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Awards of the Japanese Academy

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    Award of the Japanese Academy

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    Best Actor

    • Tsutomu Yamazaki in Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
      Winner
      • Tsutomu Yamazaki
      • The Funeral
      • Farewell to the Ark
      • Kin'ya Kitaôji
      • Ku-Kai
    • Hiroyuki Sanada
      • Hiroyuki Sanada
      • Mahjong Horoki
      • The Street of Desire
      • Legend of the Eight Samurai
      • Kôji Ishizaka
      • Ohan
    • Saburô Tokitô in Kazoku no Hanashi (2018)
      • Saburô Tokitô
      • The Miracle of Umitsubame Joe
      • The Horizon

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Sayuri Yoshinaga
      • Ohan
      • Station to Heaven
    • Nobuko Miyamoto in Tampopo (1985)
      • Nobuko Miyamoto
      • The Funeral
      • Masako Natsume
      • MacArthur's Children
      • Keiko Matsuzaka
      • Shanhai bansukingu
      • Make-Up
      • Miwako Fujitani
      • The Miracle of Umitsubame Joe
      • The Horizon

    Best Art Direction

    • Kita no hotaru (1984)
      Make-Up (1984)
      MacArthur's Children (1984)
      Winners
      • Kita no hotaru
      • Make-Up
      • MacArthur's Children
      Yoshinobu Nishioka
    • Ku-Kai (1984)
      Appassionata (1984)
      • Ku-Kai
      • Appassionata
      Norimichi Igawa
    • [object Object]

      Ohan

      7.2 (40)
      Shinobu Muraki
    • [object Object]

      Shanhai bansukingu

      6.3 (35)
      Kyôhei Morita
      Yutaka Yokoyama
    • Station to Heaven (1984)
      Mahjong Horoki (1984)
      • Station to Heaven
      • Mahjong Horoki
      Shûshi Nakamura

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      MacArthur's Children

      7.0 (232)
      Kazuo Miyagawa
    • [object Object]

      Mahjong Horoki

      7.1 (103)
      Shôhei Andô
    • [object Object]

      Ohan

      7.2 (40)
      Yukio Isohata
    • [object Object]

      The Funeral

      7.2 (2.2K)
      Yonezô Maeda
    • [object Object]

      Station to Heaven

      7.0 (133)
      Masahiko Iimura

    Best Director

    • Jûzô Itami
      Winner
      • Jûzô Itami
      • The Funeral
      • Makoto Wada
      • Mahjong Horoki
    • Kon Ichikawa
      • Kon Ichikawa
      • Ohan
    • Masahiro Shinoda
      • Masahiro Shinoda
      • MacArthur's Children
    • Kinji Fukasaku
      • Kinji Fukasaku
      • Shanhai bansukingu
      • Legend of the Eight Samurai

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mahjong Horoki

      7.1 (103)
      Kiyoaki Saitô

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Funeral

      7.2 (2.2K)
    • [object Object]

      Mahjong Horoki

      7.1 (103)
    • [object Object]

      Ohan

      7.2 (40)
    • [object Object]

      MacArthur's Children

      7.0 (232)
    • [object Object]

      Station to Heaven

      7.0 (133)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Once Upon a Time in America

      8.3 (399K)
    • [object Object]

      Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

      7.5 (556K)
    • [object Object]

      The Natural

      7.4 (55K)
    • [object Object]

      The Right Stuff

      7.8 (68K)
    • [object Object]

      Terms of Endearment

      7.4 (69K)

    Best Lighting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      MacArthur's Children

      7.0 (232)
      Takeji Sano
    • [object Object]

      Mahjong Horoki

      7.1 (103)
      Shigeru Umetani
    • [object Object]

      Ohan

      7.2 (40)
      Hideki Mochizuki
    • [object Object]

      The Funeral

      7.2 (2.2K)
      Shôsaku Katô
    • [object Object]

      Station to Heaven

      7.0 (133)
      Koichi Hayashi
      Yoshio Kobayashi

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      MacArthur's Children

      7.0 (232)
      Shinichirô Ikebe
    • [object Object]

      Ku-Kai

      7.2 (49)
      Stomu Yamashta
    • [object Object]

      Kita no hotaru

      6.8 (141)
      Masaru Satô
    • [object Object]

      Shanhai bansukingu

      6.3 (35)
      Nobuyoshi Koshibe
    • The Miracle of Umitsubame Joe (1984)
      Hare tokidoki satsujin (1984)
      • The Miracle of Umitsubame Joe
      • Hare tokidoki satsujin
      Ryûdô Uzaki

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Funeral

      7.2 (2.2K)
      Jûzô Itami
    • [object Object]

      Chinpira

      7.2 (43)
      Shôji Kaneko
      Tôru Kawashima
    • [object Object]

      Mahjong Horoki

      7.1 (103)
      Shin'ichirô Sawai
      Makoto Wada
    • [object Object]

      MacArthur's Children

      7.0 (232)
      Tsutomu Tamura
    • Station to Heaven (1984)
      Ku-Kai (1984)
      • Station to Heaven
      • Ku-Kai
      Akira Hayasaka

    Best Sound

    • MacArthur's Children (1984)
      For Kayako (1984)
      Winners
      • MacArthur's Children
      • For Kayako
      Hideo Nishizaki
    • Kita no hotaru (1984)
      Ku-Kai (1984)
      Hiroyuki Sanada in Kotaro makari-toru! (1984)
      • Kita no hotaru
      • Ku-Kai
      • Kotaro makari-toru!
      Kiyoshige Hirai
    • [object Object]

      The Funeral

      7.2 (2.2K)
      Minoru Nobuoka
    • [object Object]

      Station to Heaven

      7.0 (133)
      Koichi Hayashi
    • [object Object]

      Shanhai bansukingu

      6.3 (35)
      Kazuhisa Takahashi

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Winner
      • Kaku Takashina
      • Mahjong Horoki
    • Takeshi Kaga in Death Note (2006)
      • Takeshi Kaga
      • Mahjong Horoki
      • Ichirô Zaitsu
      • The Funeral
      • Ryûdô Uzaki
      • Shanhai bansukingu
      • Toshiyuki Nishida
      • Station to Heaven

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Kin Sugai in The Castle of Sand (1974)
      Winner
      • Kin Sugai
      • The Funeral
      • Hissatsu!: Sure Death!
      • Mari Natsuki
      • Kita no hotaru
      • Legend of the Eight Samurai
      • Shinobu Ôtake
      • Mahjong Horoki
    • Reiko Ôhara in Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
      • Reiko Ôhara
      • Ohan
    • Etsuko Shihomi in Sister Street Fighter (1974)
      • Etsuko Shihomi
      • Shanhai bansukingu
      • Kotaro makari-toru!

    Newcomer of the Year

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Aiko jûroku-sai

      5.5 (41)
      Yasuko Tomita
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Make-Up

      5.4 (8)
      Yuko Kazu
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Main Theme

      5.8 (115)
      Hironobu Nomura
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      MacArthur's Children

      7.0 (232)
      Shiori Sakura
    • Winner

      Sukanpin walk

      5.9 (13)
      Kôji Kikkawa
    • Winner
      • Ryûzô Tanaka

    Popularity Award

    Edit

    Most Popular Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Tragedy of 'W'

      7.2 (308)

    Most Popular Performer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Tragedy of 'W'

      7.2 (308)
      Hiroko Yakushimaru

    Special Award

    Edit
    • Haruki Kadokawa
      Winner
      • Haruki Kadokawa
      For his work as a producer.

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    Event date

    February 21, 1985

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

    • http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/

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