Nominees of the 59th Blue Ribbon Awards (2016)

The winners of the 59th Blue Ribbon Awards will be announced in the middle of January and the prize-giving ceremony will be held at Iino Hall on 8 February.

Here is the list of nominees for the categories:

Best Japanese Movie
I Am Hero
Ikari
Umi yori mo mada fukaku
Kaizoku to yobareta otoko
Kaze ni nureta onna
Kazoku wa tsurai yo
Katsuragi Jiken
Kimi no na wa
Gosaigyou no Onna
Kono sekai no katasumi ni
Satoshi no Seishun
Gymnopedies ni midareru
Shin Godzilla
SCOOP!
Danchi
Chihayafuru
Dono, Risoku de gozaru!
Nagai Iiwake
Nihon de Ichiban Warui Yatsura
Fuchi ni tatsu
Yu wo wakasu hodo no atsui ai
Rip van Winkle no Hanayome
64 - Rokuyon -

Best Leading Actor
Ayano Go (Nihon de Ichiban Warui Yatsura)
Sato Koichi (64 - Rokuyon -)
Matsuyama Kenichi (Chinyuuki /  Satoshi no Seishun)
Miura Tomokazu (Katsuragi Jiken)
Motoki Masahiro (Nagai Iiwake)

Best Leading Actress
Ootake Shinobu (Gosaigyou no Onna)
Kuroki Haru (Rip van Winkle no Hanayome)
Hirose Suzu (Chihayafuru)
Fujiyama Naomi (Danchi)
Miyazawa Rie (Yu wo wakasu hodo no atsui ni)

Best Supporting Actor
Ayano Go (Rip va Winkle no Hanayome / 64 - Rokuyon - / Ikari / Yamikin Ushijima-kun Part 3 / Yamikin Ushijima-kun The Finale)
Suda Masaki (Pink to Grey / Hoshigaoka Wonderland / Ansatsu Kyoushitsu ~ Sotsugyohen ~ / Nanimono / Oboreru Knife / Distraction Babies / Nijuu Seikatsu / Death Note Light up the NEW world)
Tsumabuki Satoshi (Ikari / Museum / Kazoku wa tsurai yo / Dono, Risoku de gozaru!)
Nagase Masatoshi (64 - Rokuyon -  / Mitsu no Aware / Gosaigyou no Onna)
Lily Frankie (Onna ga nemuru toki / Umi yori mo mada fukaku / Nijuu Seikatsu / Himitsu THE TOP SECRET / SCOOP! / Otousan to Itou-san / Satoshi no Seishun)

Best Supporting Actress
Ishihara Satomi (Shin Godzilla)
Okamura Izumi (Gymnopedies ni midareru)
Ono Machiko (Everest Kamigami no Itadaki / Gosaigyou no Onna / Museum)
Sugisaki Hana (Yu wo wakasu hodo no atsui ai)
Miyazaki Aoi (Ikari / Birthday Card / Sekai kara neko ga kieta nara)

Best Director
Iwai Shunji (Rip van Winkle no Hanayome)
Katabuchi Sunao (Kono sekai no katasumi ni)
Shinkai Makoto (Kimi no na wa)
Zeze Takahisa (64 - Rokuyon -)
Nakano Ryota (Yu wo wakasu hodo no atsui ai)
Nishikawa Miwa (Nagai Iiwake)

Best Newcomer
Iwata Takanori (Shokubutsu Zukan Unmei no Koi, hiroimashita / HiGH & LOW / HiGH & LOW THE RED RAIN)
Okamura Izumi (Gymnopedies ni midareru)
Sakumoto Takara (Ikari)
Sugisaki Hana (Yu wo wakasu hodo no atsui ai)
Mackenyu (Chihayafuru / Nigakute Amai / Shoujo)
Mamiya Yuki (Kaze ni oboreru onna)

Best Foreign Movie
The Martian
Look Who's Back
Carol
Jungle Book
Suicide Squad
Zootopia
Spotlight
Deadpool
Trumbo
Truth
Sully
Fantastic Beasts and where to find them
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
The secret life of pets
The Danish Girl
Room
The Revenant
A Royal Night Out
Rogue One Star Wars Story

Source: Yomiuri Hochi