Awards & Winners

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction

Japan Academy Prize

Date Established : 1978

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


Kôichi Watanabe

Honored for : Unforgiven

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kôichi Watanabe Unforgiven
Norikiyo Fujii Like Father, Like Son
Kôichi Watanabe Tokyo Family
Kiyohito Ando Ask This of Rikyu
Tatsuya Osada The Great Passage

Takashi Sugimoto

Honored for : A Chorus of Angels

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hiroki Nakamura Dearest
Kiyohito Ando Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
Hidenori Nagata Chronicle of My Mother
Takashi Sugimoto The Floating Castle
Takashi Sugimoto A Chorus of Angels

Masao Kanazawa

Honored for : Rebirth

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kazuaki Kiriya Someday
Masao Kanazawa Rebirth
Akira Ono A Ghost of a Chance
Takaaki Miyanishi The Last Ronin
Takayuki Kawabe Gaku: Minna no Yama

Yoshi Watabe

Honored for : 13 Assassins

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yoshi Watabe 13 Assassins
Noritaka Shiibara Sword of Desperation
Villain
Kôichi Watanabe About Her Brother
Susumu Takakura Confessions

Takayuki Kawabe

Honored for : Mt. Tsurugidake

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takayuki Kawabe Mt. Tsurugidake
Eiji Oshita Dear Doctor
Takeshi Nakasu The Unbroken
Tatsuya Osada Villon's Wife
Yoshitake Hikita Zero no shôten

Hitoshi Takaya

Honored for : Departures

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hitoshi Takaya Departures
Takeshi Nakasu Kabei - Our Mother
Naoyuki Hori Climber's High
Susumu Takakura Paco and the Magical Book
Taro Kimura I Want to Be a Shellfish

Yoshitake Hikita

Honored for : Bizan

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yoshitake Hikita Bizan
Ken'ichi Mizuno Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Tatsuya Nagata I Just Didn't Do It
Takashi Sugimoto The Haunted Samurai

Takeshi Nakasu

Honored for : Love and Honor

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takeshi Nakasu Love and Honor
Akira Ono Hula Girls
Taro Kimura Memories of Matsuko
Takeshi Okubo Yamato
Akira Ono The Uch?ten Hotel

Ken'ichi Mizuno

Honored for : Always: Sunset on Third Street

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken'ichi Mizuno Always: Sunset on Third Street
Kenji Ishida Aegis
Yuuki Nakamura Spring Snow
Yuuki Nakamura Year One in the North
Sosuke Yoshikado The Samurai I Loved

Yuuki Nakamura

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

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yuuki Nakamura Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World
Mitsuo Watanabe Akai Tsuki
Hitoshi Takaya Blood and Bones
Sosuke Yoshikado Half a Confession
Genken Nakaoka The Hidden Blade

Hitoshi Takaya

Honored for : Zat?ichi

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hitoshi Takaya Zat?ichi
Kôichi Watanabe Like Asura
Tatsuya Osada When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Hiroyuki Kase Bayside Shakedown 2
Hideshi Mikami Spy Sorge

Genken Nakaoka

Honored for : The Twilight Samurai

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Genken Nakaoka The Twilight Samurai
Hideaki Yamakawa Letter from the Mountain
Hitoshi Takaya Dolls
Kôichi Watanabe Ping Pong
Takeshi Okubo Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken

Hitoshi Takaya

Honored for : Go

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hitoshi Takaya Go
Mitsuo Watanabe The Firefly
Tatsuya Osada Onmyoji
Minoru Kawai Calmi Couri Appassionati
Kiyohito Ando Sennen no Koi Story of Genji

Takeji Sano

Honored for : After the Rain

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takeji Sano After the Rain
Sosuke Yoshikado Gakko IV: 15-Sai
Kazuo Shimomura Dora-Heita
Kiyohito Ando Nagasaki burabura bushi
Yoshikazu Motohashi Whiteout

Mitsuo Watanabe

Honored for : Poppoya

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mitsuo Watanabe Poppoya
Yoshio Unno Owls' Castle
Gohatto
Takeshi Okubo Jubaku: Spellbound
Kiyohito Ando The Geisha House

Nariyuki Ueda

Honored for : Begging for Love

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nariyuki Ueda Begging for Love
Shigeru Shiino Diary of Early Winter Shower
Hitoshi Takaya Fireworks
Hideaki Yamakawa Dr. Akagi
Ryuichi Ishimaru Bayside Shakedown: The Movie

Hideki Mochizuki

Honored for : Yukai

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hideki Mochizuki Yukai
Masamichi Uwabo Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Akira Ono Lost Paradise
Hiroyuki Yasukouchi Tokyo biyori
Yasuo Iwaki The Eel

Tatsuya Osada

Honored for : Shall We Dance?

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tatsuya Osada Shall We Dance?
Hideo Kumagai Gakko II
Yuuki Nakamura Swallowtail
Kiyohito Ando Waga kokoro no ginga tetsudo: Miyazawa Kenji monogatari
Kazuo Shimomura Yatsuhaka-mura

Ken'ichi Mizuno

Honored for : Sharaku

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ken'ichi Mizuno Sharaku
Tadaaki Shimada Deep River
Toyoharu Shinozaki Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends
Fujio Morita Kura
Teruo Osawa Himeyuri no Tô

Toshio Nakajima

Honored for : Crest of Betrayal

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Toshio Nakajima Crest of Betrayal
Teruo Osawa Last Song
Hiroyuki Yasukouchi Rampo
Kazuo Shimomura 47 Ronin
Yoshiaki Masuda Shinonomerô onna no ran

Takeji Sano

Honored for : Madadayo, Rainbow Bridge

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takeji Sano Madadayo","Rainbow Bridge
Hitoshi Takaya Made in Japan
Hideo Kumagai A Class to Remember","Yearning
Yuuki Nakamura Haruka, nosutarujii","Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu
Kazuo Takano Haruka, nosutarujii","Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu
Yoshiaki Masuda Shin gokudo no onna-tachi: Kakugoshiiya","Bloom in the Moonlight

Hideo Kumagai

Honored for : O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hideo Kumagai O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan
Yoshiaki Masuda Kantsubaki","Tengoku no Taizai
Yasushi Watanabe The Operating Room
Genken Nakaoka The Oil-Hell Murder","Gô-hime
Shigeru Umetani T?ki Rakujitsu

Takeji Sano

Honored for : Rhapsody in August

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Takeshi Sano Rhapsody in August
Kojiro Sato Rainbow Kids
Genken Nakaoka Kagerô
Yoshifumi Aoki My Sons
Kazuo Shimomura Sensou to seishun

Hiroshi Matsui

Honored for : The Sting of Death

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hiroshi Matsui The Sting of Death
Akio Watanabe Pod severnym siyaniyem
Ken'ichi Mizuno Childhood Days
Kazuo Yabe Heaven and Earth
Takeshi Sano Dreams

Yasuo Iwaki

Honored for : Death of a Tea Master, Black Rain

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yasuo Iwaki Black Rain","Death of a Tea Master
Yoshiaki Masuda Buddies","Gokudo no onna-tachi: San-daime ane
Mitsuo Watanabe Orugoru","24 Hour Playboy","Kitchen","Juliet Game
Genken Nakaoka Rikyu","Four Days of Snow and Blood

Shigeru Umetani

Honored for : The Silk Road

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shigeru Umetani The Silk Road
Yoshiaki Masuda A Chaos of Flowers","Hanazono no meikyu
Takehiko Sakuma The Discarnates
Ken'ichi Mizuno Kizu","Tomorrow","Marilyn ni aitai
Hideki Mochizuki Oracion

Tadaaki Shimada

Honored for : River of Fireflies

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tadaaki Shimada River of Fireflies
Kaoru Saitô Actress
Akio Katsura A Taxing Woman
Kazuo Shimomura Taketori Monogatari
Yoshiaki Masuda Yogisha

Yoshiaki Masuda

Honored for : House on Fire

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yoshiaki Masuda House on Fire
Kazuo Shimomura Rokumeikan
Haruo Kawashima Lost in the Wilderness
Takeji Sano Gonza the Spearman

Kazuo Yabe

Honored for : And Then, Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kazuo Yabe Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki","And Then
Kazuo Shimomura The Burmese Harp
Yoshiaki Masuda Oar
Hiroyuki Yasukouchi Yasha","Time of Wickedness
Takeji Sano Ran

Takeji Sano

Honored for : MacArthur's Children

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shigeru Umetani Mahjong h?r?ki
Hideki Mochizuki Ohan
Shosaku Kato The Funeral
Koichi Hayashi Station to Heaven
Yoshio Kobayashi Station to Heaven
Takeji Sano MacArthur's Children

Yoshiaki Masuda

Honored for : Ninja Wars, The Geisha

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yoshiaki Masuda The Geisha","Ninja Wars
Yasuo Iwaki The Ballad of Narayama
Takashi Miyahara Amagi Pass
Haruo Kawashima Antarctica
Kojiro Sato The Makioka Sisters

Toshio Yamaguchi

Honored for : To Trap a Kidnapper

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Toshio Yamaguchi To Trap a Kidnapper
Matsutaro Kobayashi Dotonbori River","Suspicion
Hideki Mochizuki Kaikyô
Sakae Kaichi Fall Guy
Yoshiaki Masuda Onimasa

Tadaaki Shimada

Honored for : Muddy River

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tadaaki Shimada Muddy River
Yasuo Iwaki Why Not?
Hideki Mochizuki Station
Mitsuo Onishi Heat Shimmer Theater
Kenichi Okamoto Willful Murder

Shigeru Umetani

Honored for : 203 kochi

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shigeru Umetani 203 kochi
Hideki Mochizuki Virus
Yasuo Iwaki Tempyo no iraka
Mitsuo Onishi Zigeunerweisen
Matsutaro Kobayashi Bad Sorts","Furueru shita

Yasuo Iwaki

Honored for : Vengeance Is Mine

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Yasuo Iwaki Vengeance Is Mine
Kazuo Shimomura Oh! The Nomugi Pass
Hideo Kumagai Taiy? o Nusunda Otoko
Takehiko Sakuma My Son! My Son!
Matsutaro Kobayashi The Three Undelivered Letters