Winners of the 43rd Nippon Academy Awards (2019)

Best Movie: Shinbun Kisha

Best Animation Movie: Tenki no Ko

Best Director: Takeuchi Hideki - Tonde Saitama

Best Scriptwriter: Tokunaga Yuichi - Tonde Saitama

Best Leading Actor: Matsuzaka Toori - Shinbun Kisha

Best Leading Actress: Shim Eun-kyung - Shinbun Kisha

Best Supporting Actor: Yoshizawa Ryo - Kingdom

Best Supporting Actress: Nagasawa Masami - Kingdom

Best Cinematography: Kawazu Taro - Kingdom

Best Music: RADWIMPS - Tenki no Ko

Best Art: Saito Iwao - Kingdom

Best Sound: Kureishi Yoshifumi - Mitsubachi to Enrai

Best Editing: Kawamura Shinji - Tonde Saitama

Best Foreign Movie: Joker

Newcomer Awards:
Kishii Yukino - Ai ga nanda
Kuroshima Yuina - Katsuben!
Yoshioka Riho - Mienai Mokugekisha / Parallel World Love Story
Suzuka Ouji - Mitsubachi to Enrai
Morisaki Win - Mitsubachi to Enrai
Yokohama Ryuusei - Aiuta - Yakusoku no Nakuhito / Inakunare, Gunjou / Chia Danshi!!

Hot Topic - Movie: Kessan! Chuushingura

Hot Topic - Actor: Hoshino Gen - Hikkoshi Daimyo!

Source: Natalie

Winners of the 93rd Kinema Junpo Best Ten Awards (2019)

Best Japanese Movie: Kakou no Futari

Best Foreign Movie: Joker

Best Japanese Movie - Readers' Choice: Hansekai

Best Foreign Movie - Readers' Choice: Joker

Best Director - Japanese Movie: Shiraishi Kazuya (Hitoyo / Nagimachi / Mahjong Hourouki 2020)

Best Scriptwriter: Sakamoto Junji (Hansekai)

Best Director - Foreign Movie: Todd Philips (Joker)

Best Leading Actor: Ikematsu Sousuke (Miyamoto kara kimi e)

Best Leading Actress: Takiuchi Kumi (Kakou no Futari)

Best Supporting Actor: Narita Ryo (Ai ga nanda / Sayonara kuchibiru)

Best Supporting Actress: Ikewaki Chizuru (Hansekai)

Best Male Newcomer: Suzuka Ouji (Mitsubachi to Enrai / Kessan! Chuushingura)

Best Female Newcomer: Sekimizu Nagisa (Machida-kun no sekai)

Best Director - Japanese Movie - Readers' Choice: Sakamoto Junji (Hansekai)

Best Director - Foreign Movie - Readers' Choice: Todd Philips (Joker)

Source: Natalie

Winners of the 41st Yokohama Film Festival (2019)

Best Movie: Kakou no Futari

Best Director: Ishikawa Kei (Mitsubachi to Enrai) / Imaizumi Rikiya (Ai ga nanda / Eine kleine Nachtmusik)

Best New Director: Katayama Shinzo (Misaki no Kyoudai)

Best Scriptwriter: Sakamoto Junji (Hansekai)

Best Cinematography: Shinomiya Hidetoshi (Miyamoto kara kimi e / Sayonara Kuchibiru)

Best Leading Actor: Ikematsu Sousuke (Miyamoto kara kimi e)

Best Leading Actress: Kadowaki Mugi (Sayonara Kuchibiru) / Komatsu Nana (Sayonara Kuchibiru)

Best Supporting Actor: Narita Ryo (Ai ga nanda / Sayonara Kuchibiru)

Best Supporting Actress: Ikewaki Chizuru (Hansekai)

Best Newcomer: Takiuchi Kumi (Kakou no Futari) / Suzuka Ouji (Mitsubachi to Enrai) / Sugita Rairu (Hansekai) / Yamada Anna (Chiisana koi no uta)

Best 10 Japanese Movies of 2019
1) Kakou no Futari
2) Mitsubachi to Enrai
3) Ai ga nanda
4) Miyamoto kara kimi e
5) Hansekai
6) Shinbun Kisha
7) Hitoyo
8) Misaki no Kyoudai
9) Yokogao
10) Sayonara Kuchibiru

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Winners of the 74th Mainichi Movie Awards (2019)

Grand Prix Award - Japanese Movie:  Mitsubachi to Enrai

Excellence Award - Japanese Movie: Shinbun Kisha

Best Foreign Movie: Joker

Best Leading Actor: Narita Ryo (Katsuben!)

Best Leading Actress: Shim Eun-kyung (Shinbun Kisha)

Best Supporting Actor: Yoshizawa Ken (Nagimachi)

Best Supporting Actress: Ikewaki Chizuru (Hansekai)

Sponichi Grand Prix - Male Newcomer: Suzuka Oji (Mitsubachi to Enrai)

Sponichi Grand Prix - Female Newcomer: Sekimizu Nagisa (Machida-kun no Sekai)

Tanaka Kinuyo Award: Fubuki Jun

Best Director: Ishikawa Kei (Mitsubachi to Enrai)

Best Scriptwriter: Sakamoto Junji (Hansekai)

Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle (Aru sendou no hanashi)

Best Art: Isoda Norihiro (Katsuben!)

Best Sound: Fujimoto Kenichi (Hansekai)

Best Music: RADWIMPS (Tenki no Ko)

TSUTAYA Premium Movie Fans Award - Japanese Movie: Nagimachi

TSUTAYA Premium Movie Fans Award - Foreign Movie: Joker

Source: Natalie

Winners of the 44th Hochi Movie Awards (2019)

Best Japanese Movie: Mitsubachi to Enrai

Best Foreign Movie: Joker

Best Animation Movie: Tenki no Ko

Best Leading Actor: Nakai Kiichi (Kioku ni gozaimasen!)

Best Leading Actress: Nagasawa Masami (Masquerade Hotel / Confidence Man JP)

Best Supporting Actor: Narita Ryo (Chiwawa-chan / Ai ga nanda / Sayonara Kuchibiru)

Best Supporting Actress: Komatsu Nana (Kuru / Heisa Byoutou - Sorezore no Asa -"

Best Director: Sato Shinsuke (Kingdom)

Best Newcomer: Suzuka Oji (Mitsubachi to Enrai) / Tamashiro Tina (Diner / Aku no Hana)

Special Award: Tonde Saitama

Source: Natalie

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 12th & 13th Oct 2019

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Joker (323)

2) Saikou no jinsei no mitsukekata (348)

3) Kioku ni gozaimasen! (351)

4) Sora no aosa wo shiru hito yo (318)

5) HiGH & LOW THE WORST (322)

6) Mitsubachi to Enrai (323)

7) Yesterday (106)

8) Tenki no Ko (358)

9) Kaguyasama wa kokurasetai Tensaitachi no renai zunousen (290)

10) John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (200)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 5th & 6th Oct 2019

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Joker (323)

2) Kioku ni gozaimasen! (351)

3) HiGH&LOW THE WORST (322)

4) Mitsubachi to Enrai (323)

5) John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (200)

6) Kaguyasama wa kokurasetai Tensaitachi no renai zunousen (290)

7) Tenki no Ko (358)

8) Ningen Shikaku Dazai Osamu to Sannin no onnatachi (320)

9) HELLO WORLD (254)

10) Annabelle Comes Home (169)

Source: Eiga.com