Awards & Winners

Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year

Japan Academy Prize

Date Established : 1978

Check all the winners of Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year presented under Japan Academy Prize since 1978 .


Yuya Ishii

Honored for : The Great Passage

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kazuya Shiraishi The Devil's Path
Yasuo Furuhata A Boy Called H
Hirokazu Koreeda Like Father, Like Son
Yoji Yamada Tokyo Family
Yuya Ishii The Great Passage
Mitsutoshi Tanaka Ask This of Rikyu

Daihachi Yoshida

Honored for : The Kirishima Thing

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Junji Sakamoto A Chorus of Angels
Yasuo Furuhata Dearest
Masato Harada Chronicle of My Mother
Shinji Higuchi The Floating Castle
Isshin Inudo The Floating Castle
Daihachi Yoshida The Kirishima Thing

Izuru Narushima

Honored for : Rebirth

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Izuru Narushima Rebirth
Shigemichi Sugita The Last Ronin
K?ki Mitani A Ghost of a Chance
Hajime Hashimoto The Detective Is in the Bar
Junji Sakamoto Someday

Tetsuya Nakashima

Honored for : Confessions

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tetsuya Nakashima Confessions
Takashi Miike 13 Assassins
Izuru Narushima A Lone Scalpel
Yoji Yamada About Her Brother
Sang-il Lee Villain

Setsur? Wakamatsu

Honored for : The Unbroken

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Setsur? Wakamatsu The Unbroken
Miwa Nishikawa Dear Doctor
Daisaku Kimura Mt. Tsurugidake
Kichitaro Negishi Villon's Wife
Isshin Inudo Zero no shôten

Y?jir? Takita

Honored for : Departures

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Y?jir? Takita Departures
Yoji Yamada Kabei - Our Mother
Masato Harada Climber's High
Hiroshi Nishitani Suspect X
K?ki Mitani The Magic Hour

J?ji Matsuoka

Honored for : Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
J?ji Matsuoka Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Takashi Yamazaki Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Isshin Inudo Bizan
Yuichi Sato Kisaragi
Masayuki Suo I Just Didn't Do It

Sang-il Lee

Honored for : Hula Girls

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sang-il Lee Hula Girls
Yukihiko Tsutsumi Memories of Tomorrow
Yoji Yamada Love and Honor
Junya Sat? Yamato
K?ki Mitani The Uch?ten Hotel

Takashi Yamazaki

Honored for : Always: Sunset on Third Street

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takashi Yamazaki Always: Sunset on Third Street
Junji Sakamoto Aegis
Isao Yukisada Year One in the North
Kazuyuki Izutsu Break Through!
Mitsuo Kurotsuchi The Samurai I Loved

Kiyoshi Sasabe

Honored for : Half a Confession

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kiyoshi Sasabe Half a Confession
Y?ichi Sai Blood and Bones
Yoji Yamada The Hidden Blade
Isao Yukisada Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World
Shinobu Yaguchi Swing Girls

Y?jir? Takita

Honored for : When the Last Sword Is Drawn

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Y?jir? Takita When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Yoshimitsu Morita Like Asura
Katsuyuki Motohiro Bayside Shakedown 2
Masahiro Shinoda Spy Sorge
Takeshi Kitano Zat?ichi

Yoji Yamada

Honored for : The Twilight Samurai

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yoji Yamada The Twilight Samurai
Takashi Koizumi Letter from the Mountain
Kiyoshi Sasabe Hi wa mata noboru
Fumihiko Sori Ping Pong
Masato Harada Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken

Hayao Miyazaki

Honored for : Spirited Away

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hayao Miyazaki Spirited Away
Yasuo Furuhata The Firefly
Tonk? Horikawa Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
Isao Yukisada Go
Shinobu Yaguchi Waterboys

Takashi Koizumi

Honored for : After the Rain

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takashi Koizumi After the Rain
Kinji Fukasaku Battle Royale
Junji Sakamoto Face
Yoji Yamada Gakko IV: 15-Sai
Setsur? Wakamatsu Whiteout

Yasuo Furuhata

Honored for : Poppoya

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yasuo Furuhata Poppoya
Masahiro Shinoda Owls' Castle
Nagisa Oshima Gohatto
Takeshi Kitano Kikujir? no Natsu
Masato Harada Jubaku: Spellbound

Hideyuki Hirayama

Honored for : Begging for Love

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hideyuki Hirayama Begging for Love
Yoji Yamada Gakko III: The New Voyage
Takeshi Kitano Fireworks
Shohei Imamura Dr. Akagi
Katsuyuki Motohiro Bayside Shakedown: The Movie

Hayao Miyazaki

Honored for : Princess Mononoke

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
K?ki Mitani Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Hayao Miyazaki Princess Mononoke
Naoto Takenaka Tokyo biyori
Shohei Imamura The Eel
Takao Okawara Yukai

Masayuki Suo

Honored for : Shall We Dance?

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Masayuki Suo Shall We Dance?
Yoji Yamada Gakko II
Shunji Iwai Swallowtail
J?z? Itami Supermarket Woman
Kazuki Omori Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari

Kaneto Shindo

Honored for : A Last Note

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kaneto Shindo A Last Note
Masanobu Deme Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends
Yasuo Furuhata Kura
Shunji Iwai Love Letter
Masahiro Shinoda Sharaku

Kinji Fukasaku

Honored for : Crest of Betrayal

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kinji Fukasaku Crest of Betrayal
Naoto Takenaka 119
Takayoshi Watanabe Ghost Pub
Shigemichi Sugita Last Song
Kon Ichikawa 47 Ronin

Yoji Yamada

Honored for : A Class to Remember

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yoji Yamada A Class to Remember
Y?jir? Takita Made in Japan
Zenzo Matsuyama Rainbow Bridge
Y?ichi Sai All Under the Moon
Shinichiro Sawai Bloom in the Moonlight

Masayuki Suo

Honored for : Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Masayuki Suo Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Kinji Fukasaku The Triple Cross
J?z? Itami Minbo
Nobuhiko Obayashi Seishun dendekedekedeke
Seijir? K?yama T?ki Rakujitsu

Yoji Yamada

Honored for : My Sons

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yoji Yamada My Sons
Takeshi Kitano A Scene at the Sea
Kihachi Okamoto Rainbow Kids
Akira Kurosawa Rhapsody in August
Naoto Takenaka Muno no hito

Masahiro Shinoda

Honored for : Childhood Days

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Masahiro Shinoda Childhood Days
Shun Nakahara The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
K?hei Oguri The Sting of Death
Seijir? K?yama The Pale Hand
Akira Kurosawa Dreams
Ishir? Honda Dreams

Shohei Imamura

Honored for : Black Rain

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shohei Imamura Black Rain
Yasuo Furuhata Buddies
Hiroshi Teshigahara Rikyu
Kei Kumai Death of a Tea Master
Toshio Masuda Shaso

Junya Sat?

Honored for : The Silk Road

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Junya Sat? The Silk Road
Yoji Yamada Hope and Pain
Kinji Fukasaku A Chaos of Flowers
Nobuhiko Obayashi The Discarnates
Shigemichi Sugita Oracion

J?z? Itami

Honored for : A Taxing Woman

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
J?z? Itami A Taxing Woman
Seijir? K?yama Hachiko Monogatari
Kon Ichikawa Taketori Monogatari
Kosaku Yamashita Yogisha
Hideo Gosha Yoshiwara enjo

Kinji Fukasaku

Honored for : House on Fire

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kinji Fukasaku House on Fire
Yoji Yamada Final Take
Yoshishige Yoshida A Promise
Keisuke Kinoshita Big Joys, Small Sorrows
Junya Sat? Lost in the Wilderness

Shunya It?

Honored for : Gray Sunset

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shunya It? Gray Sunset
Kon Ichikawa The Burmese Harp
Tatsumi Kumashiro Love Letter
Yoshimitsu Morita And Then
Shinichiro Sawai W's Tragedy

J?z? Itami

Honored for : The Funeral

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
J?z? Itami The Funeral
Makoto Wada Mahjong h?r?ki
Kon Ichikawa Ohan
Masahiro Shinoda MacArthur's Children
Masanobu Deme Station to Heaven

Shohei Imamura

Honored for : The Ballad of Narayama

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shohei Imamura The Ballad of Narayama
Yoshimitsu Morita The Family Game
Nagisa Oshima Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Koreyoshi Kurahara Antarctica
Kon Ichikawa The Makioka Sisters

Kinji Fukasaku

Honored for : Fall Guy

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kinji Fukasaku Fall Guy
Yoshitar? Nomura Suspicion
Hideo Gosha Onimasa
Mitsuo Yanagimachi A Farewell to the Land
Shunya It? To Trap a Kidnapper

Yasuo Furuhata

Honored for : Station

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yasuo Furuhata Station
K?hei Oguri Muddy River
Shohei Imamura Why Not?
Kichitaro Negishi Enrai
Kei Kumai Willful Murder

Seijun Suzuki

Honored for : Zigeunerweisen

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Seijun Suzuki Zigeunerweisen
Toshio Masuda 203 kochi
Keisuke Kinoshita Chichi yo haha yo!
Shirô Moritani Dôran
Yoji Yamada A Distant Cry from Spring

Shohei Imamura

Honored for : Vengeance Is Mine

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shohei Imamura Vengeance Is Mine
Satsuo Yamamoto Oh! The Nomugi Pass
Y?ichi Higashi Mo hozue wa tsukanai
Keisuke Kinoshita My Son! My Son!
Kazuhiko Hasegawa Taiy? o Nusunda Otoko

Yoshitar? Nomura

Honored for : The Incident

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yoshitar? Nomura The Incident
Nagisa Oshima Empire of Passion
Yoshitar? Nomura The Demon
Y?ichi Higashi Third Base
Kinji Fukasaku Shogun's Samurai

Yoji Yamada

Honored for : The Yellow Handkerchief

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yoji Yamada The Yellow Handkerchief
Kaneto Shindo The Life of Chikuzan
Shirô Moritani Mount Hakkoda
Masahiro Shinoda Ballad of Orin
Kirio Urayama The Gate of Youth Part 2