The Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Actress is given by Kinema Junpo as part of its annual Kinema Junpo Awards for Japanese films, to recognize a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role.
Winners YearFilm(s)Actress1956 Floating Clouds Hideko Takamine1957 FlowingA Cat, Shozo, and Two Women Isuzu Yamada1958 Throne of BloodThe Lower DepthsDowntown Isuzu Yamada1959 The Ballad of Narayama Kinuyo Tanaka1960 The Human Condition Michiyo Aratama1961 A Woman's TestamentThe Twilight Story Fujiko Yamamoto1962 A Wife ConfessesOnna wa nido umareru Ayako Wakao1963 Akitsu SpringsThis Year's Love Mariko Okada1964 The Insect WomanShe and He Sachiko Hidari1965 Sweet Sweat Machiko Kyō1966 Seisaku's WifeNami kage Ayako Wakao1967 The River KinoHit and RunThe Daphne Yoko Tsukasa1968 Life of a WomanPortrait of ChiekoClouds at Sunset Shima Iwashita1969 One Day at Summer's EndThe House of Wooden BlocksThe Time of Reckoning Ayako Wakao1970 Double Suicide Shima Iwashita1971 Where Spring Comes LateTora-san's Runaway Chieko Baisho1972 Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill YouOkoma: The Orphan Gambler Sumiko Fuji1973 Ichijo's Wet LustDelicate Skillful Fingers Hiroko Isayama1974 Tsugaru Folk Song Kyôko Enami1975 Sandakan No. 8 Kinuyo Tanaka1976 Tora-san's Rise and Fall Ruriko Asaoka1977 Lullaby of the EarthThe Youth Killer Mieko Harada1978 Ballad of Orin Shima Iwashita1979 The Love Suicides at Sonezaki Meiko Kaji1980 No More Easy Life Kaori Momoi1981 Zigeunerweisen Naoko Otani1982 Station Chieko Baisho1983 Fall GuyLovers Lost Keiko Matsuzaka1984 Crossing Mt. Amagi Yūko Tanaka1985 OhanStation to Heaven Sayuri Yoshinaga1986 Love LetterNuclear Gypsies Mitsuko Baisho1987 Katayoku dake no tenshi Yoko Akino1988 A Taxing Woman Nobuko Miyamoto1989 The Yen FamilyTomorrowLove Bites Back Kaori Momoi1990 Black Rain Yoshiko Tanaka1991 The Sting of Death Keiko Matsuzaka1992 Rainbow Kids Tanie Kitabayashi1993 Nurses and DoctorsOriginal Sin Shinobu Otake1994 All Under the Moon Ruby Moreno1995 Crest of Betrayal Saki Takaoka1996 A Last Note Haruko Sugimura1997 Village of Dreams Mieko Harada1998 Tokyo Lullaby Kaori Momoi1999 Begging for Love Mieko Harada2000 Keiho Kyōka Suzuki2001 Face Naomi Fujiyama2002 Hush! Reiko Kataoka2003 The Twilight SamuraiUtsutsu Rie Miyazawa2004 Akame 48 WaterfallsVibrator Shinobu Terajima2005 The Face of Jizo Rie Miyazawa2006 Hibi Yūko Tanaka2007 LoftMemories of MatsukoChristmas on July 24th Avenue Miki Nakatani2008 Midnight EagleDog in a SidecarClosed Note Yūko Takeuchi2009 Gū-Gū Datte Neko de AruTokyo Sonata Kyōko Koizumi2010 Villon's Wife Takako Matsu2011 Caterpillar Shinobu Terajima2012 Rebirth Hiromi Nagasaku2013 Our Homeland Sakura Ando2014 Like Father, Like SonThe Ravine of GoodbyeSue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship Yōko Maki2015 100 Yen Love0.5 mm Sakura Ando2016 Journey to the ShoreParasyte: Part 2 Eri Fukatsu2017 Her Love Boils Bathwater Rie Miyazawa2018 Birds Without Names Yū Aoi2019 Shoplifters Sakura Ando2020 It Feels So Good Kumi Takiuchi2021 A Beloved WifeRunway Asami Mizukawa2022 A Madder Red Machiko Ono2023 Small, Slow But Steady and others Yukino Kishii2024 Shadow of Fire Shuri2025 Desert of NamibiaA Girl Named Ann Yuumi Kawai2026 Two Seasons, Two Strangers Shim Eun-kyung
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