Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction (Japan Academy Prize)

Japan Academy Prize

Date Established : 1978

Check all the winners of Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction presented under Japan Academy Prize since 1980 .

Takashi Yoshida

Honored for : Ask This of Rikyu

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yohei Taneda	The Kiyosu Conference
Kimie Kurotaki	The Kiyosu Conference
Katsumi Nakazawa	A Boy Called H
Mitsuo Harada	The Great Passage
Mitsuo Harada	Unforgiven
Ryo Sugimoto	Unforgiven
Takashi Yoshida	Ask This of Rikyu

Noriyuki Kondo, Norihiro Isoda

Honored for : The Floating Castle

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Mitsuo Harada	A Chorus of Angels
Mitsuo Harada	Thermae Romae
Noriyuki Kondo	The Floating Castle
Norihiro Isoda	The Floating Castle
Kyôko Heya	Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
Hidemitsu Yamazaki	Chronicle of My Mother
Kyôko Yauchi	Dearest

Tetsuo Harada, Yoshinobu Nishioka

Honored for : The Last Ronin

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yohei Taneda	A Ghost of a Chance
Chie Matsumoto	Rebirth
Yuji Hayashida	Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Tetsuo Harada	The Last Ronin
Yoshinobu Nishioka	The Last Ronin
Noriyuki Kondo	Abacus and Sword

Yuji Hayashida

Honored for : 13 Assassins

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yuji Hayashida	13 Assassins
Yohei Taneda	Villain
Ryo Sugimoto	Villain
Towako Kuwashima	Confessions
Hidefumi Hanatani	The Lady Shogun and Her Men
Toshiyuki Matsumiya	Sakurada Gate Incident

Yohei Taneda, Kyôko Yauchi

Honored for : Villon's Wife

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yohei Taneda	Villon's Wife
Kyôko Yauchi	Villon's Wife
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Castle Under Fiery Skies
Takashi Yoshida	Castle Under Fiery Skies
Fumio Ogawa	The Unbroken
Takaichi Wakamatsu	Mt. Tsurugidake
Katsuhiro Fukuzawa	Mt. Tsurugidake
Yukiharu Seshimo	Zero no shôten

Towako Kuwashima

Honored for : Paco and the Magical Book

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Towako Kuwashima	Paco and the Magical Book
Mitsuo Degawa	Kabei - Our Mother
Fumio Ogawa	Departures
Yohei Taneda	The Magic Hour
Katsuhiro Fukuzawa	Climber's High

Kyôko Heya

Honored for : I Just Didn't Do It

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kyôko Heya	I Just Didn't Do It
Anri Johjo	Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Namiko Iwaki	Sakuran
Takashi Yoshida	Oh! Oku

Toshiyuki Matsumiya, Noriyuki Kondo

Honored for : Yamato

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Toshiyuki Matsumiya	Yamato
Noriyuki Kondo	Yamato
Mitsuo Degawa	Love and Honor
Yohei Taneda	Hula Girls
Towako Kuwashima	Memories of Matsuko
Yohei Taneda	The Uch?ten Hotel

Anri Johjo

Honored for : Always: Sunset on Third Street

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Anri Johjo	Always: Sunset on Third Street
Mitsuo Harada	Aegis
Osamu Yamaguchi	Spring Snow
Kyôko Heya	Year One in the North
Akira Sakuragi	The Samurai I Loved

Mitsuo Degawa, Yoshinobu Nishioka

Honored for : The Hidden Blade

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yoshinobu Nishioka	The Hidden Blade
Mitsuo Degawa	The Hidden Blade
Katsuhiro Fukuzawa	Akai Tsuki
Toshihiro Isomi	Blood and Bones
Hidemitsu Yamazaki	Half a Confession
Osamu Yamaguchi	Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World

Hajime Oikawa

Honored for : Spy Sorge

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kyôko Heya	When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Kyôko Heya	Onmyoji 2
Hajime Oikawa	Spy Sorge
Hidemitsu Yamazaki	Like Asura
Norihiro Isoda	Zat?ichi

Yoshinobu Nishioka, Mitsuo Degawa

Honored for : The Twilight Samurai

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kyôko Heya	Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken
Mitsuo Degawa	The Twilight Samurai
Yoshinobu Nishioka	The Twilight Samurai
Yoshir? Muraki	Letter from the Mountain
Tadashi Sakai	Letter from the Mountain
Norihiro Isoda	Dolls
Osamu Yamaguchi	Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover

Yoshinobu Nishioka, Toshiyuki Matsumiya

Honored for : Sennen no Koi Story of Genji

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kyôko Heya	Onmyoji
Toshiyuki Matsumiya	Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
Hiroshi Wada	Go
Katsuhiro Fukuzawa	The Firefly
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Kah-chan

Yoshir? Muraki

Honored for : After the Rain

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yoshir? Muraki	After the Rain
Mitsuo Degawa	Gakko IV: 15-Sai
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Dora-Heita","Nagasaki burabura bushi
Fumio Ogawa	Whiteout

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Honored for : Owls' Castle

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kyôko Heya	Jubaku: Spellbound
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Owls' Castle
Yoshinobu Nishioka	The Geisha House","Gohatto
Katsuhiro Fukuzawa	Poppoya

Katsumi Nakazawa

Honored for : Begging for Love

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Katsumi Nakazawa	Begging for Love
Tadayuki Kuwana	Diary of Early Winter Shower
Yohei Taneda	Sleepless Town
Hisao Inagaki	Dr. Akagi
Akira Naitô	Pride

Noriyoshi Ikeya

Honored for : Moonlight Serenade

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kyôko Heya	Yukai
Noriyoshi Ikeya	Moonlight Serenade
Hidetaka Ozawa	Lost Paradise
Katsumi Nakazawa	Tokyo biyori
Hisao Inagaki	The Eel

Kyôko Heya

Honored for : Shall We Dance?

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kyôko Heya	Shall We Dance?
Yoshinaga Yoko'o	Sleeping Man
Yohei Taneda	Swallowtail
Toshiyuki Matsumiya	Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari
Akira Sakuragi	Yatsuhaka-mura

Katsumi Asaba, Noriyoshi Ikeya

Honored for : Sharaku

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Katsumi Asaba	Sharaku
Noriyoshi Ikeya	Sharaku
Katsumi Nakazawa	Haunted School
Shigekazu Ikuno	Himeyuri no Tô
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Kura
Fumio Ogawa	Tenshu monogatari

Yoshir? Muraki

Honored for : 47 Ronin

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kyôko Heya	Rampo
Yoshir? Muraki	47 Ronin
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Crest of Betrayal
Kazutoshi Marui	Crest of Betrayal
Norimichi Ikawa	Shinonomerô onna no ran
Fumio Ogawa	Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon

Yoshir? Muraki

Honored for : Rainbow Bridge, Madadayo

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yoshir? Muraki	Madadayo","Rainbow Bridge
Kazuo Takenaka	Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu
Yutaka Yokoyama	Tora-san's Matchmaker","A Class to Remember
Mitsuo Degawa	Tora-san's Matchmaker","A Class to Remember
	Bloom in the Moonlight
Takeo Kimura	Yearning

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Honored for : Gô-hime, The Oil-Hell Murder

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yoshinobu Nishioka	The Oil-Hell Murder","Gô-hime
Shigemori Shigeta	Tsuribaka Nisshi 5","The Strange Story of Oyuki","The Operating Room
Akira Naitô	Kantsubaki","The River with No Bridge
Valeri Yurkevich	O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan
Hiroshi Tokuda	O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan
Yoshinaga Yoko'o	T?ki Rakujitsu

Yoshir? Muraki

Honored for : Rhapsody in August

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yoshir? Muraki	Rhapsody in August
Norimichi Ikawa	The Passage to Japan","The Great Shogunate Battle
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Kagerô
Mitsuo Degawa	My Sons","Tora-san Confesses
Akira Haruki	Sensou to seishun

Takeo Kimura

Honored for : Shikibu monogatari, Childhood Days, Hong Kong Paradise

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Takeo Kimura	Shikibu monogatari","Childhood Days","Hong Kong Paradise
Akira Naitô	Isan sôzoku","Ronin Gai","Ruten no umi
Kiyoshi Yokoo	The Sting of Death
Hiroshi Tokuda	Heaven and Earth
Yoshir? Muraki	Dreams
Akira Sakuragi	Dreams

Shigemori Shigeta, Yoshinobu Nishioka

Honored for : Rikyu

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shinobu Muraki	Buddies","The Glass Cape
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Rikyu
Shigemori Shigeta	Rikyu
Hisao Inagaki	Black Rain
Takeo Kimura	Death of a Tea Master
Akira Naitô	Shaso

Hiroshi Tokuda

Honored for : The Silk Road

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hiroshi Tokuda	The Silk Road
Akira Naitô	A Chaos of Flowers","Tomorrow","Anego
Katzov Satsoya	The Discarnates","Nihon junjo-den okashina futari
Takeo Kimura	Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Noriyoshi Ikeya	Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Setsu Asakura	Tsuru
Tsuneo Shimura	Tsuru

Shinobu Muraki

Honored for : Actress, Taketori Monogatari

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shinobu Muraki	Actress","Taketori Monogatari
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Hachiko Monogatari","Yoshiwara enjo
Katsumi Kaneda	Jiro's Story","Bu Su
Shuji Nakamura	A Taxing Woman
Norimichi Ikawa	Yogisha

Shinobu Muraki

Honored for : Rokumeikan

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shinobu Muraki	Rokumeikan
Yoshikazu Sano	House on Fire
Mitsuo Degawa	Tora-san's Island Encounter","Final Take
Tsutomu Imamura	Cabaret","A Homansu
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Gonza the Spearman
Kiyoshi Awazu	Gonza the Spearman

Shinobu Muraki, Yoshir? Muraki

Honored for : Ran

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yoshir? Muraki	Ran
Shinobu Muraki	Ran
Yoshinobu Nishioka	Oar","Itoshiki hibiyo","Tracked
Shigemasa Toda	Shokutaku no nai ie
Tsutomu Imamura	And Then","Kekkon annai misuterî","Yasha","Time of Wickedness
Norimichi Ikawa	Yumechiyo nikki","Saigo no bakuto

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Honored for : Kita no hotaru, MacArthur's Children, Make-up

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shinobu Muraki	Ohan
Yoshinobu Nishioka	MacArthur's Children","Make-up","Kita no hotaru
Norimichi Ikawa	Jo no mai","Kûkai
Shuji Nakamura	Mahjong h?r?ki","Station to Heaven
Kyôhei Morita	Shanghai Rhapsody
Yutaka Yokoyama	Shanghai Rhapsody

Kenji Yamashita, Yoshinobu Nishioka

Honored for : Ninja Wars, The Geisha

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shinobu Muraki	The Makioka Sisters
Yoshinobu Nishioka	The Geisha","Ninja Wars
Kenji Yamashita	The Geisha","Ninja Wars
Shigemasa Toda	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Tadayuki Kuwana	Hakujasho
Tadataka Yoshino	The Ballad of Narayama","Time and Tide","Children of Nagasaki

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Honored for : Onimasa, The Living Koheiji

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tsutomu Imamura	To Trap a Kidnapper

Norimichi Ikawa, Yoshikazu Sano

Honored for : Samurai Reincarnation

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Setsu Asakura	Island of the Evil Spirits
Akino Satani	Why Not?
Yukio Higuchi	Station
Takeo Kimura	Willful Murder
Yoshikazu Sano	Samurai Reincarnation
Norimichi Ikawa	Samurai Reincarnation

Takeo Kimura

Honored for : Harukanaru sôro, Za ûman, Tempyo no iraka, Zigeunerweisen

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Takeo Kimura	Zigeunerweisen","Harukanaru sôro","Tempyo no iraka","Za ûman
Hiroshi Kitagawa	203 kochi
Yoshinaga Yoko'o	Virus
Kyohei Morita	Bad Sorts","Furueru shita

Kiyoshi Awazu, Yutaka Yokoyama, Setsu Asakura

Honored for : Yasha-ga-ike

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Setsu Asakura	Yasha-ga-ike
Kiyoshi Awazu	Yasha-ga-ike
Yutaka Yokoyama	Yasha-ga-ike
Shigeo Mano	Oh! The Nomugi Pass
Akino Satani	Vengeance Is Mine","The Resurrection of Golden Wolf","The execution game
Shigemori Shigeta	My Son! My Son!
Yoshinaga Yoko'o	Taiy? o Nusunda Otoko","Akuma ga kitarite fue o fuku