Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year
Awarded forBest feature film of Japan
CountryJapan Japan
Presented byJapan Academy Film Prize Association
First awarded1978
Websitehttp://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/

The Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year is a film award given to the best film at the annual Japan Academy Film Prize.

Nr. English title Japanese title Director(s)
1st (1977) The Yellow Handkerchief 幸福の黄色いハンカチ Yoji Yamada
2nd (1978) The Incident 事件 Yoshitaro Nomura
3rd

(1979)

Vengeance Is Mine 復讐するは我にあり Shōhei Imamura
4th

(1980)

Zigeunerweisen ツィゴイネルワイゼン Seijun Suzuki
5th

(1981)

Station 駅 STATION Yasuo Furuhata
6th

(1982)

Fall Guy 蒲田行進曲 Kinji Fukasaku
7th

(1983)

The Ballad of Narayama 楢山節考 Shōhei Imamura
8th

(1984)

The Funeral お葬式 Juzo Itami
9th

(1985)

Gray Sunset 花いちもんめ Shunya Ito
10th

(1986)

House on Fire 火宅の人 Kinji Fukasaku
11st

(1987)

A Taxing Woman マルサの女 Juzo Itami
12nd

(1988)

The Silk Road 敦煌 Junya Sato
13rd

(1989)

Black Rain 黒い雨 Shōhei Imamura
14th

(1990)

Childhood Days 少年時代 Masahiro Shinoda
15th

(1991)

My Sons 息子 Yoji Yamada
16th

(1992)

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't シコふんじゃった。 Masayuki Suo
17th

(1993)

A Class to Remember 学校 Yoji Yamada
18th

(1994)

Crest of Betrayal 忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談 Kinji Fukasaku
19th

(1995)

A Last Note 午後の遺言状 Kaneto Shindo
20th

(1996)

Shall We Dance? Shall we ダンス? Masayuki Suo
21st

(1997)

Princess Mononoke もののけ姫 Hayao Miyazaki
22nd

(1998)

Begging for Love 愛を乞うひと Hideyuki Hirayama
23rd

(1999)

Poppoya 鉄道員 Yasuo Furuhata
24th (2000) After the Rain 雨あがる Takashi Koizumi
25th (2001) Spirited Away 千と千尋の神隠し Hayao Miyazaki
26th (2002) The Twilight Samurai たそがれ清兵衛 Yoji Yamada
27th (2003) When the Last Sword Is Drawn 壬生義士伝 Yōjirō Takita
28th (2004) Half a Confession 半落ち Kiyoshi Sasabe
29th (2005) Always Sanchōme no Yūhi ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日 Takashi Yamazaki
30th (2007) Hula Girls フラガール Sang-il Lee
31st (2007) Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad 東京タワー 〜オカンとボクと、時々、オトン〜 Jōji Matsuoka
32nd (2008) Departures おくりびと Yōjirō Takita
33rd (2009) The Unbroken 沈まぬ太陽 Setsuro Wakamatsu
34th (2010) Confessions 告白 Tetsuya Nakashima
35th (2011) Rebirth 八日目の蝉 Izuru Narushima
36th (2012) The Kirishima Thing 桐島、部活やめるってよ Daihachi Yoshida
37th (2013) The Great Passage 舟を編む Yuya Ishii
38th (2014) The Eternal Zero 永遠の0 Takashi Yamazaki
39th (2015) Our Little Sister 海街diary Hirokazu Kore-eda
40th (2016) Shin Godzilla シン・ゴジラ Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi
41st (2017) The Third Murder 三度目の殺人 Hirokazu Kore-eda
42nd (2018) Shoplifters 万引き家族
43rd (2019) The Journalist 新聞記者 Michihito Fujii
44th (2020) Midnight Swan ミッドナイトスワン Eiji Uchida
45th (2021) Drive My Car ドライブ・マイ・カー Ryusuke Hamaguchi
46th (2022) A Man ある男 Kei Ishikawa
47th (2023) Godzilla Minus One ゴジラ-1.0 Takashi Yamazaki
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