List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

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A theatrical poster for Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, which was voted the best foreign language film released in the United States in 1951, and received an Honorary Award.

Japan has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since the inception of the award. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.[3]

The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film was not created until 1956; however, between 1947 and 1955, the academy presented Honorary Awards to the best foreign language films released in the United States. These awards were not competitive, as there were no nominees but simply a winner every year that was voted on by the Board of Governors of the academy.[4] Three Japanese films were recipients of Honorary Awards during this period. For the 1956 Academy Awards, a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since.[5]

As of 2023, thirteen Japanese films have been nominees for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, and two films, Departures and Drive My Car, have won the award.[6][7] The only Japanese directors to have multiple films be nominated for the award are Akira Kurosawa and Noboru Nakamura. Kurosawa received an Honorary Award prior to the inception of the formal award for his work on Rashomon and the actual Academy Award for Dersu Uzala (submitted for the former Soviet Union), and had four other films submitted, with two of them accepted as nominees.[8][9] Notably, Kurosawa's 1985 film Ran was deliberately not nominated by the Japanese film industry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film due to the poor perception he had among Japanese filmmakers at the time.[10] Nakamura had two films, Twin Sisters of Kyoto and Portrait of Chieko, submitted as nominees for the award.[11] Among all the countries that have submitted films for the award, Japan ranks fourth in terms of total nominees, ahead of both Sweden (fourteen nominees) and the former Soviet Union (nine nominees).[12]

Submissions[edit]

Every year, each country is invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to submit its best film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The International Feature Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award.[3] Before the award was created, the Board of Governors of the academy voted on a film every year that was considered the best foreign language film released in the United States, and there were no submissions.[4] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Japan for review by the academy for the award since its inception.

All Japanese submissions were in Japanese. In 2023, Wim Wenders became the first non-Japanese director to have a film selected.

Year
(Ceremony)		 Film title used in nomination Original title Director Result
1951
(24th) 		Rashomon Rashōmon (羅生門) Akira Kurosawa Won Honorary Award
1954
(27th) 		Gate of Hell Jigokumon (地獄門) Teinosuke Kinugasa Won Honorary Award
1955
(28th) 		Samurai, The Legend of Musashi Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵) Hiroshi Inagaki Won Honorary Award
1956
(29th) 		Harp of Burma Biruma no Tategoto (ビルマの竪琴) Kon Ichikawa Nominated
1957
(30th) 		Aruse Arakure (あらくれ) Mikio Naruse Not nominated
1958
(31st) 		The Ballad of Narayama Narayama-bushi Ko (楢山節考) Keisuke Kinoshita Not nominated
1959
(32nd) 		Fires on the Plain Nobi (野火) Kon Ichikawa Not nominated
1960
(33rd) 		Late Autumn Akibiyori (秋日和) Yasujirō Ozu Not nominated
1961
(34th) 		Immortal Love Eien no Hito (永遠の人) Keisuke Kinoshita Nominated
1962
(35th) 		Being Two Isn't Easy Watashi wa ni sai (私は二歳) Kon Ichikawa Not nominated
1963
(36th) 		Twin Sisters of Kyoto Koto (古都) Noboru Nakamura Nominated
1964
(37th) 		Woman in the Dunes Suna no Onna (砂の女) Hiroshi Teshigahara Nominated
1965
(38th) 		Kwaidan Kaidan (怪談) Masaki Kobayashi Nominated
1966
(39th) 		Lake of Tears Umi no Koto (湖の琴) Tomotaka Tasaka Not nominated
1967
(40th) 		Portrait of Chieko Chieko-sho (智恵子抄) Noboru Nakamura Nominated
1968
(41st) 		The Sands of Kurobe Kurobe no Taiyō (黒部の太陽) Kei Kumai Not nominated
1969
(42nd) 		Kuragejima, Legends From a Southern Island Kamigami no fukaki yokubō (神々の深き欲望) Shōhei Imamura Not nominated
1970
(43rd) 		The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan Buraikan (無頼漢) Masahiro Shinoda Not nominated
1971
(44th) 		Dodes'ka-den Dodes'ka-den (どですかでん) Akira Kurosawa Nominated
1972
(45th) 		Under the Flag of the Rising Sun Gunki hatameku moto ni (軍旗はためく下に,) Kinji Fukasaku Not nominated
1973
(46th) 		Coup d'Etat Kaigenrei (戒厳令) Yoshishige Yoshida Not nominated
1974
(47th) 		The Fossil Kaseki (化石) Masaki Kobayashi Not nominated
1975
(48th) 		Sandakan No. 8 Sandakan Hachibanshokan Bohkyo (サンダカン八番娼館 望郷) Kei Kumai Nominated
1977
(50th) 		Mt. Hakkoda Hakkōda-san (八甲田山) Shiro Moritani Not nominated
1978
(51st) 		Empire of Passion Ai no Bōrei (愛の亡霊) Nagisa Oshima Not nominated
1979
(52nd) 		Gassan Gassan (月山) Tetsutaro Murano Not nominated
1980
(53rd) 		Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) Kagemusha (影武者) Akira Kurosawa Nominated
1981
(54th) 		Muddy River Doro no Kawa (泥の河) Kōhei Oguri Nominated
1982
(55th) 		Onimasa Kiryūin hanako no shōgai (鬼龍院花子の生涯) Hideo Gosha Not nominated
1983
(56th) 		Antarctica Nankyoku Monogatari (南極物語) Koreyoshi Kurahara Not nominated
1984
(57th) 		MacArthur's Children Setouchi Shōnen Yakyū-dan (瀬戸内少年野球団) Masahiro Shinoda Not nominated
1985
(58th) 		Gray Sunset Hanaichimonme (花いちもんめ) Shunya Ito Not nominated
1986
(59th) 		Final Take Kinema no Tenchi (キネマの天地) Yoji Yamada Not nominated
1987
(60th) 		Zegen Zegen (女衒) Shōhei Imamura Not nominated
1988
(61st) 		Hope and Pain Dauntaun Hiirōzu (ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ) Yoji Yamada Not nominated
1989
(62nd) 		Rikyu Rikyu (利休) Hiroshi Teshigahara Not nominated
1990
(63rd) 		The Sting of Death Shi no Toge (死の棘) Kōhei Oguri Not nominated
1991
(64th) 		Rhapsody in August Hachigatsu no Kyōshikyoku (八月の狂詩曲) Akira Kurosawa Not nominated
1992
(65th) 		The Oil-Hell Murder Onna goroshi abura jigoku (女殺油地獄) Hideo Gosha Not nominated
1993
(66th) 		Madadayo Mādadayo (まあだだよ) Akira Kurosawa Not nominated
1994
(67th) 		Pom Poko Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko (平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ) Isao Takahata Not nominated
1995
(68th) 		Deep River Fukai Kawa (深い河) Kei Kumai Not nominated
1996
(69th) 		Gakko II Gakkō II (学校II) Yoji Yamada Not nominated
1997
(70th) 		Princess Mononoke Mononoke Hime (もののけ姫) Hayao Miyazaki Not nominated
1998
(71st) 		Begging for Love Ai o Kōhito (愛を乞う人) Hideyuki Hirayama Not nominated
1999
(72nd) 		Poppoya Poppoya (鉄道員) Yasuo Furuhata Not nominated
2000
(73rd) 		After the Rain Ame Agaru (雨あがる) Takashi Koizumi Not nominated
2001
(74th) 		Go GO Isao Yukisada Not nominated
2002
(75th) 		Out OUT Hideyuki Hirayama Not nominated
2003
(76th) 		The Twilight Samurai Tasogare Seibei (たそがれ清兵衛) Yoji Yamada Nominated
2004
(77th) 		Nobody Knows Dare mo Shiranai (誰も知らない) Hirokazu Koreeda Not nominated
2005:
(78th) 		Blood and Bones Chi to Hone (血と骨) Yoichi Sai Not nominated
2006
(79th) 		Hula Girls Hura Gāru (フラガール) Sang-il Lee Not nominated
2007
(80th) 		I Just Didn't Do It Soredemo boku wa yatte nai (それでもボクはやってない) Masayuki Suo Not nominated
2008
(81st) 		Departures[13] Okuribito (おくりびと) Yōjirō Takita Won Academy Award
2009
(82nd) 		Nobody to Watch Over Me Dare mo Mamotte Kurenai (誰も守ってくれない) Ryoichi Kimizuka Not nominated
2010
(83rd) 		Confessions[14] Kokuhaku (告白) Tetsuya Nakashima Made shortlist[15]
2011
(84th) 		Postcard [16] Ichimai no hagaki (一枚のハガキ) Kaneto Shindō Not nominated
2012
(85th) 		Our Homeland[17] Kazoku no kuni (かぞくのくに) Yong-hi Yang Not nominated
2013
(86th) 		The Great Passage[18] Fune o Amu (舟を編む) Yuya Ishii Not nominated
2014
(87th) 		The Light Shines Only There[19] Soko nomi nite hikari kagayaku (そこのみにて光輝く) Mipo O Not nominated
2015
(88th) 		100 Yen Love[20] Hyakuen no koi (百円の恋) Masaharu Take Not nominated
2016
(89th) 		Nagasaki: Memories of My Son[21] Haha to Kuraseba (母と暮せば) Yoji Yamada Not nominated
2017
(90th) 		Her Love Boils Bathwater[22] Yu o Wakasu Hodo no Atsui Ai (湯を沸かすほどの熱い愛) Ryōta Nakano Not nominated
2018
(91st) 		Shoplifters[23] Manbiki Kazoku (万引き家族) Hirokazu Kore-eda Nominated[24]
2019
(92nd) 		Weathering with You[25] Tenki no Ko (天気の子) Makoto Shinkai Not nominated
2020
(93rd) 		True Mothers[26] Asa ga Kuru (朝が来る) Naomi Kawase Not nominated
2021
(94th) 		Drive My Car[27] Doraibu mai kā (ドライブ・マイ・カー) Ryusuke Hamaguchi Won Academy Award
2022
(95th) 		Plan 75[28] Chie Hayakawa Not nominated
2023
(96th) 		Perfect Days[29] Wim Wenders Nominated

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The category was previously named the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but this was changed to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in April 2019, after the Academy deemed the word "Foreign" to be outdated.[1][2]

References[edit]

General
  • "List of Japanese films submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
Specific
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  2. ^ "Academy Announces Rule Changes For 92nd Oscars". Forbes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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  4. ^ a b "History of the Academy Awards - Page 1". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 13 April 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  5. ^ "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  6. ^ "List of Asian films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". University of California, Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
  7. ^ Variety Staff (1 March 2007). "Best Foreign Film". Variety. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
  8. ^ Kamimura, Marina (7 September 1998). "Film world mourns loss of 'giant' Akira Kurosawa". CNN. Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
  9. ^ "Akira Kurosawa - Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
  10. ^ Prince, Stephen. "Great Performances . Kurosawa . Ask the Experts Q & A". PBS. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
  11. ^ "Noboru Nakamura - Awards". Moviefone. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
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  13. ^ Schilling, Mark; Lim, Marcus (12 September 2008). "Japan picks 'Departures' for Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
  14. ^ "Tetsuya Nakashima's "Confessions" lands an Oscar nod". japanator. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  15. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  16. ^ Blair, Gavin J. (8 September 2011). "Japanese Entry for Foreign Language Oscar to Be 'Postcard'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  17. ^ "Japan picks 'Our Homeland' as foreign language Oscar entry". Variety. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  18. ^ "Japan Picks 'Passage' as Oscar Pic". Variety. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  19. ^ "Japan Switches on to 'Light' as Foreign-Language Oscar Contender". Variety. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  20. ^ "Japan Selects '100 Yen Love' as Academy Awards Contender". variety. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  21. ^ Blair, Gavin J. (6 September 2016). "Oscars: Japan Selects 'Nagasaki: Memories of My Son' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  22. ^ Blair, Gavin (5 September 2017). "Oscars: Japan Selects 'Her Love Boils Bathwater' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  23. ^ Blair, Gavin (27 August 2018). "Oscars: Japan Selects Palme D'Or Winner 'Shoplifters' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  24. ^ "Oscars 2019: The nominees in full". BBC News. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  25. ^ Blair, Gavin. "Oscars: Japan Picks 'Weathering With You' for International Feature Film Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  26. ^ Frater, Patrick (29 October 2020). "Kawase Naomi's 'True Mothers' Set as Japan's Oscar Nominee". Variety. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  27. ^ ""Drive My Car" exhibited at the Academy Awards selection for Japan". Sankei. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  28. ^ "Oscars Race: Japan Enters Sci-Fi Thriller 'Plan 75' in International Film Contest". Variety. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  29. ^ "Japan selects Wim Wenders' 'Perfect Days' as international Oscar entry". Screen Daily. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

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