The is an award given at the Mainichi Film Awards.
Winners Year Film 1976 The Youth KillerTora-san's Sunrise and SunsetBrother and Sister 1977 The Life of ChikuzanMount HakkodaBallad of OrinNemu no Ki no Uta ga Kikoeru 1978 Third BaseEmpire of PassionThe Love Suicides at SonezakiKaerazaru hibi 1979 Shōdō Satsujin Musuko YoThe Man Who Stole the SunVengeance Is MineNo More Easy Life 1980 ZigeunerweisenA Distant Cry from SpringThe Battle of Port ArthurVirus 1981 StationWillful MurderKofukuEnrai 1982 SuspicionTōno MonogatariFarewell to the LandThe Go Masters 1983 The Family GameThe Makioka SistersTokyo TrialThe Ballad of Narayama 1984 The FuneralMacArthur's ChildrenMahjong hōrōkiOhan 1985 SorekaraTyphoon ClubFire FestivalThe Burmese Harp 1986 House of WedlockHouse on FireFinal TakeA Promise 1987 Itazu KumaEiga JoyūTora-san Goes NorthThe Emperor's Naked Army Marches On 1988 The DiscarnatesKimurake no HitobitoTomorrowThe Silk Road 1989 ShasoDeath of a Tea MasterDotsuitarunenRikyu 1990 The Cherry OrchardDreamsThe Sting of DeathShiroi Te 1991 Rainbow KidsRhapsody in AugustA Scene at the SeaNowhere Man 1992 Seishun Dendeke DekedekeThe River with No BridgeOriginal SinTōki Rakujitsu 1993 MovingA Class to RememberByōin de Shinu to IukotoWe Are Not Alone 1994 Ghost Pub119Crest of BetrayalNatsu no Niwa FriendLike a Rolling Stone 1995 KuraSharakuDeep RiverLove Letter 1996 Village of DreamsA Class to Remember 2Kids ReturnNemuru Otoko 1997 The EelYūkaiWelcome Back, Mr. McDonald 1998 A Class to Remember 3Dr. AkagiGive It AllHana-bi 1999 KikujiroJubaku: SpellboundKeihoM/Other 2000 After the RainGohattoA Class to Remember 4Nabbie's Love 2001 WaterboysGoNihon no Kuroi Natsu: EnzaiBattle RoyaleHotal 2002 OutLetters from the MountainsKTHush! 2003 Like AsuraZatōichiSpy SorgeDoppelganger 2004 Nobody Knows 2005 Princess Raccoon 2006 Hula Girls 2007 A Gentle Breeze in the Village 2008 All Around Us 2009 Mt. Tsurugidake 2010 Haru's Journey 2011 Saudade 2012 The Kirishima Thing 2013 Pecoross' Mother and Her Days 2014 The Light Shines Only There 2015 Journey to the Shore 2016 In This Corner of the World 2017 Wilderness 2018 The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine 2019 The Journalist 2020 Underdog 2021 Under the Open Sky 2022 No Place to Go 2023 Shadow of Fire
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