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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
      • The Eel
      • Lost Paradise
    • Toshiaki Karasawa in Like a Dragon: Yakuza (2024)
      • Toshiaki Karasawa
      • Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
    • Kyôzô Nagatsuka
      • Kyôzô Nagatsuka
      • Moonlight Serenade
    • Naoto Takenaka in Rampo (1994)
      • Naoto Takenaka
      • Tokyo biyori
    • Tetsuya Watari in Tokyo Drifter (1966)
      • Tetsuya Watari
      • Yukai

    Best Actress

    • Winner
      • Hitomi Kuroki
      • Lost Paradise
    • Nobuko Miyamoto in Tampopo (1985)
      • Nobuko Miyamoto
      • Woman in Witness Protection
    • [object Object]

      Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

      7.7 (2.2K)
    • Miho Nakayama
      • Miho Nakayama
      • Tokyo biyori
    • Hara reassures Emi.
      • Misa Shimizu
      • The Eel

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Moonlight Serenade

      6.6 (138)
      Noriyoshi Ikeya
    • [object Object]

      Lost Paradise

      6.6 (829)
      Hidetaka Ozawa
    • [object Object]

      Tokyo biyori

      6.8 (324)
      Katsumi Nakazawa
    • [object Object]

      The Eel

      7.3 (6.8K)
      Hisao Inagaki
    • [object Object]

      Yukai

      6.7 (51)
      Kyôko Heya

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yukai

      6.7 (51)
      Daisaku Kimura
    • [object Object]

      Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

      7.7 (2.2K)
      Kenji Takama
    • [object Object]

      Lost Paradise

      6.6 (829)
      Hiroshi Takase
    • [object Object]

      Tokyo biyori

      6.8 (324)
      Yasushi Sasakibara
    • [object Object]

      The Eel

      7.3 (6.8K)
      Shigeru Komatsubara

    Best Director

    • Shôhei Imamura
      Winner
      • Shôhei Imamura
      • The Eel
    • Kôki Mitani
      • Kôki Mitani
      • Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
      • Yoshimitsu Morita
      • Lost Paradise
    • Naoto Takenaka in Rampo (1994)
      • Naoto Takenaka
      • Tokyo biyori
      • Takao Okawara
      • Yukai

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yukai

      6.7 (51)
      Chizuko Osada
    • [object Object]

      Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

      7.7 (2.2K)
      Hirohide Abe
    • [object Object]

      Tokyo biyori

      6.8 (324)
      Yoshiyuki Okuhara
    • [object Object]

      Lost Paradise

      6.6 (829)
      Shinji Tanaka
    • [object Object]

      The Eel

      7.3 (6.8K)
      Hajime Okayasu

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Princess Mononoke

      8.3 (466K)
    • [object Object]

      Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

      7.7 (2.2K)
    • [object Object]

      Tokyo biyori

      6.8 (324)
    • [object Object]

      The Eel

      7.3 (6.8K)
    • [object Object]

      Yukai

      6.7 (51)

    Best Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Titanic

      7.9 (1.4M)
    • [object Object]

      Air Force One

      6.5 (219K)
    • [object Object]

      The English Patient

      7.4 (210K)
    • [object Object]

      Seven Years in Tibet

      7.1 (163K)
    • [object Object]

      Shine

      7.6 (58K)

    Best Lighting

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Yukai

      6.7 (51)
      Hideki Mochizuki
    • [object Object]

      Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

      7.7 (2.2K)
      Masamichi Uwabo
    • [object Object]

      Lost Paradise

      6.6 (829)
      Akira Ono
    • [object Object]

      Tokyo biyori

      6.8 (324)
      Hiroyuki Yasukouchi
    • [object Object]

      The Eel

      7.3 (6.8K)
      Yasuo Iwaki

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tokyo biyori

      6.8 (324)
      Taeko Ônuki
    • [object Object]

      Woman in Witness Protection

      7.2 (364)
      Toshiyuki Honda
    • [object Object]

      Lost Paradise

      6.6 (829)
      Michiru Ôshima
    • [object Object]

      The Eel

      7.3 (6.8K)
      Shinichirô Ikebe
    • Yukai (1997)
      Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
      • Yukai
      • Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
      Takayuki Hattori

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

      7.7 (2.2K)
      Kôki Mitani
    • [object Object]

      Lost Paradise

      6.6 (829)
      Tomomi Tsutsui
    • [object Object]

      Tokyo biyori

      6.8 (324)
      Ryô Iwamatsu
    • [object Object]

      The Eel

      7.3 (6.8K)
      Shôhei Imamura
      Daisuke Tengan
      Motofumi Tomikawa
    • [object Object]

      Yukai

      6.7 (51)
      Tadashi Morishita

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

      7.7 (2.2K)
      Tetsuo Segawa
    • [object Object]

      Lost Paradise

      6.6 (829)
      Fumio Hashimoto
    • [object Object]

      Tokyo biyori

      6.8 (324)
      Mineharu Kitamura
    • [object Object]

      The Eel

      7.3 (6.8K)
      Kenichi Benitani
    • [object Object]

      Yukai

      6.7 (51)
      Teiichi Saitô

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Masahiko Nishimura
      Winner
      • Masahiko Nishimura
      • Woman in Witness Protection
      • Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
      • Masato Hagiwara
      • Cure
    • Chôsuke Ikariya and Akira Terao in Dreams (1990)
      • Akira Terao
      • Lost Paradise
      • Akira Emoto
      • The Eel
    • Masatoshi Nagase in Paterson (2016)
      • Masatoshi Nagase
      • Yukai

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Mitsuko Baishô and Hitoshi Ueki in The Crazy Family (1984)
      Winner
      • Mitsuko Baishô
      • The Eel
    • Keiko Toda
      • Keiko Toda
      • Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
      • Tomoko Hoshino
      • Lost Paradise
      • Etsuko Ichihara
      • The Eel
      • Miki Sakai
      • Yukai

    Newcomer of the Year

    Edit
    • Moonlight Serenade (1997)
      Winners
      • Moonlight Serenade
      • Deborah, the Rival
      Hinano Yoshikawa
    • Kanako Enomoto, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Yoshinori Okada, and Akiko Yada in Tokimeki Memorial (1997)
      Gendai ninkyoden (1997)
      Winners
      • Tokimeki Memorial
      • Gendai ninkyoden
      Yoshinori Okada
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tôkyô yakyoku

      6.0 (115)
      Takaya Kamikawa
    • Winner

      Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi

      5.1 (12)
      Tsunku
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lost Paradise

      6.6 (829)
      Yoshino Kimura
    • The Secret Garden (1997)
      Haunted School 3 (1997)
      Winners
      • The Secret Garden
      • Haunted School 3
      Naomi Nishida
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      20-seiki nosutarujia

      6.6 (173)
      Ryôko Hirosue

    Popularity Award

    Edit

    Most Popular Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

      8.1 (72K)

    Most Popular Performer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

      7.7 (2.2K)
      Masahiko Nishimura

    Special Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Princess Mononoke

      8.3 (466K)
      Yoshikazu Mera
      To a talented singer who sang the theme song for the film.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pekin genjin

      4.3 (75)
      Yo Futsuta
      To Yo Futsuta and his SFX staff.
    • Yûko Miyamura and Megumi Ogata in Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
      Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997)
      Hitomi Kuroki and Kôji Yakusho in Lost Paradise (1997)
      Winners
      • Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
      • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
      • Lost Paradise
      Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
      For producing the films.
    • Winner
      • Yasuyoshi Tokuma
      For his work.
    • Shintarô Katsu
      Winner
      • Shintarô Katsu
      For his career.
    • Haruko Sugimura in Early Summer (1951)
      Winner
      • Haruko Sugimura
      For her career.
    • Winner
      • Tomoyuki Tanaka
      For his work.
    • Kô Nishimura in Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
      Winner
      • Kô Nishimura
      For his career.
    • Toshirô Mifune in Seven Samurai (1954)
      Winner
      • Toshirô Mifune
      For his career.
    • Winner
      • Kinnosuke Nakamura
      For his career.

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    Event date

    March 6, 1998

    Event location

    Japan

    Event links

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

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