Japan Academy Film Prize for Screenplay of the Year

The Screenplay of the Year (最優秀脚本賞) of the Japan Academy Film Prize is one of the annual Awards given by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association.

Japan Academy Film Prize for Screenplay of the Year
The 2024 recipient: Takashi Yamazaki
Awarded forExcellence in screenwriting
CountryJapan Japan
Presented byJapan Academy Film Prize Association
First awarded1978
Websitehttp://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/

List of winners

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Nr. Year Screenwriter
(English)
Screenwriter
(Japanese)
Film
(English)
1 1978 Yoji Yamada 山田洋次 Otoko wa Tsurai yo
The Yellow Handkerchief
2 1979 Kaneto Shindō 新藤兼人 The Incident
3 1980 Masaru Baba 馬場当 Vengeance Is Mine
4 1981 Yoshitaka Asama
Yoji Yamada
朝間義隆
山田洋次
A Distant Cry From Spring
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Tora's Tropical Fever
5 1982 Sō Kuramoto 倉本聰 Station
6 1983 Kōhei Tsuka つかこうへい Fall Guy
7 1984 Kōji Takada 高田宏治 Yokiro
8 1985 Juzo Itami 伊丹十三 The Funeral
9 1986 Hirō Matsuda 松田寛夫 Gray Sunset
10 1987 Fumio Konami
Kinji Fukasaku
神波史男
深作欣二
House on Fire
11 1988 Juzo Itami 伊丹十三 A Taxing Woman
12 1989 Shinichi Ichikawa 市川森一 The Discarnates
13 1990 Toshirō Ishido
Shōhei Imamura
石堂淑朗
今村昌平
Black Rain
14 1991 Taichi Yamada 山田太一 Childhood Days
15 1992 Kihachi Okamoto 岡本喜八 Rainbow Kids
16 1993 Masayuki Suo 周防正行 Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
17 1994 Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
山田洋次
朝間義隆
A Class to Remember
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Tora-San Makes Excuses
18 1995 Motomu Furuta
Kinji Fukasaku
古田求
深作欣二
Crest of Betrayal
19 1996 Kaneto Shindō 新藤兼人 A Last Note
20 1997 Masayuki Suo 周防正行 Shall We Dance?
21 1998 Kōki Mitani 宮崎駿 Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
22 1999 Wui Sin Chong 鄭義信 Begging for Love
23 2000 Yoshiki Iwama
Yasuo Furuhata
岩間芳樹
降旗康男
Poppoya
24 2001 Akira Kurosawa 黒澤明 After the Rain
25 2002 Kankurō Kudō 宮藤官九郎 Go
26 2003 Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
山田洋次
朝間義隆
The Twilight Samurai
27 2004 Tomomi Tsutsui 筒井ともみ Like Asura
28 2005 Shinobu Yaguchi 矢口史靖 Swing Girls
29 2006 Takashi Yamazaki
Ryōta Kosawa
山崎貴
古沢良太
Always Sanchōme no Yūhi
30 2007 Sang-il Lee
Daisuke Habara
李相日
羽原大介
Hula Girls
31 2008 Suzuki Matsuo 松尾スズキ Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
32 2009 Kundō Koyama 小山薫堂 Departures
33 2010 Miwa Nishikawa 西川美和 Dear Doctor
34 2011 Tetsuya Nakashima 中島哲也 Confessions
35 2012 Satoko Okudera 奥寺佐渡子 Rebirth
36 2013 Kenji Uchida 内田けんじ Key of Life
37 2014 Kensaku Watanabe 渡辺謙作 The Great Passage
38 2015 Akihiro Dobashi 土橋章宏 Samurai Hustle
39 2016 Shin Adachi 足立紳 100 Yen Love
40 2017 Makoto Shinkai 新海誠 Your Name
41 2018 Hirokazu Kore-eda 是枝裕和 The Third Murder
42 2019 Hirokazu Kore-eda 是枝裕和 Shoplifters
43 2020 Yūichi Tokunaga 徳永友一 Fly Me to the Saitama
44 2021 Akiko Nogi 野木亜紀子 The Voice of Sin
45 2022 Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Takamasa Oe
濱口竜介
大江崇允
Drive My Car
46 2023 Kōsuke Mukai 向井康介 A Man
47 2024 Takashi Yamazaki Godzilla Minus One
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