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Awards of the Japanese Academy

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    Award of the Japanese Academy

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Toshiyuki Nishida
      • Tonkô
    • Yûsaku Matsuda in Black Rain (1989)
      • Yûsaku Matsuda
      • A Chaos of Flowers
      • Wuthering Heights
      • Morio Kazama
      • The Discarnates
      • A Chaos of Flowers
      • Hajime Hana
      • Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
    • Takanori Jinnai in Zatoichi (1989)
      • Takanori Jinnai
      • Those Swell Yakuza
      • Kizu

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Sayuri Yoshinaga
      • Crane
      • A Chaos of Flowers
      • Narumi Yasuda
      • Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
      • Marilyn ni aitai
    • Nobuko Miyamoto in Tampopo (1985)
      • Nobuko Miyamoto
      • A Taxing Woman's Return
      • Keiko Matsuzaka
      • The Great Department Store Robbery
      • Lady Camellia
      • Yuki Saitô
      • Oracion
      • Sayonara no onnatachi

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tonkô

      6.8 (300)
      Hiroshi Tokuda
    • A Chaos of Flowers (1988)
      Tomorrow - ashita (1988)
      Takeshi Kitano in Anego (1988)
      • A Chaos of Flowers
      • Tomorrow - ashita
      • Anego
      Akira Naitô
    • Kumiko Akiyoshi, Tsurutarô Kataoka, Morio Kazama, Toshiyuki Nagashima, and Yûko Natori in The Discarnates (1988)
      Nihon junjô-den Okashina futari Monokuruoshiki hitobito no mure (1988)
      • The Discarnates
      • Nihon junjô-den Okashina futari Monokuruoshiki hitobito no mure
      Kazuo Satsuya
    • [object Object]

      Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

      6.1 (525)
      Takeo Kimura
      Noriyoshi Ikeya
    • [object Object]

      Crane

      6.8 (42)
      Setsu Asakura
      Tsuneo Shimura

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tonkô

      6.8 (300)
      Akira Shiizuka
    • A Chaos of Flowers (1988)
      Labyrinth Romanesque (1988)
      • A Chaos of Flowers
      • Labyrinth Romanesque
      Daisaku Kimura
    • [object Object]

      The Discarnates

      7.1 (603)
      Yoshitaka Sakamoto
    • Kizu (1988)
      Tomorrow - ashita (1988)
      Marilyn ni aitai (1988)
      • Kizu
      • Tomorrow - ashita
      • Marilyn ni aitai
      Tatsuo Suzuki
    • [object Object]

      Oracion

      6.1 (27)
      Takao Saitô
      Kazutami Hara

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Jun'ya Satô
      • Tonkô
    • Yoji Yamada (Yamada Yoji, born September 13, 1931 in Toyonaka, Osaka) is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade and Love and Honor). Photographed by the professional filmmaker Ryota Nakanishi.
      • Yôji Yamada
      • Hope and Pain
      • Tora-san Plays Daddy
    • Kinji Fukasaku
      • Kinji Fukasaku
      • A Chaos of Flowers
    • Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
      • Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
      • The Discarnates
      • Nihon junjô-den Okashina futari Monokuruoshiki hitobito no mure
    • Jûzô Itami
      • Jûzô Itami
      • A Taxing Woman's Return

    Best Editing

    • Tonkô (1988)
      Winners
      • Tonkô
      • Ikidomari no Banka: Break Out
      • Kamu onna
      • A Taxing Woman's Return
      Akira Suzuki
    • Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad (1988)
      • Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
      • Kaitô Ruby
      • The Yen Family
      • Summer Vacation 1999
      • Waiting Wet Woman
      Isao Tomita
    • A Chaos of Flowers (1988)
      • A Chaos of Flowers
      • Labyrinth Romanesque
      • Carmen 1945
      • Anego
      Isamu Ichida
    • Kumiko Akiyoshi, Tsurutarô Kataoka, Morio Kazama, Toshiyuki Nagashima, and Yûko Natori in The Discarnates (1988)
      The Great Department Store Robbery (1987)
      • The Discarnates
      • The Great Department Store Robbery
      Kazuo Ôta
    • Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
      Oracion (1988)
      • Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
      • Oracion
      Keiichi Uraoka

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tonkô

      6.8 (300)
    • [object Object]

      Hope and Pain

      6.4 (69)
    • [object Object]

      A Chaos of Flowers

      7.2 (105)
    • [object Object]

      The Discarnates

      7.1 (603)
    • [object Object]

      Oracion

      6.1 (27)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Last Emperor

      7.7 (117K)
    • [object Object]

      Fatal Attraction

      6.9 (108K)
    • [object Object]

      Full Metal Jacket

      8.2 (830K)
    • [object Object]

      Moonstruck

      7.2 (75K)
    • [object Object]

      Wall Street

      7.3 (171K)

    Best Lighting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tonkô

      6.8 (300)
      Shigeru Umetani
    • A Chaos of Flowers (1988)
      Labyrinth Romanesque (1988)
      • A Chaos of Flowers
      • Labyrinth Romanesque
      Yoshiaki Masuda
    • [object Object]

      The Discarnates

      7.1 (603)
      Takehiko Sakuma
    • Kizu (1988)
      Tomorrow - ashita (1988)
      Marilyn ni aitai (1988)
      • Kizu
      • Tomorrow - ashita
      • Marilyn ni aitai
      Ken'ichi Mizuno
    • [object Object]

      Oracion

      6.1 (27)
      Hideki Mochizuki

    Best Music Score

    • Lady Camellia (1988)
      Oracion (1988)
      Winners
      • Lady Camellia
      • Oracion
      Shigeaki Saegusa
    • Hope and Pain (1988)
      Tomorrow - ashita (1988)
      • Hope and Pain
      • Tomorrow - ashita
      Teizô Matsumura
    • Tonkô (1988)
      The Great Department Store Robbery (1987)
      • Tonkô
      • The Great Department Store Robbery
      Masaru Satô
    • A Chaos of Flowers (1988)
      Panda monogatari (1988)
      • A Chaos of Flowers
      • Panda monogatari
      Takayuki Inoue
    • A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
      • Yojo no jidai
      • A Taxing Woman's Return
      Toshiyuki Honda

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Discarnates

      7.1 (603)
      Shin'ichi Ichikawa
    • [object Object]

      Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

      5.9 (40)
      Yoshimitsu Morita
    • Hope and Pain (1988)
      Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)
      Lady Camellia (1988)
      • Hope and Pain
      • Tora-san Plays Daddy
      • Lady Camellia
      Yôji Yamada
      Yoshitaka Asama
    • [object Object]

      A Chaos of Flowers

      7.2 (105)
      Kinji Fukasaku
      Fumio Kônami
      Tomomi Tsutsui
    • [object Object]

      A Taxing Woman's Return

      6.7 (752)
      Jûzô Itami

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tonkô

      6.8 (300)
      Fumio Hashimoto
      Yasuo Hashimoto
    • Hope and Pain (1988)
      Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)
      • Hope and Pain
      • Tora-san Plays Daddy
      Isao Suzuki
      Takashi Matsumoto
    • [object Object]

      A Chaos of Flowers

      7.2 (105)
      Kiyoshige Hirai
      Teruhiko Arakawa
    • [object Object]

      The Discarnates

      7.1 (603)
      Mitsuru Shimada
      Yukio Obi
    • Revolver (1988)
      Oracion (1988)
      • Revolver
      • Oracion
      Minoru Nobuoka

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Winner
      • Tsurutarô Kataoka
      • The Discarnates
      • Yojo no jidai
      • Toshirô Yanagiba
      • Hope and Pain
      • Shigatsu kaidan
    • Ken Ogata in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
      • Ken Ogata
      • A Chaos of Flowers
      • Oracion
      • Rabu sutori o kimini
      • Takuzô Kawatani
      • Crane
      • The Great Department Store Robbery
      • Mother
    • Kunie Tanaka in Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974)
      • Kunie Tanaka
      • Yojo no jidai
      • Oracion
      • Tomorrow - ashita

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Winner
      • Eri Ishida
      • Wuthering Heights
      • A Chaos of Flowers
      • Hope and Pain
    • Kimiko Ikegami in House (1977)
      • Kimiko Ikegami
      • A Chaos of Flowers
      • Kumiko Akiyoshi
      • The Discarnates
      • Tora-san Plays Daddy
    • Kirin Kiki
      • Kirin Kiki
      • Crane
      • Kyôshû
      • Yûko Natori
      • Yojo no jidai
      • The Discarnates
      • Carmen 1945

    Newcomer of the Year

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bokura no nanoka-kan sensô

      6.4 (162)
      Rie Miyazawa
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hope and Pain

      6.4 (69)
      Hashinosuke Nakamura
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tonkô

      6.8 (300)
      Anna Nakagawa
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marilyn ni aitai

      7.1 (23)
      Masaya Katô
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Oracion

      6.1 (27)
      Naoto Ogata
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rabu sutori o kimini

      6.0 (39)
      Kumiko Goto

    Popularity Award

    Edit

    Most Popular Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rock Requiem

      7.4 (14)

    Special Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tonkô

      6.8 (300)
      Yasuyoshi Tokuma
      For producing the film.
    • Winner
      • Mitsuru Kurosawa
      For his work as a producer.

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    Event date

    March 17, 1989

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

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

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