The Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress is a film award given at the Mainichi Film Awards.
Award winners Year Film Actress 1947 The Love of the Actress SumakoMarriageFushichō Kinuyo Tanaka 1948 Women of the NightA Hen in the Wind Kinuyo Tanaka 1949 Late SpringAoi sanmyakuHere's to the Girls Setsuko Hara 1950 RashomonClothes of Deception Machiko Kyō 1951 RepastEarly Summer Setsuko Hara 1952 Hakone FūunrokuThe Moderns Isuzu Yamada 1953 A Japanese Tragedy Yūko Mochizuki 1954 Twenty-Four EyesThe Garden of WomenSomewhere Under the Broad SkyAku no Yuyushisa Hideko Takamine 1955 Floating Clouds Hideko Takamine 1956 FlowingA Cat, Shozo, and Two WomenBoshizō Isuzu Yamada 1957 Untamed WomanTimes of Joy and Sorrow Hideko Takamine 1958 Summer CloudsHotarubi Chikage Awashima 1959 Kiku to Isamu Tanie Kitabayashi 1960 Her Brother Keiko Kishi 1961 Immortal LoveHappiness of Us Alone Hideko Takamine 1962 Akitsu SpringsKotoshi no Koi Mariko Okada 1963 The Insect WomanShe and He Sachiko Hidari 1964 Sweet Sweat Machiko Kyō 1965 A Fugitive from the Past Sachiko Hidari 1966 The River Kino Yoko Tsukasa 1967 Portrait of ChiekoClouds at Sunset Shima Iwashita 1968 Operation NegligeeKuroneko Nobuko Otowa 1969 Double SuicideThe Song from My Heart Shima Iwashita 1970 Where Spring Comes LateTora-san's Runaway Chieko Baisho 1971 Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You Sumiko Fuji 1972 The Long Darkness Komaki Kurihara 1973 Seigen-ki Atsuko Kaku 1974 Sandakan No. 8Three Old Ladies Kinuyo Tanaka 1975 Tora-san's Rise and Fall Ruriko Asaoka 1976 Brother and Sister Kumiko Akiyoshi 1977 Ballad of Orin Shima Iwashita 1978 The Love Suicides at Sonezaki Meiko Kaji 1979 No More Easy Life Kaori Momoi 1980 A Distant Cry from Spring Chieko Baisho 1981 StationTora-san's Love in Osaka Chieko Baisho 1982 Fall GuyLovers Lost Keiko Matsuzaka 1983 Crossing Mt. Amagi Yūko Tanaka 1984 OhanStation to Heaven Sayuri Yoshinaga 1985 Love LetterNuclear Gypsies Mitsuko Baisho 1986 House on FireTokei – Adieu l'hiver Ayumi Ishida 1987 River of FirefliesYogishaYakuza Ladies 2 Yukiyo Toake 1988 Kaitō Ruby Kyōko Koizumi 1989 Black RainGodzilla vs. Biollante Yoshiko Tanaka 1990 The Sting of Death Keiko Matsuzaka 1991 Rainbow Kids Tanie Kitabayashi 1992 The Oil-Hell MurderSosuke Loses His Lover Miwako Fujitani 1993 All Under the Moon Ruby Moreno 1994 Turning Point Sayuri Yoshinaga 1995 A Last Note Haruko Sugimura 1996 Kyoko Saki Takaoka 1997 Tokyo Lullaby Kaori Momoi 1998 Begging for Love Mieko Harada 1999 Will to LivePoppoyaThe Black House Shinobu Otake 2000 Face Naomi Fujiyama 2001 Turn Riho Makise 2002 The Laughing FrogMan Walking on SnowUtsutsu Nene Otsuka 2003 Akame 48 Waterfalls Shinobu Terajima 2004 Kamikaze Girls Kyoko Fukada 2005 HibiItsuka dokusho suruhi Yūko Tanaka 2006 Memories of Matsuko Miki Nakatani 2007 Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms Kumiko Asō 2008 The Kiss Eiko Koike 2009 Nonchan Noriben Manami Konishi 2010 Caterpillar Shinobu Terajima 2011 Mainichi Kaasan Kyōko Koizumi 2012 The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky Tomoko Tabata 2013 Pecoross' Mother and Her Days Harue Akagi 2014 0.5 mm Sakura Ando 2015 Our Little Sister Haruka Ayase 2016 Harmonium Mariko Tsutsui 2017 Before We Vanish Masami Nagasawa 2018 Shoplifters Sakura Ando 2019 The Journalist Shim Eun-kyung 2020 A Beloved Wife Asami Mizukawa 2021 A Madder Red Machiko Ono 2022 Small, Slow But Steady Yukino Kishii 2023 Ichiko Hana Sugisaki
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