List of Japanese Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Japanese Academy Award winners and nominees.

Best Supporting Actor
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Year Name Film Role Status Milestone / Notes
1957 Sessue Hayakawa The Bridge on the River Kwai Colonel Saito Nominated Japanese descent[1]
First Asian man to be nominated for an acting Academy Award.
1966 Mako Iwamatsu The Sand Pebbles Po-Han Nominated Japanese descent[2]
2003 Ken Watanabe The Last Samurai Lord Katsumoto Nominated Japanese descent[3]

Best Supporting Actress
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Year Name Film Role Status Milestone / Notes
1957 Miyoshi Umeki Sayonara Katsumi Kelly Won Japanese descent[4]
First Asian nominated for Best Supporting Actress
First Asian to win an acting award.
2006 Rinko Kikuchi Babel Chieko Wataya Nominated Japanese descent[5]
First role that used Japanese sign language to ever be nominated

Best Director
Director
Year Name Film Status Notes
1965 Hiroshi Teshigahara Woman in the Dunes Nominated Japanese descent[6]
First Asian nominated for Best Director
Film was nominated in previous year for Best Foreign Language Film
1985 Akira Kurosawa Ran Nominated

Best Cinematography
Cinematography
Year Name Film Status Notes
1970 Osami Furuya
Sinsaku Himeda
Masamichi Satoh		 Tora! Tora! Tora! Nominated All three are of Japanese descent[7]
(nominated with Charles F. Wheeler)
1985 Takao Saito
Masaharu Ueda
Asakazu Nakai		 Ran Nominated All three are of Japanese descent[8][9]

Best Production Design
Production Design
Year Name Film Status Notes
1952 So Matsuyama
H. Motsumoto		 Rashomon Nominated Both are of Japanese descent[10]
First Asians nominated for Best Art Direction
1956 Albert Nozaki The Ten Commandments Nominated Japanese descent[11]
(nominated with Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, & Ray Moyer)
So Matsuyama Seven Samurai Nominated
1970 Yoshirō Muraki
Taizô Kawashima		 Tora! Tora! Tora! Nominated Both are of Japanese descent[12]
(nominated with Jack Martin Smith, Richard Day, Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockette, & Carl Biddiscombe)
1980 Yoshirō Muraki Kagemusha Nominated
1985 Yoshirō Muraki
Shinobu Muraki		 Ran Nominated Shinobu Muraki is of Japanese descent[13]

Best Costume Design
Costume Design
Year Name Film Status Notes
1954 Sanzo Wada Gate of Hell Won Japanese descent[14]
First Asian nominated for Best Costume Design
First Asian to win Best Costume Design
1955 Tadaoto Kainosho Ugetsu Nominated Japanese descent[15]
1956 Kohei Ezaki Seven Samurai Nominated Japanese descent[16]
1961 Yoshirō Muraki Yojimbo Nominated Tied for third most Oscar-nominated Asian of all time, with four nominations
1985 Emi Wada Ran Won Japanese descent[17]
1992 Eiko Ishioka Bram Stoker's Dracula Won Japanese descent[18]
2012 Mirror Mirror Nominated Posthumous nomination

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Year Name Film Status Notes
2006 Kazu Hiro Click Nominated Japanese descent[19]
First Asian nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
(nominated with Bill Corso)
2007 Norbit Nominated (nominated with Rick Baker)
2017 Darkest Hour Won First Asian to win for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
(nominated with David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick)
2019 Bombshell Won (nominated with Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker)

Best Original Score
Best Original Score
Year Name Film Status Notes
1966 Toshiro Mayuzumi The Bible Nominated Japanese descent[20]
First Asian nominated for Best Original Score
1987 Ryuichi Sakamoto The Last Emperor Won Shared with Cong Su and David Byrne.
Sakamoto is of Japanese descent[21]
First Asians to win Best Original Score.

Best Animated Feature
Best Animated Feature
Year Name Film Status Notes
2002 Hayao Miyazaki Spirited Away Won Japanese descent[22]
First Asian nominated for Best Animated Feature
First Asian to win Best Animated Feature
2005 Howl's Moving Castle Nominated
2013 Hayao Miyazaki
Toshio Suzuki		 The Wind Rises Nominated Suzuki is of Japanese descent[22]
2014 Isao Takahata
Yoshiaki Nishimura		 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Nominated Both are of Japanese descent[23][24]
2015 Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Yoshiaki Nishimura		 When Marnie Was There Nominated Yonebayashi is of Japanese descent[24]
2016 Toshio Suzuki The Red Turtle Nominated (nominated with Michael Dudok de Wit)
2017 Ramsey Naito The Boss Baby Nominated Japanese father[25]
(nominated with Tom McGrath)
2018 Mamoru Hosoda
Yuichiro Saito		 Mirai Nominated

Best Animated Short Film
Animated Short Film
Year Name Film Status Notes
2002 Kōji Yamamura Mt. Head Nominated Japanese descent[24]
2008 Kunio Katō La Maison En Petits Cubes Won Japanese descent[26]
First Asian to win Best Animated Short Film
2013 Shuhei Morita Possessions Nominated Japanese descent[27]
2014 Daisuke Tsutsumi The Dam Keeper Nominated Shared nomination with Robert Kondo.
2018 Ru Kuwahata Negative Space Nominated Shared nomination with Max Porter.

Best Foreign Language Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Year
(Ceremony)		FilmOriginal titleDirectorResult
1951
(24th)		 Rashomon Rashōmon (羅生門) Akira Kurosawa Won Honorary Award
1954
(27th)		 Gate of Hell Jigokumon (地獄門) Teinosuke Kinugasa Won Honorary Award
1955
(28th)		 Samurai, The Legend of Musashi Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵) Hiroshi Inagaki Won Honorary Award
1956
(29th)		 Harp of Burma Biruma no Tategoto (ビルマの竪琴) Kon Ichikawa Nominated
1961
(34th)		 Immortal Love Eien no Hito (永遠の人) Keisuke Kinoshita Nominated
1963
(36th)		 Twin Sisters of Kyoto Koto (古都) Noboru Nakamura Nominated
1964
(37th)		 Woman in the Dunes Suna no Onna (砂の女) Hiroshi Teshigahara Nominated
1965
(38th)		 Kwaidan Kaidan (怪談) Masaki Kobayashi Nominated
1967
(40th)		 Portrait of Chieko Chieko-sho (智恵子抄) Noboru Nakamura Nominated
1971
(44th)		 Dodes'ka-den Dodes'ka-den (どですかでん) Akira Kurosawa Nominated
1975
(48th)		 Sandakan No. 8 Sandakan Hachibanshokan Bohkyo (サンダカン八番娼館 望郷) Kei Kumai Nominated
1980
(53rd)		 Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) Kagemusha (影武者) Akira Kurosawa Nominated
1981
(54th)		 Muddy River Doro no Kawa (泥の河) Kōhei Oguri Nominated
2003
(76th)		 The Twilight Samurai Tasogare Seibei (たそがれ清兵衛) Yoji Yamada Nominated
2008
(81st)		 Departures[28] Okuribito (おくりびと) Yōjirō Takita Won Academy Award
2018
(91st)		 Shoplifters[29] Manbiki Kazoku (万引き家族) Hirokazu Kore-eda Nominated[30]

Non-Competitive Awards
Non-Competitive Awards
Year Name Award
1989 Akira Kurosawa Honorary Academy Award[31]
To Akira Kurosawa for accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world.
2014 Hayao Miyazaki Honorary Academy Award[32]
To Hayao Miyazaki, a master storyteller whose animated artistry has inspired filmmakers and audiences around the world.

See also

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