Japanese Movie Critics Awards

1991 (1st Japanese Movie Critics Awards)

• Best Picture: My Sons (Director: Yoji Yamada)
• Best Director: Naoto Takenaka
• Best Actor: Rentarō Mikuni
• Best Actress: Yuki Kudō
• Best Newcomer: Shinsuke Shimada
• Special Award: Osamu Takizawa (滝沢 一)
• Platinum Award: Keisuke Kinoshita

1992

• Best Picture: Seishun Dendekeke Desdeke
• Best Director: Kaneto Shindo
• Best Actor: Takehiro Murata
• Best Actress: Yoshiko Mita

1993

• Best Picture: To Die at the Hospital
• Best Director: Kōichi Saitō
• Best Actor: Ken Tanaka
• Best Actress: Kyōko Kagawa, Emi Wakui, Junko Ikeuchi

1994

• Best Picture: A Dedicated Life
• Best Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro, Ryūichi Hiroki
• Best Actor: Eiji Okuda
• Best Actress: Tomoko Yamaguchi

1995

• Best Picture: A Last Note
• Best Director: Makoto Shīna
• Best Actor: Eiji Okuda
• Best Actress: Kumiko Akiyoshi

1996

• Best Picture: Village of Dreams
• Best Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
• Best Actor: Kōji Yakusho
• Best Actress: Mieko Harada
• Best Newcomer: Masanobu Andō

1997

• Best Picture: Moonlight Serenade
• Best Director: Masahiro Shinoda
• Best Actor: Akira Emoto
• Best Actress: Kyōka Suzuki

1998

• Best Picture: Kizuna
• Best Director: Takeshi Kitano
• Best Actor: Ken Watanabe
• Best Actress: Takako Matsu

1999

• Best Picture: Coquille
• Best Director: Masahiro Shinoda, Nagisa Oshima
• Best Actor: Tomokazu Miura
• Best Actress: Jun Fubuki, Kyōka Suzuki

2000

• Best Picture: Zawazawa ShimoKitazawa
• Best Director: Ryūichi Hiroki, Kazuo Kuroki
• Best Actor: Yoshio Harada
• Best Actress: Hitomi Kuroki

2001

• Best Picture: Black Summer in Japan: False Charges
• Best Director: Isao Yukisada
• Best Actor: Yōsuke Kubozuka
• Best Actress: Yui Natsukawa
• Best Supporting Actor: Tarō Yamamoto
• Best Supporting Actress: Mitsuko Baisho, Sayoko Ninomiya

2002

• Best Picture: KT
• Best Director: Yoichi Sai
• Best Actor: Kōichi Satō, Masaya Kato
• Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa
• Best Supporting Actor: Ryo Ishibashi
• Best Supporting Actress: Kyōko Kagawa

2003

• Best Picture: Lord of the Warabi
• Best Director: Toyohisa Araki
• Best Actor: Masahiko Tsugawa
• Best Actress: Shinobu Terajima, Yūko Takeuchi
• Best Supporting Actor: Ken Watanabe, Teruyuki Kagawa
• Best Supporting Actress: Hitomi Nakahara

2004

• Best Picture: Swing Girls
• Best Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
• Best Actor: Ken Matsudaira
• Best Actress: Kumiko Akiyoshi
• Best Supporting Actor: Masaya Takahashi
• Best Supporting Actress: Anna Tsuchiya
• Rookie of the Year: Kamiki Ryunosuke

2005

• Best Picture: Curtain Call
• Best Director: Mitsuo Kurotsuchi
• Best Actor: Kataoka Ainosuke VI, Ichikawa Somegorō VII
• Best Actress: Yūko Tanaka
• Best Supporting Actor: Takashi Sasano, Sansei Shiomi
• Best Supporting Actress: Haruka Igawa

2006

• Best Picture: The Professor's Beloved Equation
• Best Director: Eiji Okuda
• Best Actor: Kenji Sawada
• Best Actress: Eri Fukatsu
• Best Supporting Actor: Tsuyoshi Ihara
• Best Supporting Actress: Kirin Kiki, Hula Girls

2007

• Best Picture: Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
• Best Director: Kichitaro Negishi
• Best Actor: Shun Oguri
• Best Actress: Yūko Takeuchi
• Best Supporting Actor: Kyosuke Yabe
• Best Supporting Actress: Hiromi Nagasaku, Keiko Takahashi

2008

• Best Picture: United Red Army
• Best Director: Yōjirō Takita
• Best Actor: Noriyuki Higashiyama
• Best Actress: Eiko Koike
• Best Supporting Actor: Ittoku Kishibe
• Best Supporting Actress: Maki Sakai

2009

• Best Picture: Feel the Wind
• Best Director: Kichitaro Negishi
• Best Actor: Akira Terao
• Best Actress: Hiroko Yakushimaru
• Best Supporting Actor: Renji Ishibashi
• Best Supporting Actress: Kaoru Yachigusa

2010

• Best Picture: Haru's Journey
• Best Director: Yōichi Higashi
• Best Actor: Dai Watanabe, Masatoshi Nagase
• Best Actress: Yuki Uchida, Hiromi Nagasaku
• Best Supporting Actor: Teruyuki Kagawa, Yūsuke Iseya
• Best Supporting Actress: Keiko Matsuzaka

2011

• Best Picture: Someday
• Best Director: Izuru Narushima
• Best Actor: Tomokazu Miura
• Best Actress: Shinobu Otake
• Best Supporting Actor: Kataoka Ainosuke VI
• Best Supporting Actress: Nobuko Miyamoto

2012

• Best Picture: Key of Life
• Best Director: Takeshi Kitano
• Best Animation Feature Film: Wolf Children
• Best Animation Director: Hideaki Anno
• Best Actor: Tori Matsuzaka
• Best Actress: Sakura Ando
• Best Supporting Actor: Takao Osawa
• Best Supporting Actress: Chieko Matsubara

2013

• Best Picture: The Great Passage
• Best Director: Keisuke Yoshida
• Best Animation Feature Film: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
• Best Animation Director: Isao Takahata
• Best Actor: Ryuhei Matsuda
• Best Actress: Kumiko Asō
• Best Supporting Actor: Lily Franky
• Best Supporting Actress: Ran Ito

2014

• Best Picture: 0.5 mm
• Best Director: Mipo O
• Best Animation Feature Film: Expelled from Paradise
• Best Animation Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
• Best Actor: Gō Ayano
• Best Actress: Sakura Ando
• Best Supporting Actor: Masaki Suda
• Best Supporting Actress: Chizuru Ikewaki

2015

• Best Picture: Solomon's Perjury
• Best Director: Hitoshi Ōne
• Best Animation Feature Film: The Boy and the Beast
• Best Animation Director: Masakazu Hashimoto
• Best Actor: Tadanobu Asano
• Best Actress: Mikako Tabe
• Best Supporting Actor: Atsushi Itō
• Best Supporting Actress: Hikari Mitsushima

2016

• Best Picture: Her Love Boils Bathwater
• Best Director: Ryōta Nakano
• Best Animation Feature Film: A Silent Voice
• Best Animation Director: Makoto Shinkai
• Best Actor: Kaoru Kobayashi
• Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa
• Best Supporting Actor: Masahiro Higashide
• Best Supporting Actress: Hana Sugisaki

2017

• Best Picture: The Third Murder
• Best Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
• Best Animation Feature Film: Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
• Best Animation Director:
• Best Actor: Takuya Kimura
• Best Actress: Hikari Mitsushima
• Best Supporting Actor: Sansei Shiomi
• Best Supporting Actress: Tae Kimura