40th Yokohama Film Festival

The 40th Yokohama Film Festival (第４０回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 3 February 2019 at Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The awards ceremony was held in the city's Kannai Hall, the results having been announced on 1 December 2018.

• Best Film: - Asako I & II
• Best Director:
  • Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Asako I & II
  • Takahisa Zeze - Kiku and Guillotine, My Friend "A", and The 8-Year Engagement
• Yoshimitsu Morita Memorial Best New Director: Katsumi Nojiri - Lying to Mom
• Best Screenplay: Shûichi Okita - Mori, the Artist's Habitat
• Best Cinematographer: Yasuyuki Sasaki - Asako I & II and My Retirement, My Life
• Best Actor:
  • Masahiro Higashide - Asako I & II, Kiku and Guillotine, and Over Drive
  • Kōji Yakusho - The Blood of Wolves
• Best Actress: Sakura Ando - Shoplifters
• Best Supporting Actor: Tori Matsuzaka - The Blood of Wolves
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Mayu Matsuoka - Shoplifters, Blank13, and Chihayafuru Part 3
  • Sairi Ito - Asako I & II and Enokida Trading Post
• Best Newcomer:
  • Erika Karata - Asako I & II
  • Ryo Yoshizawa - River's Edge, Gintama 2: The Law is Surely There to be Broken, and Marmalade Boy
  • Mai Kiryû - Kiku and Guillotine and Lying to Mom
• Judges' Special Award: One Cut of the Dead
• Special Grand Prize: Tsutomu Yamazaki - Mori, the Artist's Habitat

1. Asako I & II
2. The Blood of Wolves
3. Shoplifters
4. Hanagatami
5. One Cut of the Dead
6. Kiku and Guillotine
7. Dare to Stop Us
8. Your Bird Can Sing
9. Lying to Mom
10. Mori, the Artist's Habitat

runner-up. Every Day A Good Day