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Japanese Movie Critics Awards

The Japanese Movie Critics Awards are presented annually since 1991.

Award winners
1990s 1991 (1st Japanese Movie Critics Awards) • Best Picture: My Sons (Director: Yoji Yamada) • Best Director: Naoto Takenaka • Best Actor: Rentarō Mikuni • Best Actress: Yuki Kudō • Best Newcomer: Shinsuke Shimada • Special Award: • Platinum Award: Keisuke Kinoshita 1992 • Best Picture: Seishun Dendekeke Desdeke • Best Director: Kaneto Shindo • Best Actor: Takehiro Murata • Best Actress: Yoshiko Mita 1993 • Best Picture: To Die at the Hospital • Best Director: Kōichi Saitō • Best Actor: Ken Tanaka • Best Actress: Kyōko Kagawa, Emi Wakui, Junko Ikeuchi 1994 • Best Picture: A Dedicated Life • Best Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro, Ryūichi Hiroki • Best Actor: Eiji Okuda • Best Actress: Tomoko Yamaguchi 1995 • Best Picture: A Last Note • Best Director: Makoto Shīna • Best Actor: Eiji Okuda • Best Actress: Kumiko Akiyoshi 1996 • Best Picture: Village of Dreams • Best Director: Yoshimitsu Morita • Best Actor: Kōji Yakusho • Best Actress: Mieko Harada • Best Newcomer: Masanobu Andō 1997 • Best Picture: Moonlight Serenade • Best Director: Masahiro Shinoda • Best Actor: Akira Emoto • Best Actress: Kyōka Suzuki 1998 • Best Picture: Kizuna • Best Director: Takeshi Kitano • Best Actor: Ken Watanabe • Best Actress: Takako Matsu 1999 • Best Picture: Coquille • Best Director: Masahiro Shinoda, Nagisa Oshima • Best Actor: Tomokazu Miura • Best Actress: Jun Fubuki, Kyōka Suzuki 2000s 2000 • Best Picture: Zawazawa ShimoKitazawa • Best Director: Ryūichi Hiroki, Kazuo Kuroki • Best Actor: Yoshio Harada • Best Actress: Hitomi Kuroki 2001 • Best Picture: Black Summer in Japan: False Charges • Best Director: Isao Yukisada • Best Actor: Yōsuke Kubozuka • Best Actress: Yui Natsukawa • Best Supporting Actor: Tarō Yamamoto • Best Supporting Actress: Mitsuko Baisho, Sayoko Ninomiya 2002 • Best Picture: KT • Best Director: Yoichi Sai • Best Actor: Kōichi Satō, Masaya Kato • Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa • Best Supporting Actor: Ryo Ishibashi • Best Supporting Actress: Kyōko Kagawa 2003 • Best Picture: Lord of the Warabi • Best Director: Toyohisa Araki • Best Actor: Masahiko Tsugawa • Best Actress: Shinobu Terajima, Yūko Takeuchi • Best Supporting Actor: Ken Watanabe, Teruyuki Kagawa • Best Supporting Actress: Hitomi Nakahara 2004 • Best Picture: Swing Girls • Best Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi • Best Actor: Ken Matsudaira • Best Actress: Kumiko Akiyoshi • Best Supporting Actor: Masaya Takahashi • Best Supporting Actress: Anna Tsuchiya • Rookie of the Year: Kamiki Ryunosuke 2005 • Best Picture: Curtain Call • Best Director: Mitsuo Kurotsuchi • Best Actor: Kataoka Ainosuke VI, Ichikawa Somegorō VII • Best Actress: Yūko Tanaka • Best Supporting Actor: Takashi Sasano, Sansei Shiomi • Best Supporting Actress: Haruka Igawa 2006 • Best Picture: ''The Professor's Beloved Equation'' • Best Director: Eiji Okuda • Best Actor: Kenji Sawada • Best Actress: Eri Fukatsu • Best Supporting Actor: Tsuyoshi Ihara • Best Supporting Actress: Kirin Kiki, Hula Girls 2007 • Best Picture: Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms • Best Director: Kichitaro Negishi • Best Actor: Shun Oguri • Best Actress: Yūko Takeuchi • Best Supporting Actor: Kyosuke Yabe • Best Supporting Actress: Hiromi Nagasaku, Keiko Takahashi 2008 • Best Picture: United Red Army • Best Director: Yōjirō Takita • Best Actor: Noriyuki Higashiyama • Best Actress: Eiko Koike • Best Supporting Actor: Ittoku Kishibe • Best Supporting Actress: Maki Sakai 2009 • Best Picture: Feel the Wind • Best Director: Kichitaro Negishi • Best Actor: Akira Terao • Best Actress: Hiroko Yakushimaru • Best Supporting Actor: Renji Ishibashi • Best Supporting Actress: Kaoru Yachigusa 2010s 2010 • Best Picture: ''Haru's Journey'' • Best Director: Yōichi Higashi • Best Actor: Dai Watanabe, Masatoshi Nagase • Best Actress: Yuki Uchida, Hiromi Nagasaku • Best Supporting Actor: Teruyuki Kagawa, Yūsuke Iseya • Best Supporting Actress: Keiko Matsuzaka 2011 • Best Picture: Someday • Best Director: Izuru Narushima • Best Actor: Tomokazu Miura • Best Actress: Shinobu Otake • Best Supporting Actor: Kataoka Ainosuke VI • Best Supporting Actress: Nobuko Miyamoto 2012 • Best Picture: Key of Life • Best Director: Takeshi Kitano • Best Animation Feature Film: Wolf Children • Best Animation Director: Hideaki Anno • Best Actor: Tori Matsuzaka • Best Actress: Sakura Ando • Best Supporting Actor: Takao Osawa • Best Supporting Actress: Chieko Matsubara 2013 • Best Picture: The Great Passage • Best Director: Keisuke Yoshida • Best Animation Feature Film: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya • Best Animation Director: Isao Takahata • Best Actor: Ryuhei Matsuda • Best Actress: Kumiko Asō • Best Supporting Actor: Lily Franky • Best Supporting Actress: Ran Ito 2014 • Best Picture: 0.5 mm • Best Director: Mipo O • Best Animation Feature Film: Expelled from Paradise • Best Animation Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi • Best Actor: Gō Ayano • Best Actress: Sakura Ando • Best Supporting Actor: Masaki Suda • Best Supporting Actress: Chizuru Ikewaki 2015 • Best Picture: ''Solomon's Perjury'' • Best Director: Hitoshi Ōne • Best Animation Feature Film: The Boy and the Beast • Best Animation Director: Masakazu Hashimoto • Best Actor: Tadanobu Asano • Best Actress: Mikako Tabe • Best Supporting Actor: Atsushi Itō • Best Supporting Actress: Hikari Mitsushima 2016 • Best Picture: Her Love Boils Bathwater • Best Director: Ryōta Nakano • Best Animation Feature Film: A Silent Voice • Best Animation Director: Makoto Shinkai • Best Actor: Kaoru Kobayashi • Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa • Best Supporting Actor: Masahiro Higashide • Best Supporting Actress: Hana Sugisaki 2017 • Best Picture: The Third Murder • Best Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi • Best Animation Feature Film: Night Is Short, Walk On Girl • Best Animation Director: • Best Actor: Takuya Kimura • Best Actress: Hikari Mitsushima • Best Supporting Actor: Sansei Shiomi • Best Supporting Actress: Tae Kimura 2018 • Best Picture: Yakiniku Doragon • Best Director: Kazuya Shiraishi • Best Animation Feature Film: ''Okko's Inn'' • Best Animation Director: • Best Actor: Tasuku Emoto • Best Actress: Shizuka Ishibashi • Best Supporting Actor: Kanichiro • Best Supporting Actress: Tomochika 2019 • Best Picture: Just Only Love • Best Director: Haruhiko Arai • Best Animation Feature Film: Sumikko Gurashi The Movie - The Pop-up Book and the Secret Child • Best Animation Director: • Best Actor: Shotaro Mamiya • Best Actress: Erika Toda • Best Supporting Actor: Yōsuke Kubozuka • Best Supporting Actress: Sairi Ito 2020 • Best Picture: Child of the Stars • Best Director: Akiko Oku • Best Animation Feature Film: GON, THE LITTLE FOX - • Best Animation Director: • Best Actor: Nakamura Baijaku II, Kanji Tsuda • Best Actress: Non • Best Supporting Actor: Shohei Uno • Best Supporting Actress: Miyoko Asada 2021 • Best Actress: Non(actress), Hold Me Back, Watashi wo kuitomete (original title) • Best Director: Akiko Ôku (director), Hold Me Back, Watashi wo kuitomete (original title) • Best New Director: Hikari, 37 Seconds 2022 • Best Actor: Arata Furuta, Intolerance, Kûhaku (original title) • Best Actress: Kumi Takiuchi, A Balance, Yûko no tenbin (original title) • Best Film: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Gûzen to sôzô (original title), Ryûsuke Hamaguchi 2023Best Picture: Metamorphose no EngawaAnimation of the Year: The Tunnel to SummerBest Director: Sho Miyake, Small, Slow But SteadyBest Director (Animation): Masaaki Yuasa, Inu-OhBest Actor: Kiichi Nakai, Dreaming of the Meridian ArcBest Actress: Yuka Itaya, Yoake made bus tei deBest Documentary: Yumemiru Sho Gakko (Directed by Vin Oota) 2024Best Picture: Living in Two WorldsAnimation of the Year: Look BackBest Director: Yu Irie, About AnBest Actor: Ryo Yoshizawa, Living in Two WorldsBest Actress: Yumi Kawai, About AnBest Supporting Actor: Ayano Go, MaruBest Supporting Actress: Akiko Oshitari, Living in Two WorldsBest Documentary: The Big House (Directed by Ryo Takebayashi) 2025Best Picture: The Two Worlds I Live InBest Director: Yu IrieBest Actor: Ryo Yoshizawa, The Two Worlds I Live InBest Actress: Yuumi KawaiBest Supporting Actor: Yusaku Mori, MissingBest Supporting Actress: Akiko Oshidari, The Two Worlds I Live In ==References==
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