The Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress is as part of its annual Blue Ribbon Awards for Japanese film, to recognize a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954 for the films released in preceding year 1950.
List of winners No.YearRecipientFilm(s)11950Chikage AwashimaCrazy Uproar21951Setsuko HaraRepastEarly Summer31952Isuzu Yamada The Moderns Hakone Fūunroku 41953Nobuko OtowaYokubo EpitomeLife of a Woman 51954Hideko TakamineTwenty-Four EyesThe Garden of WomenSomewhere Under the Broad Sky61955Chikage AwashimaSweet Beans for Two71956Isuzu YamadaBoshizōA Cat, Shozo, and Two WomenFlowing81957Yūko MochizukiUnagitoriThe Rice People91958Fujiko YamamotoThe Snowy HeronEquinox Flower101959Tanie KitabayashiKiku to Isamu111960Keiko KishiHer Brother121961Ayako WakaoA Wife ConfessesOnna wa nido umareruThe Age of Marriage 131962Sayuri YoshinagaFoundry Town141963Sachiko HidariThe Insect WomanShe and He151964Shima IwashitaThe Scarlet Camellia161965Ayako WakaoSeisaku's WifeNami kage171966Yoko TsukasaThe River Kino181975Ruriko AsaokaTora-san's Rise and Fall191976Kumiko AkiyoshiBrother and SisterSaraba natsuno hikariyo201977Shima IwashitaBallad of Orin211978Meiko KajiThe Love Suicides at Sonezaki221979Kaori MomoiNo More Easy LifeHeaven Sent231980Yukiyo ToakeFurueru Shita241981Keiko MatsuzakaThe Gate of YouthTora-san's Love in Osaka251982Masako NatsumeOnimasa261983Yūko TanakaCrossing Mt. Amagi271984Hiroko YakushimaruW's Tragedy281985Yukiyo ToakeGray Sunset291986Ayumi IshidaHouse on FireTokei – Adieu l'hiver301987Yoshiko MitaWakarenu riyû311988Kaori MomoiThe Yen FamilyLove Bites BackTomorrow - ashita321989Yoshiko TanakaBlack Rain331990Keiko MatsuzakaThe Sting of Death341991Youki KudohWar and Youth351992Yoshiko MitaFaraway Sunset361993Ruby MorenoAll Under the Moon371994Saki TakaokaCrest of Betrayal381995Miho NakayamaLove Letter391996Mieko HaradaVillage of Dreams401997Kaori MomoiTokyo Lullaby411998Mieko HaradaBegging for Love421999Kyōka SuzukiKeiho432000Sayuri YoshinagaNagasaki burabura bushi442001Yūki AmamiInugamiRendanSekai no Chushin de Ai o Sakebu452002Reiko KataokaHush! 462003Shinobu TerajimaVibratorAkame 48 Waterfalls 472004Rie MiyazawaThe Face of Jizo 482005Kyōko KoizumiHanging Garden 492006Yū AoiHula GirlsHoney and Clover 502007Kumiko AsōTown of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms512008Tae KimuraAll Around Us522009Haruka AyaseOppai Volleyball532010Shinobu TerajimaCaterpillar542011Hiromi NagasakuRebirth552012Sakura AndoOur Homeland562013Shihori KanjiyaAngel Home572014Sakura Ando0.5 mm100 Yen Love582015Kasumi ArimuraFlying ColorsStrobe Edge592016Shinobu OtakeBlack Widow Business602017Yui AragakiMixed Doubles612018Mugi KadowakiDare to Stop Us622019Masami NagasawaThe Confidence Man JP: The Movie632020Masami NagasawaThe Confidence Man JP: Episode of the PrincessMother642021Mei NaganoAnd So the Baton Is PassedJigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale652022Chieko BaishoPlan 75662023Sayuri YoshinagaMom, Is That You?!672024Yuumi KawaiA Girl Named AnnDesert of Namibia682025Suzu HiroseYasuko, Songs of Days PastA Pale View of HillsUnreachable
External links Blue Ribbon Awards on IMDb