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Awards of the Japanese Academy

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    Award of the Japanese Academy

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Tsutomu Yamazaki in Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
      Winner
      • Tsutomu Yamazaki
      • A Taxing Woman
      • Night Train
    • Takanori Jinnai in Zatoichi (1989)
      • Takanori Jinnai
      • Chôchin
    • Saburô Tokitô in Kazoku no Hanashi (2018)
      • Saburô Tokitô
      • Eien no 1/2
      • Shinshi dômei
      • Hawaiian Dream
    • Masahiko Tsugawa in Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
      • Masahiko Tsugawa
      • Wakarenu riyû
    • Ken Ogata in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
      • Ken Ogata
      • Zegen

    Best Actress

    • Nobuko Miyamoto in Tampopo (1985)
      Winner
      • Nobuko Miyamoto
      • A Taxing Woman
      • Sayuri Yoshinaga
      • Actress
      • Yuki Saitô
      • Young Girls in Love
      • Totto Channel
    • Yoshiko Mita in Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
      • Yoshiko Mita
      • Wakarenu riyû
    • Yukiyo Toake in Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)
      • Yukiyo Toake
      • Night Train
      • Yakuza Ladies 2
      • River of Fireflies

    Best Art Direction

    • Princess from the Moon (1987)
      Actress (1987)
      Winners
      • Princess from the Moon
      • Actress
      Shinobu Muraki
    • Hachi-ko (1987)
      Tokyo Bordello (1987)
      • Hachi-ko
      • Tokyo Bordello
      Yoshinobu Nishioka
    • Bu su (1987)
      • Jirô monogatari
      • Bu su
      Katsumi Kaneda
    • [object Object]

      A Taxing Woman

      7.2 (2.4K)
      Shûshi Nakamura
    • [object Object]

      Night Train

      6.4 (33)
      Norimichi Igawa

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      River of Fireflies

      7.7 (29)
      Shinsaku Himeda
    • [object Object]

      Actress

      6.6 (91)
      Yukio Isohata
    • [object Object]

      A Taxing Woman

      7.2 (2.4K)
      Yonezô Maeda
    • [object Object]

      Princess from the Moon

      6.3 (651)
      Setsuo Kobayashi
    • [object Object]

      Night Train

      6.4 (33)
      Daisaku Kimura

    Best Director

    • Jûzô Itami
      Winner
      • Jûzô Itami
      • A Taxing Woman
    • Young Girls in Love (1986)
      Totto Channel (1987)
      • Young Girls in Love
      • Totto Channel
    • Kon Ichikawa
      • Kon Ichikawa
      • Princess from the Moon
      • Actress
      • Kôsaku Yamashita
      • Night Train
    • Hideo Gosha
      • Hideo Gosha
      • Tokyo Bordello

    Best Editing

    • Eien no 1/2 (1987)
      Hikaru onna (1987)
      A Taxing Woman (1987)
      Winners
      • Eien no 1/2
      • Hikaru onna
      • A Taxing Woman
      Akira Suzuki
    • Born Wild, Run Free (1987)
      River of Fireflies (1987)
      • Jirô monogatari
      • Born Wild, Run Free
      • River of Fireflies
      Jun Nabeshima
    • Princess from the Moon (1987)
      Actress (1987)
      • Princess from the Moon
      • Actress
      Chizuko Osada
    • Night Train (1987)
      • Night Train
      • Kyofu-no yacchan
      Eifu Tamaki
    • Tokyo Bordello (1987)
      Yakuza Ladies 2 (1987)
      • Tokyo Bordello
      • Yakuza Ladies 2
      Isamu Ichida

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Taxing Woman

      7.2 (2.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Hachi-ko

      7.9 (6.2K)
    • [object Object]

      Princess from the Moon

      6.3 (651)
    • [object Object]

      Night Train

      6.4 (33)
    • [object Object]

      Tokyo Bordello

      6.4 (270)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Platoon

      8.1 (462K)
    • [object Object]

      Hannah and Her Sisters

      7.8 (80K)
    • [object Object]

      Stand by Me

      8.1 (473K)
    • [object Object]

      Top Gun

      7.0 (537K)
    • [object Object]

      The Untouchables

      7.8 (348K)

    Best Lighting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      River of Fireflies

      7.7 (29)
      Tadaaki Shimada
    • [object Object]

      Actress

      6.6 (91)
      Kaoru Saitô
    • [object Object]

      A Taxing Woman

      7.2 (2.4K)
      Akio Katsura
    • [object Object]

      Princess from the Moon

      6.3 (651)
      Kazuo Shimomura
    • [object Object]

      Night Train

      6.4 (33)
      Yoshiaki Masuda

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Taxing Woman

      7.2 (2.4K)
      Toshiyuki Honda
    • Hikaru onna (1987)
      Twenty-Four Eyes (1987)
      • Hikaru onna
      • Twenty-Four Eyes
      Shigeaki Saegusa
    • Princess from the Moon (1987)
      Actress (1987)
      • Princess from the Moon
      • Actress
      Kensaku Tanikawa
    • [object Object]

      Night Train

      6.4 (33)
      Toshiaki Tsushima
    • Tokyo Bordello (1987)
      Born Wild, Run Free (1987)
      Guys Who Never Learn (1987)
      • Tokyo Bordello
      • Born Wild, Run Free
      • Guys Who Never Learn
      Masaru Satô

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Taxing Woman

      7.2 (2.4K)
      Jûzô Itami
    • [object Object]

      Chôchin

      7.1 (16)
      Shôji Kaneko
      Goro Hanawa
    • [object Object]

      Hachi-ko

      7.9 (6.2K)
      Kaneto Shindô
    • Young Girls in Love (1986)
      Totto Channel (1987)
      • Young Girls in Love
      • Totto Channel
    • [object Object]

      Wakarenu riyû

      6.1 (12)
      Machiko Nasu

    Best Sound

    • A Taxing Woman (1987)
      Hawaiian Dream (1987)
      Winners
      • A Taxing Woman
      • Hawaiian Dream
      Osamu Onodera
    • Hachi-ko (1987)
      Zegen (1987)
      • Hachi-ko
      • Zegen
      Kenichi Benitani
    • [object Object]

      Born Wild, Run Free

      7.4 (12)
      Tsutomu Honda
    • [object Object]

      Princess from the Moon

      6.3 (651)
      Teiichi Saitô
      Tetsuya Ôhashi
    • Night Train (1987)
      Tokyo Bordello (1987)
      • Night Train
      • Tokyo Bordello
      Kiyoshige Hirai

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Masahiko Tsugawa in Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
      Winner
      • Masahiko Tsugawa
      • A Taxing Woman
      • Hiroaki Murakami
      • Yakuza Ladies 2
    • Toshirô Mifune in Seven Samurai (1954)
      • Toshirô Mifune
      • Princess from the Moon
      • Tora-san Goes North
      • Nenji Kobayashi
      • Night Train
      • The Drifting Classroom
    • Jinpachi Nezu
      • Jinpachi Nezu
      • Tokyo Bordello
      • This Story of Love

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Rino Katase
      Winner
      • Rino Katase
      • Tokyo Bordello
      • Yakuza Ladies 2
      • Junko Sakurada
      • Born Wild, Run Free
    • Pinko Izumi in Oshin (2013)
      • Pinko Izumi
      • Jirô monogatari
    • Keiko Awaji in When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
      • Keiko Awaji
      • Tora-san Goes North
      • Kumiko Akiyoshi
      • Night Train

    Newcomer of the Year

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bu su

      7.0 (236)
      Masahiro Takashima
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chôchin

      7.1 (16)
      Masayuki Watanabe
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hikaru onna

      6.9 (119)
      Michiru Akiyoshi
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shinran: Path to Purity

      6.5 (25)
      Junkyu Moriyama
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sukeban deka

      6.2 (269)
      Yôko Minamino

    Popularity Award

    Edit

    Most Popular Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bee Bop highschool; Koko yotaro march

      5.7 (38)

    Most Popular Performer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Watashi wo ski ni tsuretette

      6.5 (107)
      Tomoyo Harada

    Special Award

    Edit
    • Princess from the Moon (1987)
      Shuto shôshitsu (1987)
      Winners
      • Princess from the Moon
      • Shuto shôshitsu
      Teruyoshi Nakano
      Kenichi Eguchi
      Yasuyuki Inoue
      Takeshi Miyanishi
      Kazunobu Sanpei
      Eiichi Asada
      Kohei Mikami
      Hiroshi Shirakawa
      For the special/visual effect staff who worked on those films. (Mikami Kohei worked on Taketori Monogatari only, Shirakawa Hiroshi (II) worked on Shuto shoshitsu only.)
    • Yûjirô Ishihara in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)
      Winner
      • Yûjirô Ishihara
      For his career.
    • Kôji Tsuruta in The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)
      Winner
      • Kôji Tsuruta
      For his career.

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    Event date

    February 18, 1988

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

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

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