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    Award of the Japanese Academy

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Kôji Yakusho at an event for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
      Winner
      • Kôji Yakusho
      • Shall We Dance?
      • Toshiyuki Nishida
      • Gakkô II
    • Isao Hashizume in The Great War of Archimedes (2019)
      • Isao Hashizume
      • O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama
      • Naoto Ogata
      • Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari
    • Etsushi Toyokawa
      • Etsushi Toyokawa
      • The 8-Tomb Village

    Best Actress

    • Tamiyo Kusakari
      Winner
      • Tamiyo Kusakari
      • Shall We Dance?
    • Eri Fukatsu in Journey to the Shore (2015)
      • Eri Fukatsu
      • Haru
      • Ayumi Ishida
      • Gakkô II
      • Chara
      • Swallowtail Butterfly
    • Nobuko Miyamoto in Tampopo (1985)
      • Nobuko Miyamoto
      • Supermarket Woman

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shall We Dance?

      7.7 (12K)
      Kyôko Heya
    • [object Object]

      Sleeping Man

      7.1 (306)
      Yoshinaga Yoko'o
    • [object Object]

      Swallowtail Butterfly

      7.5 (4.7K)
      Yôhei Taneda
    • [object Object]

      Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

      5.4 (26)
      Toshiyuki Matsumiya
    • [object Object]

      The 8-Tomb Village

      6.1 (155)
      Akira Sakuragi

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shall We Dance?

      7.7 (12K)
      Naoki Kayano
    • [object Object]

      Gakkô II

      6.7 (140)
      Mutsuo Naganuma
    • [object Object]

      Swallowtail Butterfly

      7.5 (4.7K)
      Noboru Shinoda
    • [object Object]

      Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

      5.4 (26)
      Daisaku Kimura
    • [object Object]

      The 8-Tomb Village

      6.1 (155)
      Yukio Isohata

    Best Director

    • Masayuki Suô
      Winner
      • Masayuki Suô
      • Shall We Dance?
    • 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
      • Gakkô II
    • Kôhei Oguri
      • Kôhei Oguri
      • Sleeping Man
    • Jûzô Itami
      • Jûzô Itami
      • Supermarket Woman
    • [object Object]

      Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

      5.4 (26)

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shall We Dance?

      7.7 (12K)
      Jun'ichi Kikuchi
    • [object Object]

      Gakkô II

      6.7 (140)
      Iwao Ishii
    • [object Object]

      Supermarket Woman

      7.3 (1.1K)
      Akira Suzuki
    • [object Object]

      Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

      5.4 (26)
      Takeo Araki
    • [object Object]

      The 8-Tomb Village

      6.1 (155)
      Chizuko Osada

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shall We Dance?

      7.7 (12K)
    • [object Object]

      Gakkô II

      6.7 (140)
    • [object Object]

      Swallowtail Butterfly

      7.5 (4.7K)
    • [object Object]

      Supermarket Woman

      7.3 (1.1K)
    • [object Object]

      Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

      5.4 (26)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Postman

      7.8 (41K)
    • [object Object]

      Independence Day

      7.0 (633K)
    • [object Object]

      Se7en

      8.6 (1.9M)
    • [object Object]

      12 Monkeys

      8.0 (668K)
    • [object Object]

      Mission: Impossible

      7.2 (504K)

    Best Lighting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shall We Dance?

      7.7 (12K)
      Tatsuya Osada
    • [object Object]

      Gakkô II

      6.7 (140)
      Hideo Kumagai
    • [object Object]

      Swallowtail Butterfly

      7.5 (4.7K)
      Yûki Nakamura
    • [object Object]

      Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

      5.4 (26)
      Kiyoto Andô
    • [object Object]

      The 8-Tomb Village

      6.1 (155)
      Kazuo Shimomura

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shall We Dance?

      7.7 (12K)
      Yoshikazu Suo
    • [object Object]

      Kids Return

      7.4 (7.1K)
      Joe Hisaishi
    • [object Object]

      Supermarket Woman

      7.3 (1.1K)
      Toshiyuki Honda
    • [object Object]

      Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

      5.4 (26)
      Akira Senju
    • [object Object]

      The 8-Tomb Village

      6.1 (155)
      Kensaku Tanikawa

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shall We Dance?

      7.7 (12K)
      Masayuki Suô
    • [object Object]

      Haru

      7.5 (839)
      Yoshimitsu Morita
    • [object Object]

      Gakkô II

      6.7 (140)
      Yôji Yamada
    • [object Object]

      Supermarket Woman

      7.3 (1.1K)
      Jûzô Itami
    • [object Object]

      Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

      5.4 (26)
      Machiko Nasu

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shall We Dance?

      7.7 (12K)
      Kiyoshi Yoneyama
    • [object Object]

      Gakkô II

      6.7 (140)
      Isao Suzuki
      Takashi Matsumoto
    • [object Object]

      Swallowtail Butterfly

      7.5 (4.7K)
      Osamu Takizawa
    • [object Object]

      Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

      5.4 (26)
      Yoshio Horiike
    • [object Object]

      The 8-Tomb Village

      6.1 (155)
      Tetsuya Ôhashi
      Teiichi Saitô

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Naoto Takenaka in Rampo (1994)
      Winner
      • Naoto Takenaka
      • Shall We Dance?
      • Hiroshi Kanbe
      • Gakkô II
    • Masatoshi Nagase in Paterson (2016)
      • Masatoshi Nagase
      • Gakkô II
    • Tomoko Ôtakara and Hidetaka Yoshioka in Rhapsody in August (1991)
      • Hidetaka Yoshioka
      • Gakkô II
    • Tetsuya Watari in Tokyo Drifter (1966)
      • Tetsuya Watari
      • Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Winner
      • Eri Watanabe
      • Shall We Dance?
      • Reiko Kusamura
      • Shall We Dance?
    • Ayumi Ito
      • Ayumi Ito
      • Swallowtail Butterfly
    • Yuriko Hoshi in Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
      • Yuriko Hoshi
      • Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari
      • Maki Mizuno
      • Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

    Newcomer of the Year

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kids Return

      7.4 (7.1K)
      Ken Kaneko
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kids Return

      7.4 (7.1K)
      Masanobu Andô
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

      5.4 (26)
      Maki Mizuno
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Swallowtail Butterfly

      7.5 (4.7K)
      Ayumi Ito
    • Winner

      Boku wa benkyo ga dekinai

      Jun Toba
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Countdown

      3.9 (310)
      Yûki Amami
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Haru

      7.5 (839)
      Seiyô Uchino
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shall We Dance?

      7.7 (12K)
      Tamiyo Kusakari

    Popularity Award

    Edit

    Most Popular Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Swallowtail Butterfly

      7.5 (4.7K)

    Most Popular Performer

    • Acri (1996)
      Winners
      • Acri
      • [Focus]
      • Fried Dragon Fish
      • Picnic
      Tadanobu Asano

    Special Award

    Edit
    • Sadako Sawamura in When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
      Winner
      • Sadako Sawamura
      For her career.
    • Winner
      • Fujio F. Fujiko
      For his work.
    • Masaki Kobayashi
      Winner
      • Masaki Kobayashi
      For his work.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sleeping Man

      7.1 (306)
      For producing the film.
    • Furankî Sakai in Shogun (1980)
      Winner
      • Furankî Sakai
      For his career.
    • Winner
      • Masayuki Satô
      For his work.

    Lifetime Achievement Award

    Edit
    • Kiyoshi Atsumi in The Castle of Sand (1974)
      Winner
      • Kiyoshi Atsumi

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    Event date

    March 29, 1997

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

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

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