The Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film is a prize recognizing excellence in Japanese film. It is awarded annually by the Association of Tokyo Film Journalists as one of the Blue Ribbon Awards. Filmmakers Akira Kurosawa, Tadashi Imai and Mikio Naruse are among those who have received the award. Best Film winners Kagemusha (1980) and The Twilight Samurai (2002) also received an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.
List of winners No.YearFilmDirector11950Until We Meet AgainTadashi Imai21951RepastMikio Naruse31952LightningMikio Naruse41953An Inlet of Muddy WaterTadashi Imai51954Twenty-Four EyesKeisuke Kinoshita61955Floating CloudsMikio Naruse71956Mahiru no ankokuTadashi Imai81957The Rice PeopleTadashi Imai91958The Hidden FortressAkira Kurosawa101959Kiku to IsamuTadashi Imai111960Her BrotherKon Ichikawa121961Pigs and BattleshipsShohei Imamura131962Foundry TownKirio Urayama141963The Insect WomanShohei Imamura151964The Woman in the DunesHiroshi Teshigahara161965Red BeardAkira Kurosawa171966Shiroi KyotōSatsuo Yamamoto181975The FossilMasaki Kobayashi191976Lullaby of the EarthYasuzo Masumura201977The Yellow HandkerchiefYoji Yamada211978Third BaseYōichi Higashi221979Vengeance Is MineShōhei Imamura231980KagemushaAkira Kurosawa241981Muddy RiverKōhei Oguri251982Fall GuyKinji Fukasaku261983Tokyo TrialMasaki Kobayashi271984MacArthur's ChildrenMasahiro Shinoda281985RanAkira Kurosawa291986House of WedlockKichitaro Negishi301987A Taxing WomanJuzo Itami311988The Silk RoadJunya Satō321989DotsuitarunenJunji Sakamoto331990Childhood DaysMasahiro Shinoda341991A Scene at the SeaTakeshi Kitano351992Sumo Do, Sumo Don'tMasayuki Suo361993All Under the MoonYōichi Sai371994Like a Rolling StoneTatsumi Kumashiro381995A Last NoteKaneto Shindo391996Boys Be AmbitiousKazuyuki Izutsu401997Bounce Ko GalsMasato Harada411998Hana-biTakeshi Kitano421999GohattoNagisa Oshima432000Battle RoyaleKinji Fukasaku442001Spirited AwayHayao Miyazaki452002The Twilight SamuraiYōji Yamada462003Akame 48 WaterfallsGenjiro Arato472004Nobody KnowsHirokazu Koreeda482005Break Through!Kazuyuki Izutsu492006Hula GirlsLee Sang-il502007KisaragiYūichi Satō512008Climber's HighMasato Harada522009Mt. TsurugidakeDaisaku Kimura532010ConfessionsTetsuya Nakashima542011Cold FishSion Sono552012Our HomelandYang Yong-hi562013The Story of YonosukeShūichi Okita572014Samurai HustleKatsuhide Motoki582015The Emperor in AugustMasato Harada592016Shin GodzillaHideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi602017WildernessYoshiyuki Kishi612018One Cut of the DeadShinichiro Ueda622019Fly Me to the SaitamaHideki Takeuchi632020Fukushima 50Setsurō Wakamatsu642021Last of the WolvesKazuya Shiraishi652022A ManKei Ishikawa662023Godzilla Minus OneTakashi Yamazaki672024A Samurai in TimeJun'ichi Yasuda682025KokuhoLee Sang-il
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