The of the Japan Academy Film Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association.

List of winners Nr.YearName(English)Name(Japanese)Movie(English)Movie(Japanese)11978Yoji Yamada山田洋次The Yellow HandkerchiefOtoko wa Tsurai yo幸福の黄色いハンカチ男はつらいよ21979Yoshitarō Nomura野村芳太郎The IncidentThe Demon事件鬼畜31980Shōhei Imamura今村昌平Vengeance Is Mine復讐するは我にあり41981Seijun Suzuki鈴木清順Zigeunerweisenツィゴイネルワイゼン51982Kōhei Oguri小栗康平Muddy River泥の河61983Kinji Fukasaku深作欣二Fall GuyDotonbori River蒲田行進曲道頓堀川71984Hideo Gosha五社英雄The Geisha陽暉楼81985Juzo Itami伊丹十三The Funeralお葬式91986Shinichiro Sawai澤井信一郎Early Spring StoryW's Tragedy早春物語Wの悲劇101987Kinji Fukasaku深作欣二House on Fire火宅の人111988Juzo Itami伊丹十三A Taxing Womanマルサの女121989Junya Sato佐藤純彌The Silk Road敦煌131990Shōhei Imamura今村昌平Black Rain黒い雨141991Masahiro Shinoda篠田正浩Childhood Days少年時代151992Kihachi Okamoto岡本喜八Rainbow Kids大誘拐161993Masayuki Suo周防正行Sumo Do, Sumo Don'tシコふんじゃった。171994Yoji Yamada山田洋次Otoko wa Tsurai yoA Class to Remember男はつらいよ 寅次郎の縁談学校181995Kinji Fukasaku深作欣二Crest of Betrayal忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談191996Kaneto Shindo新藤兼人A Last Note午後の遺言状201997Masayuki Suo周防正行Shall We Dance?Shall we ダンス?211998Shōhei Imamura今村昌平The Eelうなぎ221999Hideyuki Hirayama平山秀幸Begging for Love愛を乞うひと232000Yasuo Furuhata降旗康男Poppoya鉄道員242001Junji Sakamoto阪本順治Face顔252002Isao Yukisada行定勲GoGO262003Yoji Yamada山田洋次The Twilight Samuraiたそがれ清兵衛272004Yoshimitsu Morita森田芳光Like Asura阿修羅のごとく282005Yoichi Sai崔洋一Blood and Bones血と骨292006Takashi Yamazaki山崎貴Always Sanchōme no YūhiALWAYS 三丁目の夕日302007Lee Sang-il李相日Hula Girlsフラガール312008Joji Matsuoka松岡錠司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〜322009Yōjirō Takita滝田洋二郎Departuresおくりびと332010Daisaku Kimura木村大作Mt. Tsurugidake劒岳 点の記342011Tetsuya Nakashima中島哲也Confessions告白352012Izuru Narushima成島出Rebirth八日目の蝉362013Daihachi Yoshida吉田大八The Kirishima Thing桐島、部活やめるってよ372014Yuya Ishii石井裕也The Great Passage舟を編む382015Takashi Yamazaki山崎貴The Eternal Zero永遠の0392016Hirokazu Kore-eda是枝裕和Our Little Sister海街diary402017Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi庵野秀明, 樋口真嗣Shin Godzillaシン・ゴジラ412018Hirokazu Kore-eda是枝裕和The Third Murder三度目の殺人422019Hirokazu Kore-eda是枝裕和Shoplifters万引き家族432020Hideki Takeuchi武内英樹Fly Me to the Saitama翔んで埼玉442021Setsurō Wakamatsu若松節朗Fukushima 50Fukushima 50452022Ryusuke Hamaguchi濱口竜介Drive My Carドライブ・マイ・カー462023Kei Ishikawa石川慶A Manある男472024Wim WendersPerfect DaysPERFECT DAYS482025Michihito Fujii藤井道人Faceless正体492026Lee Sang-il李相日Kokuho国宝

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