Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

The of the Japan Academy Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Nippon Academy-sho association (Japan Academy Prize Association).

List of winners

Nr.	Year	Actor (English)	Actor (Japanese)	Film (English)	Film (Japanese)
1	1978	Ken Takakura Ken Takakura , born , is a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brings to his roles.Takakura gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching yakuza turf battles over the lucrative black market and racketeering in postwar Fukuoka...	高倉健	The Yellow Handkerchief The Yellow Handkerchief is a 1977 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was the winner of the first Best Picture award at the Japan Academy Prize.-Cast:* Ken Takakura: Yusaku Shima* Chieko Baisho: Mitsue Shima* Tetsuya Takeda: Kinya Hanada* Kaori Momoi: Akemi Ogawa* Hachirō Tako... Hakkodasan	幸福の黄色いハンカチ八甲田山
2	1979	Ken Ogata Ken Ogata Ken Ogata was a Japanese actor.Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama...	緒形拳	The Demon The Demon (1978 film) The Demon is a 1978 Japanese psychological drama directed by Yoshitaro Nomura and written by Masato Ide, based on the novel by Seicho Matsumoto.-Plot:...	鬼畜
3	1980	Tomisaburo Wakayama Tomisaburo Wakayama , born Masaru Okumura, was a Japanese actor, best known for playing Ogami Ittō, the scowling, 17th century ronin warrior in the six Lone Wolf and Cub samurai movies.-Biography:...	若山富三郎	Oh My Son	衝動殺人息子よ
4	1981	Ken Takakura	高倉健	A Distant Cry From Spring A Distant Cry from Spring is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada.-Awards and nominations:5th Hochi Film Award* Won: Best Actress - Chieko Baishō-References:... Dōran Doran -People:* Ann Doran, character actress* Bill Doran * Tom Doran, baseball player* Chris Doran, singer* Colleen Doran, comic book writer and artist* Daryl Doran, soccer player* Frank Doran, various including:...	遙かなる山の呼び声動乱
5	1982	Ken Takakura	高倉健	Station Station (film) is a 1981 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Among many awards, it was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Cast:* Ken Takakura: Eiji Mikami* Chieko Baisho: Kiriko Michio* Ayumi Ishida: Naoko Mikami...	駅 STATION
6	1983	Mitsuru Hirata	平田満	Fall Guy Fall Guy is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, art direction by Akira Takahashi. Among many awards, it was chosen as the Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony....	蒲田行進曲
7	1984	Ken Ogata	緒形拳	The Ballad of Narayama The Ballad of Narayama (1983 film) is a 1983 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. It stars Sumiko Sakamoto as Orin, Ken Ogata, and Shoichi Ozawa. It is an adaptation of the book Narayama bushiko by Shichiro Fukazawa and remake of the 1958 film directed by Keisuke Kinoshita.- Plot :... Yokiro The Catch The Catch (1983 film) is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Shinji Sōmai....	楢山節考陽暉楼魚影の群れ
8	1985	Tsutomu Yamazaki	山崎努	The Funeral The Funeral (1984 film) is a 1984 Japanese comedy film by director Itami Juzo.The film shows the preparations for a traditional Japanese funeral. It mixes grief at the loss of a husband and father with wry observations of the various characters as they interact during the three days of preparation.The Funeral was the... Saraba hakobune	お葬式さらば箱舟
9	1986	Minoru Chiaki Minoru Chiaki was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress.In Seven Samurai, he was the good-natured samurai Heihachi, and he was the first of the samurai to be killed. Ironically, in real life, he turned out to be the last of the seven actors to...	千秋実	Gray Sunset Gray Sunset is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shunya Ito. It was Japan's submission to the 58th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee...	花いちもんめ
10	1987	Ken Ogata	緒形拳	House on Fire House on Fire is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Cast:Ken Ogata as Kazuo DanAyumi Ishida as Yoriko DanMieko Harada as KeikoKeiko Matsuzaka as Tokuko Tanayoshi*Chu Arai...	火宅の人
11	1988	Tsutomu Yamasaki	山崎努	A Taxing Woman A Taxing Woman is a 1987 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Juzo Itami. It won numerous awards, including six major Japanese Academy awards.The title character of the film, played by Nobuko Miyamoto, is a government tax investigator who employs various techniques to catch tax evaders.The director...	マルサの女
12	1989	Toshiyuki Nishida Toshiyuki Nishida is a Japanese actor. Outside of Japan, Nishida is best known for his portrayal of Pigsy in the TV series Monkey.Toshiyuki Nishida has received ten Japanese Academy Award nominations, winning twice, for Dun-Huang in 1988 and Gakko and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 in 1993...	西田敏行	The Silk Road The Silk Road aka Dun-Huang is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Junya Sato. The movie was adapted from the 1959 novel Tun-Huang by Yasushi Inoue with the backdrop of the plotline being the Mogao Caves manuscript trove...	敦煌
13	1990	Rentaro Mikuni	三國連太郎	Tsuribaka Nisshi Tsuribaka Nisshi ' is a fishing manga by Jūzō Yamasaki and Kenichi Kitami that has been serialized in Big Comic Original since 1979. It won the 28th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1983... Sen no Rikyū Sen no Rikyu , is considered the historical figure with the most profound influence on chanoyu, the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of wabi-cha...	釣りバカ日誌利休
14	1991	Ittoku Kishibe	岸部一徳	The Sting of Death The Sting of Death is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Kôhei Oguri. It tells the story of a writer with a wandering eye and his jealous wife.-Cast:Keiko Matsuzaka as MihoIttoku Kishibe as ToshioMidori Kiuchi as KunikoTakenori Matsumura as Shinichi*Yuri Chikamori as Maya...	死の棘
15	1992	Rentaro Mikuni	三國連太郎	Tsuribaka Nisshi 4 Tsuribaka Nisshi 4 is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Tomio Kuriyama. It was released on 23 December 1991. It is fourth film in Tsuribaka Nisshi series.-Awards:15th Japan Academy PrizeWon: Best Actor - Rentaro MikuniNominated: Best Music - Masaru Satō... My Sons My Sons is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Yōji Yamada. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Synopsis:The children of old-fashioned patriarch of a family in Iwate Province gather to observe the first anniversary of their mother's death. Tetsuya, working as a bartender in Tokyo,...	釣りバカ日誌4 息子
16	1993	Masahiro Motoki Masahiro Motoki Masahiro Motoki is a Japanese actor. He portrayed protagonist Daigo Kobayashi in Departures, which won the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film...	本木雅弘	Sumo Do, Sumo Don't Sumo Do, Sumo Don't is a 1992 Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Synopsis:In order to graduate from college in a timely manner, and to gain the job waiting for him due to his family connections, Shuhei must join the school's sumo team to please his...	シコふんじゃった。
17	1994	Toshiyuki Nishida	西田敏行	A Class to Remember A Class to Remember is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Yōji Yamada. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Synopsis:A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.-Cast:* Toshiyuki Nishida... Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Tomio Kuriyama.-Awards:17th Japan Academy PrizeWon: Best Actor - Toshiyuki Nishida*Nominated: Best Actor - Rentaro Mikuni...	学校釣りバカ日誌6
18	1995	Kōichi Satō Koichi Sato is a Japanese actor.He is the son of veteran Japanese actor Rentarō Mikuni.-Films:The Last Chushingura Nobody to watch over me * Shonen Merikensack * The Magic Hour * Smile Seiya no Kiseki...	佐藤浩市	Crest of Betrayal Crest of Betrayal is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.-Cast:Kōichi Satō as Iemon TamiyaSaki Takaoka as OiwaKeiko Oginome as OumeTsunehiko Watase as Yasubei HoribeEriko Watanabe as OmakiRenji Ishibashi as Kihei Ito*Keizo Kanie as Ichigaku Shimuzu...	忠臣蔵外伝四谷怪談
19	1996	Rentaro Mikuni	三國連太郎	Mitabi no Kaikyō	三たびの海峡
20	1997	Kōji Yakusho	役所広司	Shall We Dance?	Shall we ダンス?
21	1998	Kōji Yakusho	役所広司	The Eel	うなぎ
22	1999	Akira Emoto	柄本明	Dr. Akagi Dr. Akagi Dr. Akagi, known in Japan as , is a 1998 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura.- Plot :The film concerns Dr. Akagi, a doctor on an island in the Seto Inland Sea area during World War II. He runs into conflict with the military while trying to combat a hepatitis epidemic. Akagi earns the nickname...	カンゾー先生
23	2000	Ken Takakura	高倉健	Poppoya Poppoya is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony....	鉄道員
24	2001	Akira Terao Akira Terao is Japanese musician and movie actor.-Career:In 1966, he debuted as a bassist of Group Sounds band, The Savage. As an actor, he debuted as Kenichi in Chikadô no taiyô made, a film directed by Kei Kumai in 1968....	寺尾聰	After the Rain	雨あがる
25	2002	Yosuke Kubozuka	窪塚洋介	Go Go (2001 film) Go is a 2001 Japanese movie by Isao Yukisada, based on the novel of the same title by Kazuki Kaneshiro. The film stars Kubozuka Yōsuke and Kou Shibasaki . It tells the story of a Korean boy born and raised in Japan and his love story with a Japanese girl...	GO
26	2003	Hiroyuki Sanada Hiroyuki Sanada is a Japanese actor.-Life and career:Sanada was born in Tokyo. Originally aiming to be an action star, starting with shorinji kempo, he eventually took up Kyokushin kaikan Sanada began training at age 11 with actor and martial arts star Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club where he developed good...	真田広之	The Twilight Samurai The Twilight Samurai The Twilight Samurai or is a 2002 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. Set in mid-19th century Japan, a few years before the Meiji Restoration, it follows the life of Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai employed as a bureaucrat. Poor, but not destitute, he still manages to lead a content and...	たそがれ清兵衛
27	2004	Kiichi Nakai	中井貴一	When the Last Sword Is Drawn When the Last Sword Is Drawn is a 2003 Japanese movie directed by Yōjirō Takita loosely based on real historical events. When the Last Sword Is Drawn won the Best Film award at the 2004 Japanese Academy Awards, as well as the prizes for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor . It received a further eight...	壬生義士伝
28	2005	Akira Terao	寺尾聰	Half a Confession Half a Confession is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Sasabe. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Cast:* Akira Terao: Soichiro Kaji* Mieko Harada: Keiko Kaji* Hidetaka Yoshioka* Mayu Tsuruta* Kyohei Shibata* Kirin Kiki: Yasuko Shimamura...	半落ち
29	2006	Hidetaka Yoshioka Hidetaka Yoshioka ', is a Japanese actor known for his performance in several movies as a child and lately the award-winning TV drama Dr. Koto Shinryojo. He notably played the part of Tora-san's little nephew in the "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" film series, and he appeared in Akira Kurosawa's "Rhapsody in August" and...	吉岡秀隆	Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Always Sanchome no Yuhi is a 2005 film co-written and directed by the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki, based on Ryōhei Saigan's long-running manga Sanchōme no Yūhi. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Plot summary:...	ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日
30	2007	Ken Watanabe Ken Watanabe is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best...	渡辺謙	Memories of Tomorrow Memories of Tomorrow is a 2006 Japanese drama film starring Ken Watanabe, Higuchi Kanako and directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. The film is based on a novel of the same title published by Hiroshi Ogiwara in 2004.-Plot:...	明日の記憶
31	2008	Hidetaka Yoshioka	吉岡秀隆	Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Takashi Yamazaki. It is a sequel to Always Sanchōme no Yūhi ....	ALWAYS 続・三丁目の夕日
32	2009	Masahiro Motoki Masahiro Motoki Masahiro Motoki is a Japanese actor. He portrayed protagonist Daigo Kobayashi in Departures, which won the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film...	本木雅弘	Departures (film) Departures (film) All compositions by Joe Hisaishi.#"Shine of Snow I" 1:12#"Nohkan" 3:10#"Kaisan" 0:53#"Good-Bye Cello" 2:16#"New Road" 1:15#"Model" 0:47#"First Contact" 1:51#"Washing" 0:34#"Kizuna I" 1:57#"Beautiful Dead I" 3:12#"Okuribito " 1:51...	おくりびと
33	2010	Ken Watanabe	:ja:渡辺謙	Shizumanu Taiyō Shizumanu Taiyō is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu. It is also known as The Unbroken in the United States.Shizumanu Taiyō is based on a novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. Set in the 1960s, the story centers on Hajime Onchi, the chairman of the employees' union for a large national airline corporation...	:ja:沈まぬ太陽

External links

Japan Academy Prize official website -
- The winner and nominees

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