Japanese Movie Critics Awards
The Japanese Movie Critics Awards are presented annually since 1991.
As with the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, the selection committee consists of film critics.
Award winners
1990s
1991- Best Picture: My Sons
- Best Director: Naoto Takenaka
- Best Actor: Rentarō Mikuni
- Best Actress: Yuki Kudō
- Best Newcomer: Shinsuke Shimada
- Special Award:
- Platinum Award: Keisuke Kinoshita
- Best Picture: Seishun Dendekeke Desdeke
- Best Director: Kaneto Shindo
- Best Actor: Takehiro Murata
- Best Actress: Yoshiko Mita
- Best Picture: To Die at the Hospital
- Best Director: Kōichi Saitō
- Best Actor: Ken Tanaka
- Best Actress: Kyōko Kagawa, Emi Wakui, Junko Ikeuchi
- Best Picture: A Dedicated Life
- Best Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro, Ryūichi Hiroki
- Best Actor: Eiji Okuda
- Best Actress: Tomoko Yamaguchi
- Best Picture: A Last Note
- Best Director: Makoto Shīna
- Best Actor: Eiji Okuda
- Best Actress: Kumiko Akiyoshi
- Best Picture: Village of Dreams
- Best Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
- Best Actor: Kōji Yakusho
- Best Actress: Mieko Harada
- Best Newcomer: Masanobu Andō
- Best Picture: Moonlight Serenade
- Best Director: Masahiro Shinoda
- Best Actor: Akira Emoto
- Best Actress: Kyōka Suzuki
- Best Picture: Kizuna
- Best Director: Takeshi Kitano
- Best Actor: Ken Watanabe
- Best Actress: Takako Matsu
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Best Actress: Non, Hold Me Back, Watashi wo kuitomete
- Best Director: Akiko Ôku, Hold Me Back, Watashi wo kuitomete
- Best New Director: Hikari, 37 Seconds
- Best Actor: Arata Furuta, Intolerance, Kûhaku
- Best Actress: Kumi Takiuchi, A Balance, Yûko no tenbin
- Best Film: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Gûzen to sôzô, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
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