The of the Japan Academy Film Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association.
List of winners Nr.YearScreenwriter(English)Screenwriter(Japanese)Film(English)11978Yoji Yamada山田洋次Otoko wa Tsurai yoThe Yellow Handkerchief21979Kaneto Shindo新藤兼人The Incident31980Masaru Baba馬場当Vengeance Is Mine41981Yoshitaka AsamaYoji Yamada朝間義隆山田洋次A Distant Cry From SpringOtoko wa Tsurai yo: Tora-san's Tropical Fever51982Sō Kuramoto倉本聰Station61983Kōhei TsukaつかこうへいFall Guy71984Kōji Takada高田宏治Yōkirō81985Juzo Itami伊丹十三The Funeral91986Hirō Matsuda松田寛夫Gray Sunset101987Fumio KonamiKinji Fukasaku神波史男深作欣二House on Fire111988Juzo Itami伊丹十三A Taxing Woman121989Shinichi Ichikawa市川森一The Discarnates131990Toshirō IshidoShōhei Imamura石堂淑朗今村昌平Black Rain141991Taichi Yamada山田太一Childhood Days151992Kihachi Okamoto岡本喜八Rainbow Kids161993Masayuki Suo周防正行Sumo Do, Sumo Don't171994Yoji YamadaYoshitaka Asama山田洋次朝間義隆A Class to RememberOtoko wa Tsurai yo: Tora-san Makes Excuses181995Motomu FurutaKinji Fukasaku古田求深作欣二Crest of Betrayal191996Kaneto Shindo新藤兼人A Last Note201997Masayuki Suo周防正行Shall We Dance?211998Kōki Mitani宮崎駿Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald221999Wui Sin Chong鄭義信Begging for Love232000Yoshiki IwamaYasuo Furuhata岩間芳樹降旗康男Poppoya242001Akira Kurosawa黒澤明After the Rain252002Kankurō Kudō宮藤官九郎Go262003Yoji YamadaYoshitaka Asama山田洋次朝間義隆The Twilight Samurai272004Tomomi Tsutsui筒井ともみLike Asura282005Shinobu Yaguchi矢口史靖Swing Girls292006Takashi YamazakiRyōta Kosawa山崎貴古沢良太Always Sanchōme no Yūhi302007Sang-il LeeDaisuke Habara李相日羽原大介Hula Girls312008Suzuki Matsuo松尾スズキTokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad322009Kundō Koyama小山薫堂Departures332010Miwa Nishikawa西川美和Dear Doctor342011Tetsuya Nakashima中島哲也Confessions352012Satoko Okudera奥寺佐渡子Rebirth362013Kenji Uchida内田けんじKey of Life372014Kensaku Watanabe渡辺謙作The Great Passage382015Akihiro Dobashi土橋章宏Samurai Hustle392016Shin Adachi足立紳100 Yen Love402017Makoto Shinkai新海誠Your Name412018Hirokazu Kore-eda是枝裕和The Third Murder422019Hirokazu Kore-eda是枝裕和Shoplifters432020Yūichi Tokunaga徳永友一Fly Me to the Saitama442021Akiko Nogi野木亜紀子The Voice of Sin452022Ryusuke HamaguchiTakamasa Oe濱口竜介大江崇允Drive My Car462023Kōsuke Mukai向井康介A Man472024Takashi Yamazaki山崎貴Godzilla Minus One482025Akiko Nogi野木亜紀子Last Mile492026Satoko Okudera奥寺佐渡子Kokuho
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