Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year

Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year
Awarded for	Best feature film of Japan
Country	Japan
Presented by	The Nippon Academy-sho association
First awarded	1978
Official website	http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/

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

Nr.	Year	English title	Japanese title	Director
1	1977	The Yellow Handkerchief	幸福の黄色いハンカチ	Yoji Yamada
2	1978	The Incident	事件	Yoshitaro Nomura
3	1979	Vengeance Is Mine	復讐するは我にあり	Shōhei Imamura
4	1980	Zigeunerweisen	ツィゴイネルワイゼン	Seijun Suzuki
5	1981	Station	駅 STATION	Yasuo Furuhata
6	1982	Fall Guy	蒲田行進曲	Kinji Fukasaku
7	1983	The Ballad of Narayama	楢山節考	Shōhei Imamura
8	1984	The Funeral	お葬式	Juzo Itami
9	1985	Gray Sunset	花いちもんめ	Shunya Ito
10	1986	House on Fire	火宅の人	Kinji Fukasaku
11	1987	A Taxing Woman	マルサの女	Juzo Itami
12	1988	The Silk Road	敦煌	Junya Sato
13	1989	Black Rain	黒い雨	Shōhei Imamura
14	1990	Childhood Days	少年時代	Masahiro Shinoda
15	1991	My Sons	息子	Yoji Yamada
16	1992	Sumo Do, Sumo Don't	シコふんじゃった。	Masayuki Suo
17	1993	A Class to Remember	学校	Yoji Yamada
18	1994	Crest of Betrayal	忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談	Kinji Fukasaku
19	1995	A Last Note	午後の遺言状	Kaneto Shindo
20	1996	Shall We Dance?	Shall we ダンス?	Masayuki Suo
21	1997	Princess Mononoke	もののけ姫	Hayao Miyazaki
22	1998	Begging for Love	愛を乞うひと	Hideyuki Hirayama
23	1999	Poppoya	鉄道員	Yasuo Furuhata
24	2000	After the Rain	雨あがる	Takashi Koizumi
25	2001	Spirited Away	千と千尋の神隠し	Hayao Miyazaki
26	2002	The Twilight Samurai	たそがれ清兵衛	Yoji Yamada
27	2003	When the Last Sword Is Drawn	壬生義士伝	Yojiro Takita
28	2004	Half a Confession	半落ち	Kiyoshi Sasabe
29	2005	Always Sanchōme no Yūhi	ALWAYS 三丁目の夕日	Takashi Yamazaki
30	2006	Hula Girls	フラガール	Sang-il Lee
31	2007	Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad	東京タワー 〜オカンとボクと、時々、オトン〜	Jōji Matsuoka
32	2008	Departures	おくりびと	Yojiro Takita
33	2009	The Unbroken	沈まぬ太陽	Setsuro Wakamatsu
34	2010	Confessions	告白	Tetsuya Nakashima
35	2011	Rebirth	八日目の蝉	Izuru Narushima
36	2012	The Kirishima Thing	桐島、部活やめるってよ	Daihachi Yoshida
37	2013	The Great Passage	舟を編む	Yuya Ishii
38	2014	The Eternal Zero	永遠の0	Takashi Yamazaki
39	2015	Our Little Sister	海街diary	Hirokazu Koreeda