Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year

Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
Description	Best feature film of Japan
Country	Japan
Presented by	The Nippon Academy-sho association
First awarded	1978
Website	http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/

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

Nr.	Year	English title	Japanese title	Director
1	1978	The Yellow Handkerchief	幸福の黄色いハンカチ	Yoji Yamada
2	1979	The Incident	事件	Yoshitaro Nomura
3	1980	Vengeance Is Mine	復讐するは我にあり	Shōhei Imamura
4	1981	Zigeunerweisen	ツィゴイネルワイゼン	Seijun Suzuki
5	1982	Station	駅 STATION	Yasuo Furuhata
6	1983	Fall Guy	蒲田行進曲	Kinji Fukasaku
7	1984	The Ballad of Narayama	楢山節考	Shōhei Imamura
8	1985	The Funeral	お葬式	Juzo Itami
9	1986	Gray Sunset	花いちもんめ	Shunya Ito
10	1987	House on Fire	火宅の人	Kinji Fukasaku
11	1988	A Taxing Woman	マルサの女	Juzo Itami
12	1989	The Silk Road	敦煌	Junya Sato
13	1990	Black Rain	黒い雨	Shōhei Imamura
14	1991	Childhood Days	少年時代	Masahiro Shinoda
15	1992	My Sons	息子	Yoji Yamada
16	1993	Sumo Do, Sumo Don't	シコふんじゃった。	Masayuki Suo
17	1994	A Class to Remember	学校	Yoji Yamada
18	1995	Crest of Betrayal	忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談	Kinji Fukasaku
19	1996	A Last Note	午後の遺言状	Kaneto Shindo
20	1997	Shall We Dance?	Shall we ダンス?	Masayuki Suo
21	1998	Princess Mononoke	もののけ姫	Hayao Miyazaki
22	1999	Begging for Love	愛を乞うひと	Hideyuki Hirayama
23	2000	Poppoya	鉄道員	Yasuo Furuhata
24	2001	After the Rain	雨あがる	Takashi Koizumi
25	2002	Spirited Away	千と千尋の神隠し	Hayao Miyazaki
26	2003	The Twilight Samurai	たそがれ清兵衛	Yoji Yamada
27	2004	When the Last Sword Is Drawn	壬生義士伝	Yojiro Takita
28	2005	Half a Confession	半落ち	Kiyoshi Sasabe
29	2006	Always Sanchōme no Yūhi	ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日	Takashi Yamazaki
30	2007	Hula Girls	フラガール	Sang-il Lee
31	2008	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
32	2009	Departures	おくりびと	Yojiro Takita
33	2010	The Unbroken	沈まぬ太陽	Setsuro Wakamatsu
34	2011	Confessions	告白	Tetsuya Nakashima
35	2012	Rebirth	八日目の蝉	Izuru Narushima (ja)
36	2013	The Kirishima Thing (ja)	桐島、部活やめるってよ	Daihachi Yoshida