Awards of the Japanese Academy: 1990

Award of the Japanese Academy

Date:	23 February
Host:	Toshiyuki Nishida; Yōko Shimada
Location:	Tokyo Prince Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

Best Film

Best Actor


Winner:
	Rikyu (1989) - Rentaro Mikuni - Also for Tsuribaka nisshi (1988).
Other Nominees:
	A un (1989) - Ken Takakura Sen no Rikyu (1989) - Eiji Okuda Shaso (1989) - Ken Ogata - Also for Shôgun Iemitsu no ranshin - Gekitotsu (1989). Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki (1989) - Takeshi Kitano (as Beat Takeshi)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Kuroi ame (1989) - Yoshiko Tanaka (I)
Other Nominees:
	A un (1989) - Junko Fuji Hana no furu gogo (1989) - Yūko Kotegawa Rikyu (1989) - Yoshiko Mita - Also for Gokudo no onna-tachi: San-daime ane (1989) and Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro sarada kinenbi (1988). Shaso (1989) - Yukiyo Toake

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	A un (1989) - Eiji Bando
Other Nominees:
	Kitchen (1989) - Isao Hashizume - Also for Juliet Game (1989) and Zennin no joken (1989). Rikyu (1989) - Tsutomu Yamazaki - Also for Maihime (1989). Sen no Rikyu (1989) - Kinnosuke Nakamura (I) (as Kinnosuke Yorozuya) Shaso (1989) - Toru Emori

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Kuroi ame (1989) - Etsuko Ichihara
Other Nominees:
	A un (1989) - Nobuko Miyamoto A un (1989) - Yasuko Tomita Hana no furu gogo (1989) - Junko Sakurada Shaso (1989) - Hideko Yoshida (I)

Best Director


Winner:
	Kuroi ame (1989) - Shohei Imamura (I)
Other Nominees:
	A un (1989) - Yasuo Furuhata - Also for Gokudo no onna-tachi: San-daime ane (1989) and Shôgun Iemitsu no ranshin - Gekitotsu (1989). Rikyu (1989) - Hiroshi Teshigahara Sen no Rikyu (1989) - Kei Kumai Shaso (1989) - Toshio Masuda (I)

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Kuroi ame (1989) - Shohei Imamura (I); Toshirō Ishido
Other Nominees:
	A un (1989) - Tsutomu Paul Nakamura Rikyu (1989) - Hiroshi Teshigahara; Genpei Akasegawa Sen no Rikyu (1989) - Yoshikata Yoda Shaso (1989) - Hirō Matsuda

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Kuroi ame (1989) - Takashi Kawamata
Other Nominees:
	A un (1989) - Daisaku Kimura - Also for Gokudo no onna-tachi: San-daime ane (1989). Orugoru (1989) - Seizō Sengen - Also for Ai to heisei no iro - Otoko (1989), Kitchen (1989) and Juliet Game (1989). Rikyu (1989) - Fujio Morita - Also for 226 (1989). Sen no Rikyu (1989) - Masao Tochizawa

Best Art Direction


Winner:
	Rikyu (1989) - Yoshinobu Nishioka; Shigemori Shigeta
Other Nominees:
	A un (1989) - Shinobu Muraki - Also for Kaze no matasaburo - Garasu no manto (1989). Kuroi ame (1989) - Hisao Inagaki Sen no Rikyu (1989) - Takeo Kimura Shaso (1989) - Akira Naito (I)

Best Sound


Winner:
	A un (1989) - Yasuo Hashimoto - Also for Kaze no matasaburo - Garasu no manto (1989) and Suna no ue no Robinson (1989).
Other Nominees:
	Kimi wa boku o sukininaru (1989) - Osamu Onodera - Also for Sûîto Homu (1989) and Raffles Hotel (1989). Kuroi ame (1989) - Kenichi Benitani Rikyu (1989) - Hideo Nishizaki Sen no Rikyu (1989) - Yukio Kubota

Best Editing


Winner:
	Kuroi ame (1989) - Hajime Okayasu
Other Nominees:
	A un (1989) - Masaru Iizuka Rikyu (1989) - Toshio Taniguchi Sen no Rikyu (1989) - Osamu Inoue (I) - Also for Haru kuru oni (1989). Shaso (1989) - Isamu Ichida - Also for 226 (1989) and Gokudo no onna-tachi: San-daime ane (1989).

Best Music Score


Winner:
	Rikyu (1989) - Tōru Takemitsu - Also for Kuroi ame (1989).
Other Nominees:
	A un (1989) - Tomoyuki Asakawa Orugoru (1989) - Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi Sen no Rikyu (1989) - Teizo Matsumura (I) Shaso (1989) - Ryudo Uzaki

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Die Hard (1988)
Other Nominees:
	Black Rain (1989/I) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Major League (1989) Rain Man (1988)

Best Lighting


Winner:
	Kuroi ame (1989) - Yasuo Iwaki - Also for Sen no Rikyu (1989).
Other Nominees:
	A un (1989) - Yoshiaki Masuda - Also for Gokudo no onna-tachi: San-daime ane (1989). Orugoru (1989) - Mitsuo Watanabe - Also for Ai to heisei no iro - Otoko (1989), Kitchen (1989) and Juliet Game (1989). Rikyu (1989) - Genken Nakaoka - Also for 226 (1989). Sen no Rikyu (1989) - Yasuo Iwaki

Newcomer of the Year


Winners:
	226 (1989) - Masahiro Motoki - Also for Beppin no machi (1989) and Raffles Hotel (1989). A un (1989) - Kuroudo Maki Kimi wa boku o sukininaru (1989) - Kuniko Yamada - Also for Bakayarô! 2: Shiawase ni naritai (1989). Kitchen (1989) - Ayako Kawahara Mangetsu no kuchizuke (1989) - Eri Fukatsu My Phoenix (1989) - Kai Shishido

Most Popular Performer


Winner:
	Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki (1989) - Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi)

Most Popular Film


Winners:
	Yusaku Matsuda - For his career. Hibari Misora - For her career. Majo no takkyûbin (1989)