Kinema Junpo Award for Best Actress
Awarded forBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
CountryJapan
Presented byKinema Junpo
WebsiteKinema Junpo

The Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actress is given by Kinema Junpo as part of its annual Kinema Junpo Awards for Japanese films, to recognize a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.

Winners

Year Film (s) Actress
1956 Floating Clouds Hideko Takamine
1957 Flowing
A Cat, Shozo, and Two Women		 Isuzu Yamada
1958 Throne of Blood
The Lower Depths
Downtown		 Isuzu Yamada
1959 The Ballad of Narayama Kinuyo Tanaka
1960 The Human Condition Michiyo Aratama
1961 A Woman's Testament
The Twilight Story		 Fujiko Yamamoto
1962 A Wife Confesses
Onna wa nido umareru		 Ayako Wakao
1963 Akitsu Springs
This Year's Love		 Mariko Okada
1964 The Insect Woman
She and He		 Sachiko Hidari
1965 Sweet Sweat Machiko Kyō
1966 Seisaku's Wife
Nami kage		 Ayako Wakao
1967 The River Kino
Hit and Run
The Daphne		 Yoko Tsukasa
1968 Onna no issho
Portrait of Chieko
Clouds at Sunset		 Shima Iwashita
1969 One Day at Summer's End
The House of Wooden Blocks
The Time of Reckoning		 Ayako Wakao
1970 Double Suicide Shima Iwashita
1971 Where Spring Comes Late
Tora-san's Runaway		 Chieko Baisho
1972 Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
Okoma: The Orphan Gambler		 Sumiko Fuji
1973 Ichijo's Wet Lust
Delicate Skillful Fingers		 Hiroko Isayama
1974 Tsugaru Folk Song Kyôko Enami
1975 Sandakan No. 8 Kinuyo Tanaka
1976 Tora-san's Rise and Fall Ruriko Asaoka
1977 Lullaby of the Earth
The Youth Killer		 Mieko Harada
1978 Ballad of Orin Shima Iwashita
1979 The Love Suicides at Sonezaki Meiko Kaji
1980 No More Easy Life Kaori Momoi
1981 Zigeunerweisen Naoko Otani
1982 Station Chieko Baisho
1983 Fall Guy
Lovers Lost		 Keiko Matsuzaka
1984 Crossing Mt. Amagi Yūko Tanaka
1985 Ohan
Station to Heaven		 Sayuri Yoshinaga
1986 Love Letter
Ikiteru uchiga hana nanoyo shin-dara sore madeyo to sengen		 Mitsuko Baisho
1987 Katayoku dake no tenshi Yoko Akino
1988 A Taxing Woman Nobuko Miyamoto
1989 The Yen Family
Tomorrow
Love Bites Back		 Kaori Momoi
1990 Black Rain Yoshiko Tanaka
1991 The Sting of Death Keiko Matsuzaka
1992 Rainbow Kids Tanie Kitabayashi
1993 Nurses and Doctors
Original Sin		 Shinobu Otake
1994 All Under the Moon Ruby Moreno
1995 Crest of Betrayal Saki Takaoka
1996 A Last Note Haruko Sugimura
1997 Village of Dreams Mieko Harada
1998 Tokyo Lullaby Kaori Momoi
1999 Begging for Love Mieko Harada
2000 Keiho Kyōka Suzuki
2001 Face Naomi Fujiyama
2002 Hush! Reiko Kataoka
2003 The Twilight Samurai
Utsutsu		 Rie Miyazawa
2004 Akame 48 Waterfalls
Vibrator		 Shinobu Terajima
2005 The Face of Jizo Rie Miyazawa
2006 Hibi Yūko Tanaka
2007 Loft
Memories of Matsuko
Christmas on July 24th Avenue		 Miki Nakatani
2008 Midnight Eagle
Dog in a Sidecar
Closed Note		 Yūko Takeuchi
2009 Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru
Tokyo Sonata		 Kyōko Koizumi
2010 Villon's Wife Takako Matsu
2011 Caterpillar Shinobu Terajima
2012 Rebirth Hiromi Nagasaku
2013 Our Homeland Sakura Ando
2014 Like Father, Like Son
The Ravine of Goodbye
Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship		 Yōko Maki
2015 100 Yen Love
0.5 mm		 Sakura Ando
2016 Journey to the Shore
Parasyte: Part 2		 Eri Fukatsu
2017 Her Love Boils Bathwater Rie Miyazawa
2018 Birds Without Names Yū Aoi
2019 Shoplifters Sakura Ando
2020 It Feels So Good Kumi Takiuchi
2021 A Beloved Wife
Runway		 Asami Mizukawa
2022 A Madder Red Machiko Ono
2023 Small, Slow But Steady and others Yukino Kishii
2024 Shadow of Fire Shuri

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