The Japan Academy Prize (日本アカデミー賞, Nippon Akademī-shō), often called the Japan Academy Awards or the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Nippon Academy-shō Association for excellence in Japanese film. Award categories are similar to the American Academy Awards.
The award statue itself measures 10.7 cm × 4.4 cm × 4.4 cm.[1]
Awards
Picture of the year
Director of the year
Screenplay of the year
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a leading role
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a leading role
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting role
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting role