Japan Academy Film Prize

Japan Academy Film Prize
Current: 47th Japan Academy Film Prize
Trophy of the Japan Academy Prize
Awarded forExcellence in film making
CountryJapan
Presented byJapan Academy Film Prize Association
First awarded1978
Websitejapan-academy-prize.jp

The Japan Academy Film Prize (日本アカデミー賞, Nippon Akademii-shou), often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, Nippon Akademii-shou Kyoukai) for excellence in Japanese film. Award categories are similar to the Academy Awards.