Yoshimitsu Morita - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	25-January-1950
Place of Birth	Chigasaki (Japan, KantÅ region, Kanagawa Prefecture)
Nationality	Japan
Also know as	Morita Yoshimitsu
Profession	Film director, Screenwriter
Yoshimitsu Morita was a Japanese film director who was born in Tokyo. Self-taught, first making shorts on 8 mm film during the 1970s, he made his feature film debut with No YÅna Mono. In 1983 he won acclaim for his movie Kazoku GÄ“mu, which was voted the best film of the year by Japanese critics in the Kinema Junpo magazine poll. This black comedy dealt with then-recent changes in the structure of Japanese home life. It also earned Moritahim the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. The director has been nominated for eight Japanese Academy Awards, winning the 2004 Best Director award for Ashura no Gotoku. He also won the award for best director at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival for 39 keihÅ dai sanjÅ«kyÅ« jÅ and the award for best screenplay at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Haru. Sanjuro is a remake of the Kurosawa film Yoshimitsu Morita died from acute liver failure in Tokyo. His last film BokukyÃ»: A ressha de iko, a romantic comedy about two male train enthusiasts, is scheduled for a Spring 2012 general release in Japan.

Awards by Yoshimitsu Morita

Check all the awards nominated and won by Yoshimitsu Morita.

2004

Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

Honored for : Like Asura

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year	Like Asura
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year	Like Asura

1998

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year	Lost Paradise

1997

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year	Haru

1989

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year	Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

1987

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year	Uhohho tankentai","The Mercenaries

1986

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year	And Then
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year	And Then

1984

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year	The Family Game
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year	The Family Game
Japan Academy Prize for Screenplay of the Year	The Family Game

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