The was the 25th edition of the Japan Film Professional Awards. Films of 2015 which had not already won a major domestic film award were eligible. The ceremony took place on May 3, 2016, at Theatre Shinjuku in Tokyo.

Awards Best Film: Bakuman Best Director: Shinya Tsukamoto (Fires on the Plain) Best Actress: Mikako Tabe (Piece of Cake, Midnight Diner) Best Actor: Shota Sometani (Kabukicho Love Hotel, ) Best Actor: (, , Unfinished Book, Unfinished Love) New Director: () Emerging Producer: Seigo Fukada, Hitoshi Ono (Three Stories of Love) Special Achievement: Akiko Ashizawa (For Journey to the Shore and her many years of cinematography.)

10 best films Bakuman () Fires on the Plain (Shinya Tsukamoto) (Masanori Tominaga) Gonin Saga (Takashi Ishii) Happy Hour (Ryusuke Hamaguchi) Journey to the Shore (Kiyoshi Kurosawa) (Gakuryū Ishii) Pieta in the Toilet () (Mipo O)

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