kazuya Shiraishi – The Blood of Wolves
Yōjirō Takita – Sakura Guardian in the North
Katsuhide Motoki – Recall
En İyi Senaryo
Jun'ya Ikegami – The Blood of Wolves
Shinichiro Ueda – One Cut of the Dead
Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters
Machiko Nasu – Sakura Guardian in the North
Tamio Hayashi – Recall
En İyi Erkek Oyuncu
Junichi Okada – Samurai's Promise
Hiroshi Tachi – Life in Overtime
Takayuki Hamatsu – One Cut of the Dead
Kōji Yakusho – The Blood of Wolves
Lily Franky – Shoplifters
En İyi Kadın Oyuncu
Sakura Ando – Shoplifters
Haru Kuroki – Every Day a Good Day
Ryoko Shinohara – The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps
Mayu Matsuoka – Tremble All You Want
Sayuri Yoshinaga – Sakura Guardian in the North
En İyi Yardımcı Erkek Oyuncu
Ittoku Kishibe – Sakura Guardian in the North
Dean Fujioka – Recall
Hidetoshi Nishijima – Samurai's Promise
Kazunari Ninomiya – Killing for the Prosecution
Tori Matsuzaka – The Blood of Wolves
En İyi Yardımcı Kadın Oyuncu
Kirin Kiki – Every Day a Good Day
Kirin Kiki – Shoplifters
Ryoko Shinohara – Sakura Guardian in the North
Kyoko Fukada – Recall
Yōko Maki – The Blood of Wolves
Mayu Matsuoka – Shoplifters
En İyi Film Müziği
Kei Ogura, Katsu Hoshi ve Shōgo Kaida – Sakura Guardian in the North
Takashi Kako – Samurai's Promise
Nobuhiro Suzuki, Shōma Itō ve Kyle Nagai – One Cut of the Dead
Haruomi Hosono – Shoplifters
Gorō Yasukawa – The Blood of Wolves
Gorō Yasukawa – Recall
En İyi Sinematografi
Daisaku Kimura – Samurai's Promise
Ryūto Kondō – Shoplifters
Takeshi Sone – One Cut of the Dead
Takahiro Haibara – The Blood of Wolves
Takeshi Hamada – Sakura Guardian in the North
En İyi Işık Yönetimi
Kenjirō Sō – Samurai's Promise
Isamu Fujii – Shoplifters
Minoru Kawai – The Blood of Wolves
Hitoshi Takaya – Sakura Guardian in the North
En İyi Sanat Yönetimi
Tsutomu Imamura – The Blood of Wolves
Takashi Nishimura – Recall
Mitsuo Harada – Samurai's Promise
Kyōko Heya – Sakura Guardian in the North
Keiko Mitsumatsu – Shoplifters
En İyi Ses
Kazuharu Urata – The Blood of Wolves
Osamu Onodera – Sakura Guardian in the North
Kazuhiro Kurihara – Recall
Kōkichi Komoda – One Cut of the Dead
Kazuhiko Tomita – Shoplifters
En İyi Kurgu
Shinichiro Ueda – One Cut of the Dead
Hitomi Katō – The Blood of Wolves
Isao Kawase – Recall
Hirokazu Kore-eda – Shoplifters
Hidemi Li – Sakura Guardian in the North
En İyi Yabancı Film
The Greatest Showman
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Bohemian Rhapsody
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
En İyi Çıkış Yapan Oyuncu
Moka Kamishiraishi – A Forest of Wool and Steel
Shuri – Love At Least
Yurina Hirate – Hibiki
Kyoko Yoshine – Kasane and Samurai's Promise
Kentarō Itō – Cafe Funiculi Funicula
Taishi Nakagawa – Kids on the Slope and Lock-On Love
Ryo Narita – Stolen Identity and The Antique
Ryo Yoshizawa – River's Edge