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    Award of the Japanese Academy

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Rentarô Mikuni in Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
      Winner
      • Rentarô Mikuni
      • My Sons
      • Tsuribaka nisshi 4
      • Kyôhei Shibata
      • Fukuzawa Yukichi
    • Ken Ogata in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
      • Ken Ogata
      • Dai yûkai
      • My Soul Is Slashed
    • Hiroki Matsukata in Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
      • Hiroki Matsukata
      • Don ni natta otoko
      • Edo-jo tairan
    • Naoto Takenaka in Rampo (1994)
      • Naoto Takenaka
      • Nowhere Man

    Best Actress

    • Tanie Kitabayashi in Scandal (1950)
      Winner
      • Tanie Kitabayashi
      • Dai yûkai
    • Sachiko Murase in Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)
      • Sachiko Murase
      • Rhapsody in August
    • Yûki Kudô at an event for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
      • Yûki Kudô
      • Sensou to seishun
    • Kanako Higuchi in Zatoichi (1989)
      • Kanako Higuchi
      • Shimanto-gawa
      • Heat Wave
    • Shima Iwashita in An Autumn Afternoon (1962)
      • Shima Iwashita
      • Yakuza Ladies Revisited

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rhapsody in August

      7.2 (8K)
      Yoshirô Muraki
    • Edo-jo tairan (1991)
      Fukuzawa Yukichi (1991)
      • Edo-jo tairan
      • Fukuzawa Yukichi
      Norimichi Igawa
    • [object Object]

      Heat Wave

      6.6 (337)
      Yoshinobu Nishioka
    • My Sons (1991)
      Tora-san Confesses (1991)
      • My Sons
      • Tora-san Confesses
      Mitsuo Degawa
    • [object Object]

      Sensou to seishun

      6.4 (58)
      Akira Haruki

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rhapsody in August

      7.2 (8K)
      Takao Saitô
      Shôji Ueda
    • [object Object]

      Dai yûkai

      6.8 (239)
      Masahiro Kishimoto
    • [object Object]

      Heat Wave

      6.6 (337)
      Fujio Morita
    • [object Object]

      My Sons

      7.5 (380)
      Tetsuo Takaha
    • [object Object]

      Sensou to seishun

      6.4 (58)
      Kôzô Okazaki

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Kihachi Okamoto
      • Dai yûkai
    • Takeshi Kitano at an event for The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
      • Takeshi Kitano
      • A Scene at the Sea
    • Akira Kurosawa
      • Akira Kurosawa
      • Rhapsody in August
    • Naoto Takenaka in Rampo (1994)
      • Naoto Takenaka
      • Nowhere Man
    • 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
      • My Sons

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dai yûkai

      6.8 (239)
      Akira Suzuki
      Akimasa Kawashima
    • [object Object]

      A Scene at the Sea

      7.5 (7.2K)
      Takeshi Kitano
    • Edo-jo tairan (1991)
      Heat Wave (1991)
      Fukuzawa Yukichi (1991)
      • Edo-jo tairan
      • Heat Wave
      • Fukuzawa Yukichi
      Isamu Ichida
    • Nowhere Man (1991)
      Manatsu no chikyu (1991)
      • Nowhere Man
      • Manatsu no chikyu
      • Baka yarô! 4 You! Omae no koto da yo 3 Sagi naru Japan
      Yoshiyuki Okuhara
    • [object Object]

      My Sons

      7.5 (380)
      Iwao Ishii

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      My Sons

      7.5 (380)
    • [object Object]

      A Scene at the Sea

      7.5 (7.2K)
    • [object Object]

      Dai yûkai

      6.8 (239)
    • [object Object]

      Rhapsody in August

      7.2 (8K)
    • [object Object]

      Nowhere Man

      6.8 (119)

    Best Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dances with Wolves

      8.0 (303K)
    • [object Object]

      Awakenings

      7.8 (171K)
    • [object Object]

      La Femme Nikita

      7.2 (80K)
    • [object Object]

      The Silence of the Lambs

      8.6 (1.7M)
    • [object Object]

      Terminator 2: Judgment Day

      8.6 (1.2M)

    Best Lighting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rhapsody in August

      7.2 (8K)
      Takeshi Sano
    • [object Object]

      Dai yûkai

      6.8 (239)
      Kôjirô Satô
    • [object Object]

      Heat Wave

      6.6 (337)
      Gengon Nakaoka
    • [object Object]

      My Sons

      7.5 (380)
      Yoshifumi Aoki
    • [object Object]

      Sensou to seishun

      6.4 (58)
      Kazuo Shimomura

    Best Music Score

    • Claude Maki and Hiroko Ôshima in A Scene at the Sea (1991)
      Winners
      • A Scene at the Sea
      • Deer Friend
      • Chizuko's Younger Sister
      • Fukuzawa Yukichi
      Joe Hisaishi
    • Edo-jo tairan (1991)
      Rhapsody in August (1991)
      • Edo-jo tairan
      • Rhapsody in August
      Shinichirô Ikebe
    • Heat Wave (1991)
      • Heat Wave
      • Dai yûkai
      • Sensou to seishun
      • Tsuribaka nisshi 4
      Masaru Satô
    • [object Object]

      Nowhere Man

      6.8 (119)
      Titi Matsumura(as Gontiti)
      Gonzalez Mikami(as Gontiti)
    • [object Object]

      My Sons

      7.5 (380)
      Teizô Matsumura

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dai yûkai

      6.8 (239)
      Kihachi Okamoto
    • [object Object]

      A Scene at the Sea

      7.5 (7.2K)
      Takeshi Kitano
    • [object Object]

      Rhapsody in August

      7.2 (8K)
      Akira Kurosawa
    • [object Object]

      Nowhere Man

      6.8 (119)
      Toshiharu Maruuchi
    • Tora-san Confesses (1991)
      My Sons (1991)
      • Tora-san Confesses
      • My Sons
      Yoshitaka Asama
      Yôji Yamada

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rhapsody in August

      7.2 (8K)
      Kenichi Benitani
    • [object Object]

      Dai yûkai

      6.8 (239)
      Koshiro Jinbo
    • Gubbai Mama (1991)
      Masahiro Motoki in Bang! (1991)
      • Gubbai Mama
      • Bang!
      Osamu Onodera
    • My Sons (1991)
      Tora-san Confesses (1991)
      • My Sons
      • Tora-san Confesses
      Isao Suzuki
      Takashi Matsumoto
    • Oishii kekkon (1991)
      Masaya Katô in Ôte (1991)
      Yumeji (1991)
      • Oishii kekkon
      • Ôte
      • Yumeji
      Fumio Hashimoto

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Masatoshi Nagase in Paterson (2016)
      Winner
      • Masatoshi Nagase
      • My Sons
      • Mo no shigoto
      • Chiharu Matsuyama
      • Gokudô sensô: Butôha
    • Ken Ogata in Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
      • Ken Ogata
      • Gubbai Mama
    • Hisashi Igawa in Pitfall (1962)
      • Hisashi Igawa
      • Kamigata Kugaizoshi
      • Rhapsody in August
      _Sensô to seishun (1991)_ and Nakibokuro (1991).
    • Isao Hashizume in The Great War of Archimedes (2019)
      • Isao Hashizume
      • Oishii kekkon

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Winner
      • Emi Wakui
      • My Sons
      • Shushoku sensen ijonashi
      • Keiko Oginome
      • Heat Wave
      • Jun Fubuki
      • Nowhere Man
    • Kirin Kiki
      • Kirin Kiki
      • Sensou to seishun
      • Dai yûkai
      • Yuki Matsushita
      • Shin dosei jidai

    Newcomer of the Year

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Scene at the Sea

      7.5 (7.2K)
      Hiroko Ôshima
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chô shôjo Reiko

      5.6 (52)
      Alisa Mizuki
    • Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991)
      My Soul Is Slashed (1991)
      Winners
      • Chizuko's Younger Sister
      • Aitsu
      • My Soul Is Slashed
      Hikari Ishida
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gokudô sensô: Butôha

      6.9 (14)
      Chiharu Matsuyama
    • My Sons (1991)
      Masatoshi Nagase in Asian Beat: I Love Nippon (1991)
      Winners
      • My Sons
      • Asian Beat: I Love Nippon
      • Mo no shigoto
      Masatoshi Nagase
    • My Sons (1991)
      Shushoku sensen ijonashi (1991)
      Winners
      • My Sons
      • Shushoku sensen ijonashi
      Emi Wakui
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Oishii kekkon

      5.6 (18)
      Toshiaki Karasawa
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sensou to seishun

      6.4 (58)
      Keisuke Sano
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shin dosei jidai

      Tetsuya Bessho

    Popularity Award

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    Most Popular Performer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nami no kazu dake dakishimete

      6.1 (33)
      Miho Nakayama

    Special Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

      6.5 (7.9K)
      Kôichi Kawakita
      To him and his staff for the special effects in the film.
    • Winner
      • Seiji Moori
      For his work.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sensou to seishun

      6.4 (58)
      Katsumoto Saotome
      For producing the film.
    • Winner
      • Kazuko Numata
      For her work.

    Lifetime Achievement Award

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    • Winner
      • Yoshikata Yoda
    • Tadashi Imai
      Winner
      • Tadashi Imai
    • Ken Uehara in Wife (1953)
      Winner
      • Ken Uehara

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    Event date

    March 20, 1992

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

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

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