Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year (Japan Academy Prize)

Japan Academy Prize

Date Established : 1978

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

Kensaku Watanabe

Honored for : The Great Passage

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hirokazu Koreeda	Like Father, Like Son
Kazuya Shiraishi	The Devil's Path
Izumi Takahashi	The Devil's Path
Kōki Mitani	The Kiyosu Conference
Yoji Yamada	Tokyo Family
Emiko Hiramatsu	Tokyo Family
Kensaku Watanabe	The Great Passage

Kenji Uchida

Honored for : Key of Life

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Machiko Nasu	A Chorus of Angels
Takeshi Aoshima	Dearest
Masato Harada	Chronicle of My Mother
Kenji Uchida	Key of Life
Kōhei Kiyasu	The Kirishima Thing
Daihachi Yoshida	The Kirishima Thing

Satoko Okudera

Honored for : Rebirth

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yôzô Tanaka	The Last Ronin
Satoko Okudera	Rebirth
Junji Sakamoto	Someday
Haruhiko Arai	Someday
Ryota Kosawa	The Detective Is in the Bar
Yasushi Suto	The Detective Is in the Bar
K?ki Mitani	A Ghost of a Chance

Tetsuya Nakashima

Honored for : Confessions

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tetsuya Nakashima	Confessions
Masato Kato	A Lone Scalpel
Sang-il Lee	Villain
Sh?ichi Yoshida	Villain
Daisuke Tengan	13 Assassins
Yoji Yamada	About Her Brother
Emiko Hiramatsu	About Her Brother

Miwa Nishikawa

Honored for : Dear Doctor

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Miwa Nishikawa	Dear Doctor
Takuya Nishioka	The Unbroken
Daisaku Kimura	Mt. Tsurugidake
Atsuo Kikuchi	Mt. Tsurugidake
Toshimasa Miyamura	Mt. Tsurugidake
Yôzô Tanaka	Villon's Wife
Isshin Inudo	Zero no shôten
Kenji Nakazono	Zero no shôten

Kundo Koyama

Honored for : Departures

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kundo Koyama	Departures
Kenji Uchida	After School
Emiko Hiramatsu	Kabei - Our Mother
Yoji Yamada	Kabei - Our Mother
Masato Harada	Climber's High
Masato Kato	Climber's High
K?ki Mitani	The Magic Hour

Suzuki Matsuo

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

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Suzuki Matsuo	Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Takashi Yamazaki	Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Ryota Furusawa	Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Ryota Furusawa	Kisaragi
Kankur? Kud?	Maiko Haaaan!!!
Masayuki Suo	I Just Didn't Do It

Sang-il Lee, Daisuke Habara

Honored for : Hula Girls

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Sang-il Lee	Hula Girls
Daisuke Habara	Hula Girls
Yuiko Miura	Memories of Tomorrow
Hakaru Sunamoto	Memories of Tomorrow
Yoji Yamada	Love and Honor
Emiko Hiramatsu	Love and Honor
Ichirô Yamamoto	Love and Honor
Tetsuya Nakashima	Memories of Matsuko
K?ki Mitani	The Uch?ten Hotel

Takashi Yamazaki, Ryota Kosawa

Honored for : Always: Sunset on Third Street

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Takashi Yamazaki	Always: Sunset on Third Street
Ryota Kosawa	Always: Sunset on Third Street
Yasuo Hasegawa	Aegis
Kenzaburô Iida	Aegis
Machiko Nasu	Year One in the North
Kazuyuki Izutsu	Break Through!
Daisuke Habara	Break Through!
Mitsuo Kurotsuchi	The Samurai I Loved

Shinobu Yaguchi

Honored for : Swing Girls

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shinobu Yaguchi	Swing Girls
Y?ichi Sai	Blood and Bones
Wui Shin Chong	Blood and Bones
Toshiyuki Tabe	Half a Confession
Kiyoshi Sasabe	Half a Confession
Yoshitaka Asama	The Hidden Blade
Yoji Yamada	The Hidden Blade
K?ki Mitani	University of Laughs

Tomomi Tsutsui

Honored for : Like Asura

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tomomi Tsutsui	Like Asura
Ryoichi Kimizuka	Bayside Shakedown 2
Tomoyuki Furumaya	Robot Contest
Masahiro Shinoda	Spy Sorge
Robert Mandy	Spy Sorge
Hiroshi Saitô	Yomigaeri
Akihiko Shiota	Yomigaeri
Isshin Inudo	Yomigaeri

Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada

Honored for : The Twilight Samurai

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yoji Yamada	The Twilight Samurai
Yoshitaka Asama	The Twilight Samurai
Takashi Koizumi	Letter from the Mountain
Kankur? Kud?	Ping Pong
K?ki Mitani	Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover
Masato Harada	Totsunyûseyo! Asama sansô jiken

Kankur? Kud?

Honored for : Go

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kankur? Kud?	Go
Yo Takeyama	The Firefly
Yasuo Furuhata	The Firefly
K?ki Mitani	Minna no Ie
Akira Hayasaka	Sennen no Koi Story of Genji
Shinobu Yaguchi	Waterboys

Akira Kurosawa

Honored for : After the Rain

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Akira Kurosawa	After the Rain
Yoji Yamada	Gakko IV: 15-Sai
Emiko Hiramatsu	Gakko IV: 15-Sai
Kenta Fukasaku	Battle Royale
Isamu Uno	Face
Junji Sakamoto	Face
Shin'ichi Ichikawa	Nagasaki burabura bushi

Yoshiki Iwama, Yasuo Furuhata

Honored for : Poppoya

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yoshiki Iwama	Poppoya
Yasuo Furuhata	Poppoya
Sumio Oomori	Keiho
Nagisa Oshima	Gohatto
Ryo Takasugi	Jubaku: Spellbound
Satoshi Suzuki	Jubaku: Spellbound
Mugita Kinoshita	Jubaku: Spellbound
Kaneto Shindo	The Geisha House

Wui Shin Chong

Honored for : Begging for Love

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Wui Shin Chong	Begging for Love
Yoji Yamada	Gakko III: The New Voyage
Yoshitaka Asama	Gakko III: The New Voyage
Takeshi Kitano	Fireworks
Daisuke Tengan	Dr. Akagi
Shohei Imamura	Dr. Akagi
Ryoichi Kimizuka	Bayside Shakedown: The Movie

K?ki Mitani

Honored for : Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
K?ki Mitani	Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Tomomi Tsutsui	Lost Paradise
Ryo Iwamatsu	Tokyo biyori
Shohei Imamura	The Eel
Daisuke Tengan	The Eel
Motofumi Tomikawa	The Eel
Tadashi Morishita	Yukai

Masayuki Suo

Honored for : Shall We Dance?

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Masayuki Suo	Shall We Dance?
Yoshimitsu Morita	Haru
Yoji Yamada	Gakko II
J?z? Itami	Supermarket Woman
Machiko Nasu	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
Satoko Okudera	Haunted School
Akira Hayasaka	Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends
Kôji Takada	Kura
Mito Katakura	Sharaku
Hiroko Minagawa	Sharaku
Frankie Sakai	Sharaku
Masahiro Shinoda	Sharaku

Kinji Fukasaku, Motomu Furuta

Honored for : Crest of Betrayal

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kinji Fukasaku	Crest of Betrayal
Motomu Furuta	Crest of Betrayal
Yôzô Tanaka	Ghost Pub
Kon Ichikawa	47 Ronin
Kaneo Ikegami	47 Ronin
Yo Takeyama	47 Ronin
Kazuyoshi Okuyama	Rampo
Yuhei Enoki	Rampo
Hisashi Nozawa	Shudan-sasen

Yoshitaka Asama, Yoji Yamada

Honored for : Tora-san's Matchmaker, A Class to Remember

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yoshitaka Asama	Tora-san's Matchmaker","A Class to Remember
Yoji Yamada	Tora-san's Matchmaker","A Class to Remember
Zenzo Matsuyama	Rainbow Bridge","Bokyo
Nobuyuki Isshiki	Made in Japan","Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan
Wui Shin Chong	All Under the Moon
Y?ichi Sai	All Under the Moon
Shinichiro Sawai	Bloom in the Moonlight
Ryoji Ito	Bloom in the Moonlight
Akira Miyazaki	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
Shoichi Maruyama	The Triple Cross
J?z? Itami	Minbo
Fumio Ishimori	Seishun dendekedekedeke
Kaneto Shindo	T?ki Rakujitsu","The Strange Story of Oyuki

Kihachi Okamoto

Honored for : Rainbow Kids

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kihachi Okamoto	Rainbow Kids
Takeshi Kitano	A Scene at the Sea
Akira Kurosawa	Rhapsody in August
Toshiharu Maruuchi	Muno no hito
Yoshitaka Asama	Tora-san Confesses","My Sons
Yoji Yamada	Tora-san Confesses","My Sons

Taichi Yamada

Honored for : Childhood Days

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Taichi Yamada	Childhood Days
J?z? Itami	Tales of a Golden Geisha
Nobuyuki Isshiki	Byôin e ikô
Hiroaki Jinno	The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
K?hei Oguri	The Sting of Death

Toshiro Ishido, Shohei Imamura

Honored for : Black Rain

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shohei Imamura	Black Rain
Toshiro Ishido	Black Rain
Tsutomu Nakamura	Buddies
Hiroshi Teshigahara	Rikyu
Genpei Akasegawa	Rikyu
Yoshikata Yoda	Death of a Tea Master
Hirô Matsuda	Shaso

Shin'ichi Ichikawa

Honored for : The Discarnates

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shin'ichi Ichikawa	The Discarnates
Yoshimitsu Morita	Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
Yoji Yamada	Hope and Pain","Tora-san Plays Daddy","Lady Camellia
Yoshitaka Asama	Hope and Pain","Tora-san Plays Daddy","Lady Camellia
Kinji Fukasaku	A Chaos of Flowers
Fumio Konami	A Chaos of Flowers
Tomomi Tsutsui	A Chaos of Flowers
J?z? Itami	A Taxing Woman's Return

J?z? Itami

Honored for : A Taxing Woman

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
J?z? Itami	A Taxing Woman
Shoji Kaneko	Ch?chin
Goro Hanawa	Ch?chin
Kaneto Shindo	Hachiko Monogatari
Kazuki Omori	Koisuru Onnatachi","Totto Channel
Machiko Nasu	Wakarenu riyû

Fumio Konami, Kinji Fukasaku

Honored for : House on Fire

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Fumio Konami	House on Fire
Kinji Fukasaku	House on Fire
Hisashi Inoue	Final Take
Taichi Yamada	Final Take
Yoshitaka Asama	Final Take
Yoji Yamada	Final Take
Keisuke Kinoshita	Big Joys, Small Sorrows
Sô Kuramoto	Tokei \u2013 Adieu l'hiver
Yoshimitsu Morita	Uhohho tankentai","The Mercenaries

Hirô Matsuda

Honored for : Gray Sunset

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hirô Matsuda	Gray Sunset
Haruhiko Arai	Hitohira no yuki
Kôji Takada	Oar","Haru no Kane
Tomomi Tsutsui	And Then
Haruhiko Arai	W's Tragedy
Shinichiro Sawai	W's Tragedy

J?z? Itami

Honored for : The Funeral

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
J?z? Itami	The Funeral
Shoji Kaneko	Chi-n-pi-ra
Tôru Kawashima	Chi-n-pi-ra
Shinichiro Sawai	Mahjong h?r?ki
Makoto Wada	Mahjong h?r?ki
Tsutomu Tamura	MacArthur's Children
Akira Hayasaka	Station to Heaven","Kûkai

Kôji Takada

Honored for : The Geisha

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kôji Takada	The Geisha
Yôzô Tanaka	The Catch
Yasuko Ohno	Izakaya Ch?ji
Yoshimitsu Morita	The Family Game
Shohei Imamura	The Ballad of Narayama

Kôhei Tsuka

Honored for : Fall Guy

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kôhei Tsuka	Fall Guy
Kazuo Kasahara	Dai Nippon teikoku
Yoshitar? Nomura	Suspicion
Motomu Furuta	Suspicion
Kôji Takada	Onimasa","The Gate of Youth Part 2
Hirô Matsuda	To Trap a Kidnapper

Sô Kuramoto

Honored for : Station

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Sô Kuramoto	Station
Yôzô Tanaka	Heat Shimmer Theater","Love Letter","Shikake-nin Baian","Onna kyôshi: Yogoreta hôkago
Takako Shigemori	Muddy River
Ryuzo Kikushima	Willful Murder
Haruhiko Arai	Enrai","A! Onnatachi: waika

Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama

Honored for : Tora's Tropical Fever, A Distant Cry from Spring

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yoji Yamada	A Distant Cry from Spring","Tora's Tropical Fever
Yoshitaka Asama	A Distant Cry from Spring","Tora's Tropical Fever
Kazuo Kasahara	203 kochi
Yôzô Tanaka	Zigeunerweisen","Onna no hosomichi: nureta kaikyo

Masaru Baba

Honored for : Vengeance Is Mine

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Masaru Baba	Vengeance Is Mine
Kei Hattori	Oh! The Nomugi Pass
Haruhiko Arai	Woman with Red Hair","Kamisama No Kureta Akanbô","Sûpâ gun redei Wani Bunsho
Kaneto Shindo	The Three Undelivered Letters","The Strangling
Keisuke Kinoshita	My Son! My Son!
Ryoji Sunada	My Son! My Son!

Kaneto Shindo

Honored for : The Incident

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kaneto Shindo	The Incident
Kyohei Nakaoka	Kaerazaru hibi
Toshiya Fujita	Kaerazaru hibi
Masato Ide	The Demon","Dynamite Dondon
Sh?ji Terayama	Third Base
Kinji Fukasaku	Shogun's Samurai
Tatsuo Nogami	Shogun's Samurai
Hirô Matsuda	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
Shinobu Hashimoto	Mount Hakkoda","Village of Eight Gravestones
Keiji Hasebe	Ballad of Orin
Masahiro Shinoda	Ballad of Orin
Kôji Takada	Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don","Nippon no don: Yabohen","Hokuriku Proxy War","Lover's Suicide