'Godzilla Minus One' wins big at the 47th Japan Academy Film Awards

The 47th Japan Academy Film Awards ceremony took place in Tokyo on March 8 (local time). Director Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One , which previously led the season with 12 nominations (followed by Monster and Mom, Is That You?! with 11 nominations each), won an overwhelming 8 awards.

The movie Godzilla Minus One is continuously named in awards, following in the footsteps of its predecessor Shin Godzilla.

The film won Best Picture, Best Screenplay (for Takashi Yamazaki), Best Supporting Actress (for Sakura Ando), Best Cinematography (for Kōzō Shibasaki), Best Art Direction (for Anri Jōjō), Best Lighting Direction (for Nariyuki Ueda), Best Sound Recording (for Hisafumi Takeuchi), and Best Film Editing (for Ryūji Miyajima).

This is the second time a Godzilla movie has won big at the Japan Academy Film Awards. In 2017, Shin Godzilla (directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi) received a total of 11 nominations and won 7 awards, including Best Picture.

Actress Sakura Ando won two important acting awards this season: she was named Best Supporting Actress in Godzilla Minus One and Best Actress in Monster (director: Hirokazu Kore-eda).

The movie Monster won only 3 awards this season, actress Sakura Ando won 2 acting awards in a row this year.

In addition to the acting award for Sakura Ando, ​​there were two Newcomer of the Year awards given to two young actors, Sōya Kurokawa and Hinata Hiiragi, in the film Monster.

The film Perfect Days won two important awards: Best Director (for German filmmaker Wim Wenders) and Best Actor (for Koji Yakusho).

Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron , it's no surprise that it won Best Animated Feature at the awards season.

Godzilla Minus One is a monster-war film about the losses and sufferings of the Japanese people after World War II. When Japan was in trouble, the monster Godzilla rose from the deep sea and destroyed the country. The film was not only a hit in its home market with a revenue of 39 million USD but also a big hit in the North American market with a revenue of 56 million USD.

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