Japanese Movie Critics Awards

The Japanese Movie Critics Awards (日本映画批評家大賞, Nihon Eiga Hihyōka Taishō) are presented annually since 1991.

As with the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, the selection committee consists of film critics.

Award winners[edit]

1990s[edit]

1991 (1st Japanese Movie Critics Awards)

Best Picture: My Sons (Director: Yoji Yamada)
Best Director: Naoto Takenaka
Best Actor: Rentarō Mikuni
Best Actress: Yuki Kudō
Best Newcomer: Shinsuke Shimada
Special Award: Osamu Takizawa [ja] (滝沢一)
Platinum Award: Keisuke Kinoshita

1992

Best Picture: Seishun Dendekeke Desdeke
Best Director: Kaneto Shindo
Best Actor: Takehiro Murata
Best Actress: Yoshiko Mita

1993

Best Picture: To Die at the Hospital
Best Director: Kōichi Saitō
Best Actor: Ken Tanaka
Best Actress: Kyōko Kagawa, Emi Wakui, Junko Ikeuchi

1994

Best Picture: A Dedicated Life
Best Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro, Ryūichi Hiroki
Best Actor: Eiji Okuda
Best Actress: Tomoko Yamaguchi

1995

Best Picture: A Last Note
Best Director: Makoto Shīna
Best Actor: Eiji Okuda
Best Actress: Kumiko Akiyoshi

1996

Best Picture: Village of Dreams
Best Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
Best Actor: Kōji Yakusho
Best Actress: Mieko Harada
Best Newcomer: Masanobu Andō

1997

Best Picture: Moonlight Serenade
Best Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Best Actor: Akira Emoto
Best Actress: Kyōka Suzuki

1998

Best Picture: Kizuna
Best Director: Takeshi Kitano
Best Actor: Ken Watanabe
Best Actress: Takako Matsu

1999

Best Picture: Coquille
Best Director: Masahiro Shinoda, Nagisa Oshima
Best Actor: Tomokazu Miura
Best Actress: Jun Fubuki, Kyōka Suzuki

2000s[edit]

2000

Best Picture: Zawazawa ShimoKitazawa
Best Director: Ryūichi Hiroki, Kazuo Kuroki
Best Actor: Yoshio Harada
Best Actress: Hitomi Kuroki

2001

Best Picture: Black Summer in Japan: False Charges
Best Director: Isao Yukisada
Best Actor: Yōsuke Kubozuka
Best Actress: Yui Natsukawa
Best Supporting Actor: Tarō Yamamoto
Best Supporting Actress: Mitsuko Baisho, Sayoko Ninomiya

2002

Best Picture: KT
Best Director: Yoichi Sai
Best Actor: Kōichi Satō, Masaya Kato
Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa
Best Supporting Actor: Ryo Ishibashi
Best Supporting Actress: Kyōko Kagawa

2003

Best Picture: Lord of the Warabi
Best Director: Toyohisa Araki
Best Actor: Masahiko Tsugawa
Best Actress: Shinobu Terajima, Yūko Takeuchi
Best Supporting Actor: Ken Watanabe, Teruyuki Kagawa
Best Supporting Actress: Hitomi Nakahara

2004

Best Picture: Swing Girls
Best Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Best Actor: Ken Matsudaira
Best Actress: Kumiko Akiyoshi
Best Supporting Actor: Masaya Takahashi
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Tsuchiya
Rookie of the Year: Kamiki Ryunosuke

2005

Best Picture: Curtain Call
Best Director: Mitsuo Kurotsuchi
Best Actor: Kataoka Ainosuke VI, Ichikawa Somegorō VII
Best Actress: Yūko Tanaka
Best Supporting Actor: Takashi Sasano, Sansei Shiomi
Best Supporting Actress: Haruka Igawa

2006

Best Picture: The Professor's Beloved Equation
Best Director: Eiji Okuda
Best Actor: Kenji Sawada
Best Actress: Eri Fukatsu
Best Supporting Actor: Tsuyoshi Ihara
Best Supporting Actress: Kirin Kiki, Hula Girls

2007

Best Picture: Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
Best Director: Kichitaro Negishi
Best Actor: Shun Oguri
Best Actress: Yūko Takeuchi
Best Supporting Actor: Kyosuke Yabe
Best Supporting Actress: Hiromi Nagasaku, Keiko Takahashi

2008

Best Picture: United Red Army
Best Director: Yōjirō Takita
Best Actor: Noriyuki Higashiyama
Best Actress: Eiko Koike
Best Supporting Actor: Ittoku Kishibe
Best Supporting Actress: Maki Sakai

2009

Best Picture: Feel the Wind
Best Director: Kichitaro Negishi
Best Actor: Akira Terao
Best Actress: Hiroko Yakushimaru
Best Supporting Actor: Renji Ishibashi
Best Supporting Actress: Kaoru Yachigusa

2010s[edit]

2010

Best Picture: Haru's Journey
Best Director: Yōichi Higashi
Best Actor: Dai Watanabe, Masatoshi Nagase
Best Actress: Yuki Uchida, Hiromi Nagasaku
Best Supporting Actor: Teruyuki Kagawa, Yūsuke Iseya
Best Supporting Actress: Keiko Matsuzaka

2011

Best Picture: Someday
Best Director: Izuru Narushima
Best Actor: Tomokazu Miura
Best Actress: Shinobu Otake
Best Supporting Actor: Kataoka Ainosuke VI
Best Supporting Actress: Nobuko Miyamoto

2012

Best Picture: Key of Life
Best Director: Takeshi Kitano
Best Animation Feature Film: Wolf Children
Best Animation Director: Hideaki Anno
Best Actor: Tori Matsuzaka
Best Actress: Sakura Ando
Best Supporting Actor: Takao Osawa
Best Supporting Actress: Chieko Matsubara

2013

Best Picture: The Great Passage
Best Director: Keisuke Yoshida
Best Animation Feature Film: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Best Animation Director: Isao Takahata
Best Actor: Ryuhei Matsuda
Best Actress: Kumiko Asō
Best Supporting Actor: Lily Franky
Best Supporting Actress: Ran Ito

2014

Best Picture: 0.5 mm
Best Director: Mipo O
Best Animation Feature Film: Expelled from Paradise
Best Animation Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Best Actor: Gō Ayano
Best Actress: Sakura Ando
Best Supporting Actor: Masaki Suda
Best Supporting Actress: Chizuru Ikewaki

2015

Best Picture: Solomon's Perjury
Best Director: Hitoshi Ōne
Best Animation Feature Film: The Boy and the Beast
Best Animation Director: Masakazu Hashimoto
Best Actor: Tadanobu Asano
Best Actress: Mikako Tabe
Best Supporting Actor: Atsushi Itō
Best Supporting Actress: Hikari Mitsushima

2016

Best Picture: Her Love Boils Bathwater
Best Director: Ryōta Nakano
Best Animation Feature Film: A Silent Voice
Best Animation Director: Makoto Shinkai
Best Actor: Kaoru Kobayashi
Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa
Best Supporting Actor: Masahiro Higashide
Best Supporting Actress: Hana Sugisaki

2017

Best Picture: The Third Murder
Best Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Best Animation Feature Film: Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
Best Animation Director:
Best Actor: Takuya Kimura
Best Actress: Hikari Mitsushima
Best Supporting Actor: Sansei Shiomi
Best Supporting Actress: Tae Kimura

2018

Best Picture: Yakiniku Doragon
Best Director: Kazuya Shiraishi
Best Animation Feature Film: Okko's Inn
Best Animation Director:
Best Actor: Tasuku Emoto
Best Actress: Shizuka Ishibashi
Best Supporting Actor: Kan'ichiro Sato
Best Supporting Actress: Tomochika

2019

Best Picture: Just Only Love
Best Director: Haruhiko Arai
Best Animation Feature Film: Sumikko Gurashi The Movie - The Pop-up Book and the Secret Child
Best Animation Director:
Best Actor: Shotaro Mamiya
Best Actress: Erika Toda
Best Supporting Actor: Yōsuke Kubozuka
Best Supporting Actress: Sairi Ito

2020

Best Picture: Child of the Stars
Best Director: Akiko Oku
Best Animation Feature Film: GON, THE LITTLE FOX -
Best Animation Director:
Best Actor: Nakamura Baijaku II, Kanji Tsuda
Best Actress: Non
Best Supporting Actor: Shohei Uno
Best Supporting Actress: Miyoko Asada

2021

Best Actress: Non(actress), Hold Me Back, Watashi wo kuitomete (original title)
Best Director: Akiko Ôku (director), Hold Me Back, Watashi wo kuitomete (original title)
Best New Director: Hikari, 37 Seconds

2022

Best Actor: Arata Furuta, Intolerance, Kûhaku (original title)
Best Actress: Kumi Takiuchi, A Balance, Yûko no tenbin (original title)
Best Film: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Gûzen to sôzô (original title), Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

2023

Best Picture: Metamorphose no Engawa
Animation of the Year: The Tunnel to Summer
Best Director: Sho Miyake, Small, Slow But Steady
Best Director (Animation): Masaaki Yuasa, Inu-Oh
Best Actor: Kiichi Nakai, Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
Best Actress: Yuka Itaya, Yoake made bus tei de
Best Documentary: Yumemiru Sho Gakko (Directed by Vin Oota)

External links[edit]

Official website (in Japanese)
Official website (old) (in Japanese)
19th Japan Movie Critics Awards ceremony (video digest) (in Japanese)

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