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    Award of the Japanese Academy

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    Best Actor

    • Rentarô Mikuni in Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
      Winner
      • Rentarô Mikuni
      • Rikyu
      • Tsuribaka nisshi
    • Ken Takakura in Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
      • Ken Takakura
      • Buddies
      • Eiji Okuda
      • Death of a Tea Master
    • Ken Ogata in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
      • Ken Ogata
      • Shaso
      • Shogun's Shadow
    • Takeshi Kitano at an event for The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
      • Takeshi Kitano(as Beat Takeshi)
      • Violent Cop

    Best Actress

    • Yoshiko Tanaka in Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
      Winner
      • Yoshiko Tanaka
      • Black Rain
      • Sumiko Fuji
      • Buddies
      • Yûko Kotegawa
      • Afternoon When Flowers Fell
    • Yoshiko Mita in Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
      • Yoshiko Mita
      • Rikyu
      • Yakuza Ladies 3
      • Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
    • Yukiyo Toake in Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)
      • Yukiyo Toake
      • Shaso

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rikyu

      7.1 (893)
      Yoshinobu Nishioka
      Shigemori Shigeta
    • Buddies (1989)
      Misty Kid of Wind: The Glass Cape (1989)
      • Buddies
      • Misty Kid of Wind: The Glass Cape
      Shinobu Muraki
    • [object Object]

      Black Rain

      7.8 (4.2K)
      Hisao Inagaki
    • [object Object]

      Death of a Tea Master

      6.8 (421)
      Takeo Kimura
    • [object Object]

      Shaso

      6.6 (30)
      Akira Naitô

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Rain

      7.8 (4.2K)
      Takashi Kawamata
    • Buddies (1989)
      Yakuza Ladies 3 (1989)
      • Buddies
      • Yakuza Ladies 3
      Daisaku Kimura
    • Music Box (1989)
      • Music Box
      • Ai to heisei no iro-otoko
      • Kitchin
      • Juliet Game
      Seizô Sengen
    • Rikyu (1989)
      Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
      • Rikyu
      • Four Days of Snow and Blood
      Fujio Morita
    • [object Object]

      Death of a Tea Master

      6.8 (421)
      Masao Tochizawa

    Best Director

    • Shôhei Imamura
      Winner
      • Shôhei Imamura
      • Black Rain
      • Yasuo Furuhata
      • Buddies
      • Yakuza Ladies 3
      • Shogun's Shadow
    • Tatsuya Nakadai and Hiroshi Teshigahara
      • Hiroshi Teshigahara
      • Rikyu
    • Kei Kumai
      • Kei Kumai
      • Death of a Tea Master
      • Toshio Masuda
      • Shaso

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Rain

      7.8 (4.2K)
      Hajime Okayasu
    • [object Object]

      Buddies

      6.7 (142)
      Masaru Iizuka
    • [object Object]

      Rikyu

      7.1 (893)
      Toshio Taniguchi
    • Death of a Tea Master (1989)
      Haru kuru oni (1989)
      • Death of a Tea Master
      • Haru kuru oni
      Osamu Inoue
    • Shaso (1989)
      Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
      Yakuza Ladies 3 (1989)
      • Shaso
      • Four Days of Snow and Blood
      • Yakuza Ladies 3
      Isamu Ichida

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Rain

      7.8 (4.2K)
    • [object Object]

      Buddies

      6.7 (142)
    • [object Object]

      Rikyu

      7.1 (893)
    • [object Object]

      Death of a Tea Master

      6.8 (421)
    • [object Object]

      Shaso

      6.6 (30)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Die Hard

      8.2 (998K)
    • [object Object]

      Black Rain

      6.6 (63K)
    • [object Object]

      Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

      8.2 (845K)
    • [object Object]

      Major League

      7.2 (81K)
    • [object Object]

      Rain Man

      8.0 (570K)

    Best Lighting

    • Black Rain (1989)
      Death of a Tea Master (1989)
      Winners
      • Black Rain
      • Death of a Tea Master
      Yasuo Iwaki
    • Buddies (1989)
      Yakuza Ladies 3 (1989)
      • Buddies
      • Yakuza Ladies 3
      Yoshiaki Masuda
    • Music Box (1989)
      • Music Box
      • Ai to heisei no iro-otoko
      • Kitchin
      • Juliet Game
      Mitsuo Watanabe
    • Rikyu (1989)
      Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
      • Rikyu
      • Four Days of Snow and Blood
      Gengon Nakaoka
    • [object Object]

      Death of a Tea Master

      6.8 (421)
      Yasuo Iwaki

    Best Music Score

    • Rikyu (1989)
      Black Rain (1989)
      Winners
      • Rikyu
      • Black Rain
      Tôru Takemitsu
    • [object Object]

      Buddies

      6.7 (142)
      Tomoyuki Asakawa
    • [object Object]

      Music Box

      5.4 (22)
      Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi
    • [object Object]

      Death of a Tea Master

      6.8 (421)
      Teizô Matsumura
    • [object Object]

      Shaso

      6.6 (30)
      Ryûdô Uzaki

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Rain

      7.8 (4.2K)
      Shôhei Imamura
      Toshirô Ishidô
    • [object Object]

      Buddies

      6.7 (142)
      Tsutomu Paul Nakamura
    • [object Object]

      Rikyu

      7.1 (893)
      Hiroshi Teshigahara
      Genpei Akasegawa
    • [object Object]

      Death of a Tea Master

      6.8 (421)
      Yoshikata Yoda
    • [object Object]

      Shaso

      6.6 (30)
      Hirô Matsuda

    Best Sound

    • Buddies (1989)
      Misty Kid of Wind: The Glass Cape (1989)
      Suna no ue no Robinson (1989)
      Winners
      • Buddies
      • Misty Kid of Wind: The Glass Cape
      • Suna no ue no Robinson
      Yasuo Hashimoto
    • Sweet Home (1989)
      Raffles Hotel (1989)
      • Kimi wa boku o sukininaru
      • Sweet Home
      • Raffles Hotel
      Osamu Onodera
    • [object Object]

      Black Rain

      7.8 (4.2K)
      Kenichi Benitani
    • [object Object]

      Rikyu

      7.1 (893)
      Hideo Nishizaki
    • [object Object]

      Death of a Tea Master

      6.8 (421)
      Yukio Kubota

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Winner
      • Eiji Bandô
      • Buddies
    • Isao Hashizume in The Great War of Archimedes (2019)
      • Isao Hashizume
      • Kitchin
      • Juliet Game
      • The Political Game
    • Tsutomu Yamazaki in Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
      • Tsutomu Yamazaki
      • Rikyu
      • Maihime
      • Kinnosuke Nakamura(as Kinnosuke Yorozuya)
      • Death of a Tea Master
      • Tôru Emori
      • Shaso

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Winner
      • Etsuko Ichihara
      • Black Rain
    • Nobuko Miyamoto in Tampopo (1985)
      • Nobuko Miyamoto
      • Buddies
    • Yasuko Tomita
      • Yasuko Tomita
      • Buddies
      • Junko Sakurada
      • Afternoon When Flowers Fell
      • Hideko Yoshida
      • Shaso

    Newcomer of the Year

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Buddies

      6.7 (142)
      Claude Maki
    • Winners
      • Kimi wa boku o sukininaru
      • Bakayarô! 2: Shiawase ni naritai
      Kuniko Yamada
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kitchin

      5.8 (123)
      Ayako Kawahara
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mangetsu no kuchizuke

      4.2 (14)
      Eri Fukatsu
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Phoenix

      Kai Shishido
    • Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
      The Beautiful Women's City (1989)
      Raffles Hotel (1989)
      Winners
      • Four Days of Snow and Blood
      • The Beautiful Women's City
      • Raffles Hotel
      Masahiro Motoki

    Popularity Award

    Edit

    Most Popular Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kiki's Delivery Service

      7.8 (180K)

    Most Popular Performer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Violent Cop

      7.1 (14K)
      Takeshi Kitano(Beat Takeshi)

    Special Award

    Edit
    • Winner
      • Hibari Misora
      For her career.
    • Yûsaku Matsuda in Black Rain (1989)
      Winner
      • Yûsaku Matsuda
      For his career.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kiki's Delivery Service

      7.8 (180K)

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    Event date

    February 23, 1990

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

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

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