The 48th Japan Academy Awards ceremony, a Japanese film festival, was held in Tokyo on March 14th, and Satomi Ishihara, Mone Kamishiraishi Yuumi Kawai, Mitsuko Kusabue, and Hikari Mitsushima, who were selected for the Best Actress award, walked down the red carpet in gorgeous outfits.
Ishihara, who announced on March 7 that she is pregnant with her second child, captivated the audience in a wine-red dress. Kusabue, 91, appeared in a gorgeous white dress, escorted by Seiyo Uchino, who was selected for the Best Supporting Actor award. Kamishiraishi and Mitsushima were dressed in kimonos, while Kawai's beautiful skin glowed in a dress that brightened the venue.
The awards were established to promote the advancement of Japanese cinema arts, technology, and science, and the selection is carried out by voting by members of the Japan Academy Prize Association. This year's selection covers films released between January 1 and December 31, 2024. Shinichi Hatori and Sakura Ando will be the hosts.
◇The main Excellence Award winning works and winners are as follows. (Titles omitted)
Excellence Award: Kingdom: The Return of the General, Samurai Time Slipper, True Identity, Everything at Dawn, The Last Mile
Outstanding Animation Award: Ganbatte Ikimasshoi ▽ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom ▽ Haikyu!! The Movie: Battle at the Dump▽ Detective Conan: One million dollar guidepost ▽ Lookback
Best Director Award: Shinsuke Sato "Kingdom: The Return of the Great General" Ayuko Tsukahara "The Last Mile"Michihito Fujii"True Identity" Sho Miyake "Everything at Dawn" Junichi Yasuda "Samurai Time Slipper"
Best Actor Award: Go Ayano "Let's Karaoke!", Tsuyoshi Kusanagi "Goban Slash", Makiya Yamaguchi "Samurai Time Slipper", Kento Yamazaki: Return of the General", Ryusei Yokohama"True Identity"
Best Actress Award: Satomi Ishihara "Missing"Mone Kamishiraishi"Yuumi Kawai"About An" Mitsuko Kusabue "90 Years Old. What's So Celebrated?" Hikari Mitsushima "The Last Mile"
Outstanding Supporting Actor Award: Seiyo Uchino"Hakkenden"; Takao Osawa "Kingdom: The Return of the General"; Masaki Okada"The Last Mile"; Jiro Sato "Ankoto"; Takayuki Yamada"True Identity"
Outstanding Supporting Actress Award: Mana Ashida (Cells at Work) Kaya Kiyohara (Goban Slash) Tao Tsuchiya(The Legend of the Eight Dogs) Anna Yamada (True Identity) Riho Yoshioka(True Identity)
