This is a list of Japanese Academy Award winners and nominees.
Best Picture | |||||
Year | Film | Nominee | Status | Notes | |
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2021 | Drive My Car | Teruhisa Yamamoto | Nominated | First Japanese film to be nominated for Best Picture. |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | ||||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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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] | |
1985 | Pat Morita | The Karate Kid | Mr. Miyagi | Nominated | Japanese descent. | |
2003 | Ken Watanabe | The Last Samurai | Lord Katsumoto | Nominated | Japanese descent. [3] |
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | ||||||
Year | Name | Film | Role | Status | Milestone / Notes | |
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1957 | Miyoshi Umeki | Sayonara | Katsumi Kelly | Won | Japanese descent.
[4] First Asian nominated for Best Supporting Actress First East 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. |
Director | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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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 | ||
2021 | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Drive My Car | Nominated |
Adapted Screenplay | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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2021 |
Ryusuke Hamaguchi Takamasa Oe |
Drive My Car | Nominated | First Japanese film nominated in a screenplay category. |
Cinematography | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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1970 |
Osamu Furuya Shinsaku Himeda Masamichi Satoh |
Tora! Tora! Tora! | Nominated | All three are of Japanese descent.
[7] (Shared with Charles F. Wheeler.) | |
1985 |
Takao Saito Masaharu Ueda Asakazu Nakai |
Ran | Nominated | All three are of Japanese descent [8] [9] |
Production Design | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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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] (Shared with Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer.) | |
So Matsuyama | Seven Samurai | Nominated | |||
1970 |
Yoshirō Muraki Taizô Kawashima |
Tora! Tora! Tora! | Nominated | Both are of Japanese descent.
[12] (Shared with Jack Martin Smith, Richard Day, Walter M. Scott, Norman Rockett, and Carl Biddiscombe.) | |
1980 | Yoshirō Muraki | Kagemusha | Nominated | ||
1985 | Yoshirō Muraki Shinobu Muraki |
Ran | Nominated | Muraki is of Japanese descent. [13] |
Costume Design | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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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 | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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2006 | Kazu Hiro | Click | Nominated | Japanese descent.
[19] First Asian nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. (Shared with Bill Corso.) | |
2007 | Norbit | Nominated | (Shared with Rick Baker.) | ||
2017 | Darkest Hour | Won | First Asian to win for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. (Shared with David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick.) | ||
2019 | Bombshell | Won | (Shared with Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker.) | ||
2023 | Maestro | Nominated | (Shared with Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell.) |
Best Original Score | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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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) Japanese descent [21] Sakamoto and Su were the first Asians to win Best Original Score |
Best Original Song | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Song | Status | Notes |
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2022 | Mitski | Everything Everywhere All at Once | "This is a Life" | Nominated | Japanese descent (Shared with Ryan Lott & David Byrne) |
Best Visual Effects | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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2023 |
Takashi Yamazaki Kiyoko Shibuya Masaki Takahashi Tatsuji Nojima |
Godzilla Minus One | Won | First Japanese production to be nominated and win for Best Visual Effects. |
Best Animated Feature | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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2002 | Hayao Miyazaki | Spirited Away | Won | Japanese descent.
[22] First Asian nominated for Best Animated Feature. First Asian to win Best Animated Feature. First hand drawn film 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 | (Shared with Michael Dudok de Wit.) | |
2017 | Ramsey Naito | The Boss Baby | Nominated | Japanese father.
[25] (Shared with Tom McGrath.) | |
2018 |
Mamoru Hosoda Yuichiro Saito |
Mirai | Nominated | ||
2023 | Hayao Miyazaki Toshio Suzuki |
The Boy and the Heron | Won | At age 83, Hayao Miyazaki is the oldest winner of Best Animated Feature. Miyazaki is the first Japanese person to win in the category twice. Tied (with Pete Docter) for the most nominations in this category, with four. |
Animated Short Film | |||||
Year | Name | Film | Status | Notes | |
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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 with Robert Kondo.) | |
2018 | Ru Kuwahata | Negative Space | Nominated | (Shared with Max Porter.) |
Honorary Award | |||
Year | Name | Award | |
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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. |
No. of wins | No. of nominations |
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13 | 51 |