Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in CinematographyCheck all the winners of Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography. |
| Year | Winner | Winner Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |
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Norimichi Kasamatsu | Unforgiven |
| 2013 |
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Daisaku Kimura | A Chorus of Angels |
| 2012 |
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Junichi Fujisawa | Rebirth |
| 2011 |
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Nobuyasu Kita | 13 Assassins |
| 2010 |
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Daisaku Kimura | Mt. Tsurugidake |
| 2009 |
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Takeshi Hamada | Departures |
| 2008 |
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Takahiro Tsutai | Bizan |
| 2007 |
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Mutsuo Naganuma | Love and Honor |
| 2006 |
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Kôzô Shibasaki | Always: Sunset on Third Street |
| 2005 |
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Noboru Shinoda | Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World |
| 2004 |
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Katsumi Yanagijima | Zat?ichi |
| 2003 |
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Mutsuo Naganuma | The Twilight Samurai |
| 2002 |
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Katsumi Yanagijima | Go |
| 2001 |
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Shoji Ueda | After the Rain |
| 2000 |
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Daisaku Kimura | Poppoya |
| 1999 |
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Kôzô Shibasaki | Begging for Love |
| 1998 |
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Daisaku Kimura | Yukai |
| 1997 |
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Naoki Kayano | Shall We Dance? |
| 1996 |
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Tatsuo Suzuki | Sharaku |
| 1995 |
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Shigeru Ishihara | Crest of Betrayal |
| 1994 |
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Shoji Ueda | Rainbow Bridge, Madadayo |
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Takao Saito | Rainbow Bridge, Madadayo | |
| 1993 |
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Mutsuo Naganuma | O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan |
| 1992 |
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Takao Saito | Rhapsody in August |
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Shoji Ueda | Rhapsody in August | |
| 1991 |
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Shohei Ando | The Sting of Death |
| 1990 |
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Takashi Kawamata | Black Rain |
| 1989 |
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Akira Shiizuka | The Silk Road |
| 1988 |
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Shinsaku Himeda | River of Fireflies |
| 1987 |
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Daisaku Kimura | House on Fire |
| 1986 |
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Yonezo Maeda | Checkers in Tan Tan tanuki, And Then |
| 1985 |
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Kazuo Miyagawa | MacArthur's Children |
| 1984 |
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Fujio Morita | The Geisha, Ninja Wars |
| 1983 |
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Shinsaku Himeda | To Trap a Kidnapper |
| 1982 |
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Shohei Ando | Muddy River |
| 1981 |
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Masahiko Iimura | 203 kochi |
| 1980 |
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Shinsaku Himeda | Vengeance Is Mine |
| 1979 |
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Takashi Kawamata | The Incident |
