Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year

Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year
Awarded for	Best feature film of Japan
Country	Japan
Presented by	Japan Academy Film Prize Association
First awarded	1978
Website	http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/

The Japan Academy Film Prize for Picture of the Year is a film award given to the best film at the annual Japan Academy Film Prize.

Nr.	English title	Japanese title	Director(s)
1st (1977)	The Yellow Handkerchief	幸福こうふくの黄色きいろいハンカチ	Yoji Yamada
2nd (1978)	The Incident	事件じけん	Yoshitaro Nomura
3rd (1979)	Vengeance Is Mine	復讐ふくしゅうするは我がにあり	Shōhei Imamura
4th (1980)	Zigeunerweisen	ツィゴイネルワイゼン	Seijun Suzuki
5th (1981)	Station	駅えき STATION	Yasuo Furuhata
6th (1982)	Fall Guy	蒲田かまた行進曲こうしんきょく	Kinji Fukasaku
7th (1983)	The Ballad of Narayama	楢山節考ならやまぶしこう	Shōhei Imamura
8th (1984)	The Funeral	お葬式そうしき	Juzo Itami
9th (1985)	Gray Sunset	花はないちもんめ	Shunya Ito
10th (1986)	House on Fire	火宅かたくの人ひと	Kinji Fukasaku
11st (1987)	A Taxing Woman	マルサの女おんな	Juzo Itami
12nd (1988)	The Silk Road	敦煌とんこう	Junya Sato
13rd (1989)	Black Rain	黒くろい雨あめ	Shōhei Imamura
14th (1990)	Childhood Days	少年しょうねん時代じだい	Masahiro Shinoda
15th (1991)	My Sons	息子むすこ	Yoji Yamada
16th (1992)	Sumo Do, Sumo Don't	シコふんじゃった。	Masayuki Suo
17th (1993)	A Class to Remember	学校がっこう	Yoji Yamada
18th (1994)	Crest of Betrayal	忠臣蔵ちゅうしんぐら外伝がいでん 四谷よつや怪談かいだん	Kinji Fukasaku
19th (1995)	A Last Note	午後ごごの遺言ゆいごん状じょう	Kaneto Shindo
20th (1996)	Shall We Dance?	Shall we ダンス?	Masayuki Suo
21st (1997)	Princess Mononoke	もののけ姫ひめ	Hayao Miyazaki
22nd (1998)	Begging for Love	愛あいを乞こうひと	Hideyuki Hirayama
23rd (1999)	Poppoya	鉄道てつどう員いん	Yasuo Furuhata
24th (2000)	After the Rain	雨あめあがる	Takashi Koizumi
25th (2001)	Spirited Away	千せんと千尋ちひろの神隠かみがくし	Hayao Miyazaki
26th (2002)	The Twilight Samurai	たそがれ清せい兵衛ひょうえ	Yoji Yamada
27th (2003)	When the Last Sword Is Drawn	壬生みぶ義士ぎし伝でん	Yōjirō Takita
28th (2004)	Half a Confession	半はん落おち	Kiyoshi Sasabe
29th (2005)	Always Sanchōme no Yūhi	ALWAYS 三さん丁目ちょうめの夕日ゆうひ	Takashi Yamazaki
30th (2007)	Hula Girls	フラガール	Sang-il Lee
31st (2007)	Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad	東京とうきょうタワー 〜オカンとボクと、時々ときどき、オトン〜	Jōji Matsuoka
32nd (2008)	Departures	おくりびと	Yōjirō Takita
33rd (2009)	The Unbroken	沈しずまぬ太陽たいよう	Setsuro Wakamatsu
34th (2010)	Confessions	告白こくはく	Tetsuya Nakashima
35th (2011)	Rebirth	八日ようか目めの蝉せみ	Izuru Narushima
36th (2012)	The Kirishima Thing	桐島きりしま、部活ぶかつやめるってよ	Daihachi Yoshida
37th (2013)	The Great Passage	舟ふねを編あむ	Yuya Ishii
38th (2014)	The Eternal Zero	永遠えいえんの0	Takashi Yamazaki
39th (2015)	Our Little Sister	海うみ街がいdiary	Hirokazu Kore-eda
40th (2016)	Shin Godzilla	シン・ゴジラ	Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi
41st (2017)	The Third Murder	三さん度目どめの殺人さつじん	Hirokazu Kore-eda
42nd (2018)	Shoplifters	万引まんびき家族かぞく
43rd (2019)	The Journalist	新聞しんぶん記者きしゃ	Michihito Fujii
44th (2020)	Midnight Swan	ミッドナイトスワン	Eiji Uchida
45th (2021)	Drive My Car	ドライブ・マイ・カー	Ryusuke Hamaguchi
46th (2022)	A Man	ある男おとこ	Kei Ishikawa
47th (2023)	Godzilla Minus One	ゴジラ-1.0	Takashi Yamazaki