The is the 48th edition of the Japan Academy Film Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking. It took place at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Tokyo on March 14, 2025, with free announcer Shinichi Hatori and actress Sakura Ando hosting the show.
The nominations were announced on January 21, 2025.
Winners and nominees Awards Best Film Best Animation FilmA Samurai in Time Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General Faceless All the Long Nights Last MileLook Back Give It All Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram Best Director Best ScreenplayMichihito Fujii – Faceless Shinsuke Sato – Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General Ayuko Tsukahara – Last Mile Sho Miyake – All the Long Nights Jun'ichi Yasuda – A Samurai in TimeAkiko Nogi – Last Mile Yu Irie – A Girl Named Ann Satomi Oshima – 90 Years Old – So What? Kazuhisa Kodera and Michihito Fujii – Faceless Akiko Nogi – Let's Go Karaoke! Jun'ichi Yasuda – A Samurai in Time Best Actor Best ActressRyusei Yokohama – Faceless Go Ayano – Let's Go Karaoke! Tsuyoshi Kusanagi – Bushido Makiya Yamaguchi – A Samurai in Time Kento Yamazaki – Kingdom 4: Return of the Great GeneralYuumi Kawai – A Girl Named Ann Satomi Ishihara – Missing Mone Kamishiraishi – All the Long Nights Mitsuko Kusabue – 90 Years Old – So What? Hikari Mitsushima – Last Mile Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting ActressTakao Osawa – Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General Seiyō Uchino – Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality Masaki Okada – Last Mile Jiro Sato – A Girl Named Ann Takayuki Yamada – FacelessRiho Yoshioka – Faceless Mana Ashida – Cells at Work! Kaya Kiyohara – Bushido Tao Tsuchiya – Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality Anna Yamada – Faceless Best Music Best CinematographyHiroko Sebu – Let's Go Karaoke! Takashi Ohmama – Faceless Masahiro Tokuda – Last Mile Yutaka Yamada – Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General Face 2 fAKE – Cells at Work!Akira Sako – Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General Tomoyuki Kawakami – Faceless Takeshi Seki – Last Mile Daisuke Soma – Golden Kamuy Jun'ichi Yasuda – A Samurai in Time Best Lighting Direction Best Art DirectionHiroyuki Kase – Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General Koshiro Ueno – Faceless Kazuyuki Kawasato – Last Mile Kota Sato – Golden Kamuy Kin'ya Doi, Hiroshi Hano and Jun'ichi Yasuda – A Samurai in TimeMasumi Miura – Cells at Work! Toshihiro Isomi and Emiko Tsuyuki – Golden Kamuy Masazumi Okihara – 11 Rebels Hidetaka Ozawa – Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General Shintaro Matsumoto – Faceless Best Sound Recording Best Film EditingKazushiko Yokono – Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General Tomoharu Urata – 11 Rebels Takashi Kanasugi – Cells at Work! Hiroyuki Saijo – Last Mile Toru Yonezawa and Yosuke Hamada – FacelessJun'ichi Yasuda – A Samurai in Time Hiroaki Itabe – Last Mile Tsuyoshi Imai – Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General Tatsuma Furukawa – Faceless Hiroshi Matsuo – Cells at Work! Best Foreign Language Film Newcomer of the YearOppenheimer Poor Things The Zone of Interest Civil War Laapataa LadiesAsuka Saitō – Oshi no Ko: The Final Act Nagisa Shibuya – Sana: Let Me Hear Anna Yamada – Faceless and Golden Kamuy Eiji Akaso – What If Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa Was to Become the Prime Minister and 6 Lying University Students Rihito Itagaki – Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality, Cells at Work! and The Yin Yang Master Zero Keitatsu Koshiyama – My Sunshine Jun Saito – Let's Go Karaoke! Shintaro Morimoto – Faceless Special Award of Honour from the Association Award for Distinguished Service from the Chairman Toshiyuki Nishida Sō Kuramoto Daisaku Kimura Kōtarō Satomi Misako Watanabe Special Award from the Association Special Award from the Chairman Hiroshi Ichimaru Tsutomu Kawahigashi Tatsuo Momose Kensei Mori Noriko Ohara Nobuyo Ōyama
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