Awards & Winners

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Japan Academy Prize

Date Established : 1978

Check all the winners of Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography presented under Japan Academy Prize since 1979 .


Norimichi Kasamatsu

Honored for : Unforgiven

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Norimichi Kasamatsu Unforgiven
Mikiya Takimoto Like Father, Like Son
Masashi Chikamori Tokyo Family
Takeshi Hamada Ask This of Rikyu
Junichi Fujisawa The Great Passage

Daisaku Kimura

Honored for : A Chorus of Angels

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takeshi Hamada Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
Daisaku Kimura A Chorus of Angels
Shoji Ebara The Floating Castle
Motonobu Kiyoku The Floating Castle
Jun'ichirô Hayashi Dearest
Akiko Ashizawa Chronicle of My Mother

Junichi Fujisawa

Honored for : Rebirth

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hideo Yamamoto A Ghost of a Chance
Mutsuo Naganuma The Last Ronin
Junichi Fujisawa Rebirth
Norimichi Kasamatsu Someday
Osamu Fujiishi Gaku: Minna no Yama

Nobuyasu Kita

Honored for : 13 Assassins

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nobuyasu Kita 13 Assassins
Atsushi Ozawa Confessions
Masakazu Ato Confessions
Norimichi Kasamatsu Villain
Koichi Ishii Sword of Desperation
Masashi Chikamori About Her Brother

Daisaku Kimura

Honored for : Mt. Tsurugidake

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Daisaku Kimura Mt. Tsurugidake
Katsumi Yanagijima Dear Doctor
Mutsuo Naganuma The Unbroken
Takahide Shibanushi Villon's Wife
Takahiro Tsutai Zero no shôten

Takeshi Hamada

Honored for : Departures

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takeshi Hamada Departures
Mutsuo Naganuma Kabei - Our Mother
Gen Kobayashi Climber's High
Shoichi Ato Paco and the Magical Book
Atsushi Ozawa Paco and the Magical Book
Kosuke Matsushima I Want to Be a Shellfish

Takahiro Tsutai

Honored for : Bizan

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takahiro Tsutai Bizan
Kôzô Shibasaki Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Naoki Kayano I Just Didn't Do It
Daisaku Kimura The Haunted Samurai

Mutsuo Naganuma

Honored for : Love and Honor

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mutsuo Naganuma Love and Honor
Hideo Yamamoto Hula Girls
Masakazu Ato Memories of Matsuko
Yoshitaka Sakamoto Yamato
Hideo Yamamoto The Uch?ten Hotel

Kôzô Shibasaki

Honored for : Always: Sunset on Third Street

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kôzô Shibasaki Always: Sunset on Third Street
Norimichi Kasamatsu Aegis
Mark Lee Ping Bin Spring Snow
Nobuyasu Kita Year One in the North
Shinji Kugimiya The Samurai I Loved

Noboru Shinoda

Honored for : Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Noboru Shinoda Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World
Daisaku Kimura Akai Tsuki
Takeshi Hamada Blood and Bones
Mutsuo Naganuma Half a Confession
Mutsuo Naganuma The Hidden Blade

Katsumi Yanagijima

Honored for : Zat?ichi

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Katsumi Yanagijima Zat?ichi
Nobuyasu Kita Like Asura
Takeshi Hamada When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Osamu Fujiishi Bayside Shakedown 2
Tatsuo Suzuki Spy Sorge

Mutsuo Naganuma

Honored for : The Twilight Samurai

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mutsuo Naganuma The Twilight Samurai
Shoji Ueda Letter from the Mountain
Katsumi Yanagijima Dolls
Akira Sakoh Ping Pong
Yoshitaka Sakamoto Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken

Katsumi Yanagijima

Honored for : Go

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Katsumi Yanagijima Go
Daisaku Kimura The Firefly
Naoki Kayano Onmyoji
Toyoshi Tsuda Calmi Couri Appassionati
Tatsuo Suzuki Sennen no Koi Story of Genji

Shoji Ueda

Honored for : After the Rain

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shoji Ueda After the Rain
Mutsuo Naganuma Gakko IV: 15-Sai
Yukio Isohata Dora-Heita
Tatsuo Suzuki Nagasaki burabura bushi
Hideo Yamamoto Whiteout

Daisaku Kimura

Honored for : Poppoya

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Daisaku Kimura Poppoya
Tatsuo Suzuki Owls' Castle
Toyomichi Kurita Gohatto
Yoshitaka Sakamoto Jubaku: Spellbound
Daisaku Kimura The Geisha House

Kôzô Shibasaki

Honored for : Begging for Love

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kôzô Shibasaki Begging for Love
Daisaku Kimura Diary of Early Winter Shower
Hideo Yamamoto Fireworks
Shigeru Komatsubara Dr. Akagi
Osamu Fujiishi Bayside Shakedown: The Movie

Daisaku Kimura

Honored for : Yukai

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Daisaku Kimura Yukai
Kenji Takama Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Hiroshi Takase Lost Paradise
Yasushi Sasakibara Tokyo biyori
Shigeru Komatsubara The Eel

Naoki Kayano

Honored for : Shall We Dance?

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Naoki Kayano Shall We Dance?
Mutsuo Naganuma Gakko II
Noboru Shinoda Swallowtail
Daisaku Kimura Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari
Yukio Isohata Yatsuhaka-mura

Tatsuo Suzuki

Honored for : Sharaku

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tatsuo Suzuki Sharaku
Masao Tochizawa Deep River
Masahiko Iimura Himeyuri no Tô
Kazumi Hara Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends
Fujio Morita Kura

Shigeru Ishihara

Honored for : Crest of Betrayal

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shigeru Ishihara Crest of Betrayal
Yudai Kato Last Song
Yasushi Sasakibara Rampo
Yukio Isohata 47 Ronin
Fujio Morita Shinonomerô onna no ran

Shoji Ueda, Takao Saito

Honored for : Rainbow Bridge, Madadayo

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takao Saito Madadayo","Rainbow Bridge
Shoji Ueda Madadayo","Rainbow Bridge
Takeshi Hamada Made in Japan
Mutsuo Naganuma A Class to Remember","Yearning
Tetsuo Takaha A Class to Remember","Yearning
Yoshitaka Sakamoto Haruka, nosutarujii","Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu
Daisaku Kimura Bloom in the Moonlight","Shin gokudo no onna-tachi: Kakugoshiiya

Mutsuo Naganuma

Honored for : O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mutsuo Naganuma O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan
Noritaka Sakamoto The Operating Room
Daisaku Kimura Kantsubaki","Tengoku no Taizai
Fujio Morita The Oil-Hell Murder","Gô-hime
Masahiko Iimura T?ki Rakujitsu

Takao Saito, Shoji Ueda

Honored for : Rhapsody in August

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takao Saito Rhapsody in August
Shoji Ueda Rhapsody in August
Masahiro Kishimoto Rainbow Kids
Fujio Morita Kagerô
Tetsuo Takaha My Sons
Kôzô Okazaki Sensou to seishun

Shohei Ando

Honored for : The Sting of Death

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shohei Ando The Sting of Death
Yuji Okumura Pod severnym siyaniyem
Tatsuo Suzuki Childhood Days
Yonezo Maeda Heaven and Earth
Takao Saito Dreams
Shoji Ueda Dreams

Takashi Kawamata

Honored for : Black Rain

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takashi Kawamata Black Rain
Daisaku Kimura Buddies","Gokudo no onna-tachi: San-daime ane
Seiz? Sengen Orugoru","24 Hour Playboy","Kitchen","Juliet Game
Fujio Morita Rikyu","Four Days of Snow and Blood
Masao Tochizawa Death of a Tea Master

Akira Shiizuka

Honored for : The Silk Road

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Akira Shiizuka The Silk Road
Daisaku Kimura A Chaos of Flowers","Hanazono no meikyu
Yoshitaka Sakamoto The Discarnates
Tatsuo Suzuki Tomorrow","Kizu","Marilyn ni aitai
Takao Saito Oracion
Kazumi Hara Oracion

Shinsaku Himeda

Honored for : River of Fireflies

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shinsaku Himeda River of Fireflies
Yukio Isohata Actress
Yonezo Maeda A Taxing Woman
Setsuo Kobayashi Taketori Monogatari
Daisaku Kimura Yogisha

Daisaku Kimura

Honored for : House on Fire

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Daisaku Kimura House on Fire
Setsuo Kobayashi Rokumeikan
Hiroyuki Namiki Lost in the Wilderness
Etsuo Akutsu Lost in the Wilderness
Kazuo Miyagawa Gonza the Spearman

Yonezo Maeda

Honored for : Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki, And Then

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yonezo Maeda And Then","Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki
Setsuo Kobayashi The Burmese Harp
Fujio Morita Oar
Daisaku Kimura Time of Wickedness","Yasha
Shoji Ueda Ran
Takao Saito Ran

Kazuo Miyagawa

Honored for : MacArthur's Children

Fujio Morita

Honored for : The Geisha, Ninja Wars

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Fujio Morita The Geisha","Ninja Wars
Akira Shiizuka Antarctica
Masao Tochizawa The Ballad of Narayama
Kiyoshi Hasegawa The Makioka Sisters
Yoshimasa Hakata Amagi Pass

Shinsaku Himeda

Honored for : To Trap a Kidnapper

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shinsaku Himeda To Trap a Kidnapper
Takashi Kawamata Suspicion","Dotonbori River
Daisaku Kimura Kaikyô
Fujio Morita Onimasa
Kiyoshi Kitasaka Fall Guy

Shohei Ando

Honored for : Muddy River

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shinsaku Himeda Why Not?
Daisaku Kimura Station
Kazue Nagatsuka Heat Shimmer Theater
Shunichiro Nakao Willful Murder

Masahiko Iimura

Honored for : 203 kochi

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Masahiko Iimura 203 kochi
Daisaku Kimura Virus
Shinsaku Himeda Tempyo no iraka
Kazue Nagatsuka Zigeunerweisen
Takashi Kawamata Bad Sorts","Furueru shita

Shinsaku Himeda

Honored for : Vengeance Is Mine

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shinsaku Himeda Vengeance Is Mine
Setsuo Kobayashi Oh! The Nomugi Pass
Takashi Kawamata The Three Undelivered Letters
Kôzô Okazaki The Three Undelivered Letters
Tatsuo Suzuki Taiy? o Nusunda Otoko

Takashi Kawamata

Honored for : The Incident

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takashi Kawamata The Incident
Yoshio Miyajima The Fall of Ako Castle","Empire of Passion