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Awards of the Japanese Academy

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    Award of the Japanese Academy

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Minoru Chiaki in The Inheritance (1962)
      Winner
      • Minoru Chiaki
      • Gray Sunset
      • Kin'ya Kitaôji
      • Fire Festival
      • Haru no kane
      • The Diary of Yumechiyo
    • Ken Ogata in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
      • Ken Ogata
      • Kai
      • Usugeshô
      • Ken'ichi Hagiwara
      • Love Letter
      • Capone Cries a Lot
      • The Seburi Story
    • Yûsaku Matsuda in Black Rain (1989)
      • Yûsaku Matsuda
      • And Then

    Best Actress

    • Mitsuko Baishô and Hitoshi Ueki in The Crazy Family (1984)
      Winner
      • Mitsuko Baishô
      • Nuclear Gypsies
      • Love Letter
      • Let Him Rest in Peace
    • Yukiyo Toake in Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)
      • Yukiyo Toake
      • Gray Sunset
      • Kai
    • Shima Iwashita in An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
      • Shima Iwashita
      • Time of Wickedness
      • Family Without a Dinner Table
      • Seijo densetsu
      • Hiroko Yakushimaru
      • The Tragedy of 'W'
      • Sayuri Yoshinaga
      • The Diary of Yumechiyo

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ran

      8.2 (146K)
      Yoshirô Muraki
      Shinobu Muraki
    • Kai (1985)
      Usugeshô (1985)
      • Kai
      • Itoshiki hibiyo
      • Usugeshô
      Yoshinobu Nishioka
    • [object Object]

      Family Without a Dinner Table

      7.1 (103)
      Shigemasa Toda
    • And Then (1985)
      • And Then
      • Kekkon annai misuterî
      • Yasha
      • Time of Wickedness
      Tsutomu Imamura
    • The Diary of Yumechiyo (1985)
      The Last True Yakuza (1985)
      • The Diary of Yumechiyo
      • The Last True Yakuza
      Norimichi Igawa

    Best Cinematography

    • And Then (1985)
      Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki (1984)
      Winners
      • And Then
      • Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki
      Yonezô Maeda
    • [object Object]

      The Burmese Harp

      7.0 (213)
      Setsuo Kobayashi
    • [object Object]

      Kai

      7.2 (160)
      Fujio Morita
    • Time of Wickedness (1985)
      Yasha (1985)
      • Time of Wickedness
      • Yasha
      Daisaku Kimura
    • [object Object]

      Ran

      8.2 (146K)
      Shôji Ueda
      Takao Saitô

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Shin'ichirô Sawai
      • Sôshun monogatari
      • The Tragedy of 'W'
    • Kon Ichikawa
      • Kon Ichikawa
      • The Burmese Harp
      • Toshiya Ito
      • Gray Sunset
    • Hideo Gosha
      • Hideo Gosha
      • Kai
      • Usugeshô
      • Yoshimitsu Morita
      • And Then

    Best Editing

    • And Then (1985)
      Winners
      • And Then
      • Tampopo
      • Yasha
      • Capone Cries a Lot
      • High School Teacher: Maturing
      • Let Him Rest in Peace
      • Love Letter
      • Time of Wickedness
      • Haru no kane
      Akira Suzuki

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gray Sunset

      6.5 (41)
    • [object Object]

      The Burmese Harp

      7.0 (213)
    • [object Object]

      Love Letter

      7.2 (69)
    • [object Object]

      And Then

      7.2 (429)
    • [object Object]

      The Tragedy of 'W'

      7.2 (308)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Amadeus

      8.4 (453K)
    • [object Object]

      The Cotton Club

      6.6 (21K)
    • [object Object]

      The Killing Fields

      7.8 (62K)
    • [object Object]

      A Passage to India

      7.3 (22K)
    • [object Object]

      Witness

      7.4 (110K)

    Best Lighting

    • And Then (1985)
      Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki (1984)
      Winners
      • And Then
      • Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki
      Kazuo Yabe
    • [object Object]

      The Burmese Harp

      7.0 (213)
      Kazuo Shimomura
    • [object Object]

      Kai

      7.2 (160)
      Yoshiaki Masuda
    • Time of Wickedness (1985)
      Yasha (1985)
      • Time of Wickedness
      • Yasha
      Hiroyuki Yasukouchi
    • [object Object]

      Ran

      8.2 (146K)
      Takeji Sano

    Best Music Score

    • Ran (1985)
      Fire Festival (1985)
      Family Without a Dinner Table (1985)
      Winners
      • Ran
      • Fire Festival
      • Family Without a Dinner Table
      Tôru Takemitsu
    • Kiichi Nakai in The Burmese Harp (1985)
      Tora-san, the Go-between (1985)
      Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984)
      • The Burmese Harp
      • Tora-san, the Go-between
      • Tora-san's Forbidden Love
      Naozumi Yamamoto
    • Kai (1985)
      Usugeshô (1985)
      • Kai
      • Usugeshô
      Masaru Satô
    • Love Letter (1985)
      Capone Cries a Lot (1985)
      The Seburi Story (1985)
      • Love Letter
      • Capone Cries a Lot
      • The Seburi Story
      Takayuki Inoue
    • And Then (1985)
      Let Him Rest in Peace (1985)
      • And Then
      • Let Him Rest in Peace
      Shigeru Umebayashi

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gray Sunset

      6.5 (41)
      Hirô Matsuda
    • [object Object]

      Hitohira no yuki

      5.9 (26)
      Haruhiko Arai
    • Kai (1985)
      Haru no kane (1985)
      • Kai
      • Haru no kane
      Kôji Takada
    • [object Object]

      And Then

      7.2 (429)
      Tomomi Tsutsui
    • [object Object]

      The Tragedy of 'W'

      7.2 (308)
      Haruhiko Arai
      Shin'ichirô Sawai

    Best Sound

    • Love Letter (1985)
      Winners
      • Love Letter
      • And Then
      • The Tragedy of 'W'
      • Tampopo
      • Tattoo
      • Sôshun monogatari
      Fumio Hashimoto
    • [object Object]

      The Burmese Harp

      7.0 (213)
      Teiichi Saitô
    • Time of Wickedness (1985)
      • Time of Wickedness
      • Yasha
      • Haru no kane
      • Seijo densetsu
      Kenichi Benitani
    • [object Object]

      Ran

      8.2 (146K)
      Fumio Yanoguchi
      Shôtarô Yoshida
    • [object Object]

      And Then

      7.2 (429)
      Hisayuki Miyamoto

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Kaoru Kobayashi in Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)
      Winner
      • Kaoru Kobayashi
      • Love Letter
      • And Then
      • Takuzô Kawatani
      • The Burmese Harp
      • Usugeshô
    • Masahiko Tsugawa in Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
      • Masahiko Tsugawa
      • Hitohira no yuki
      • Hitoshi Ueki
      • Ran
    • Takeshi Kitano at an event for The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
      • Takeshi Kitano(as Beat Takeshi)
      • Yasha

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Yoshiko Mita in Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
      Winner
      • Yoshiko Mita
      • The Tragedy of 'W'
      • Haru no kane
      • Yumiko Fujita
      • The Seburi Story
      • Lonely Heart
      • Mariko Fuji
      • Usugeshô
      • Yûko Tanaka
      • Yasha
      • Capone Cries a Lot
    • Kirin Kiki
      • Kirin Kiki
      • The Diary of Yumechiyo

    Newcomer of the Year

    Edit
    • Winner
      • Keisuke Yamashita(as Kisuke Yamashita)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Godzilla 1985

      6.1 (7.2K)
      Yasuko Sawaguchi
    • Winner

      Kids

      5.1 (34)
      Yû Hayami
    • Winner
      • Eisaku Shindô
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Last True Yakuza

      6.0 (35)
      Yutaka Enatsu
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Seburi Story

      6.3 (34)
      Michiko Kohno

    Popularity Award

    Edit

    Most Popular Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki

      5.2 (13)

    Most Popular Performer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kanashii kibun de joke

      7.1 (69)
      Takeshi Kitano(as Beat Takeshi)

    Special Award

    Edit
    • Winner
      • Kazuyoshi Okuyama
      For his work as a producer.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Godzilla 1985

      6.1 (7.2K)
      Teruyoshi Nakano
      To Nakano Teruyoshi and the special effects group on the film.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ran

      8.2 (146K)
      Masato Hara
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Burmese Harp

      7.0 (213)
      Haruo Shikanai
      As a producer.

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    Event date

    February 20, 1986

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

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

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