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Awards of the Japanese Academy
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 - Lifetime Achievement Award 
 
1999 Nominated Award of the Japanese Academy Best Director
for: Kanzo sensei (1998)

Best Screenplay
for: Kanzo sensei (1998)
Shared with:
Daisuke Tengan

 
1998 Won Award of the Japanese Academy Best Director
for: Unagi (1997)

Nominated Award of the Japanese Academy Best Screenplay
for: Unagi (1997)
Shared with:
Daisuke Tengan
Motofumi Tomikawa

 
1990 Won Award of the Japanese Academy Best Director
for: Kuroi ame (1989)

Best Screenplay
for: Kuroi ame (1989)
Shared with:
Toshirô Ishidô

 
1984 Nominated Award of the Japanese Academy Best Director
for: Narayama bushiko (1983)

Best Screenplay
for: Narayama bushiko (1983)

 
1982 Nominated Award of the Japanese Academy Best Director
for: Eijanaika (1981)

 
1980 Won Award of the Japanese Academy Best Director
for: Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979)

 
Berlin International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1964 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear
for: Nippon konchuki (1963)

 
1960 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear
for: Nianchan (1959)

 
Blue Ribbon Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Won Special Award 
 
1980 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Director
for: Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979)

Best Film
for: Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979)

 
1964 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Director
for: Nippon konchuki (1963)

Best Film
for: Nippon konchuki (1963)

Best Screenplay
for: Nippon konchuki (1963)
Shared with:
Keiji Hasebe

 
1962 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Film
for: Buta to gunkan (1961)

 
1959 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best New Director
for: Hateshinaki yokubo (1958)
Also for Nusumareta yokujo (1958).
 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Golden Palm
for: Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu (2001)

 
1997 Won Golden Palm
for: Unagi (1997)
Tied with Ta'm e guilass (1997).
 
1989 Won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
for: Kuroi ame (1989)

Technical Grand Prize
for: Kuroi ame (1989)

Nominated Golden Palm
for: Kuroi ame (1989)

 
1987 Nominated Golden Palm
for: Zegen (1987)

 
1983 Won Golden Palm
for: Narayama bushiko (1983)

 
César Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated César Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne)
for: 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002)
Shared with:
Youssef Chahine
Amos Gitai
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Claude Lelouch
Ken Loach
Samira Makhmalbaf
Mira Nair
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Sean Penn
Danis Tanovic

 
Flanders International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1989 Won Grand Prix
for: Kuroi ame (1989)

 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
for: Unagi (1997)
Japan.
 
1991 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
for: Kuroi ame (1989)
Japan.
 
Joseph Plateau Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 - Joseph Plateau Life Achievement Award 
 
Kinema Junpo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Film
for: Unagi (1997)

 
1990 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Director
for: Kuroi ame (1989)

Best Film
for: Kuroi ame (1989)

 
1980 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Director
for: Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979)

Best Film
for: Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979)

 
1969 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Director
for: Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubo (1968)

Best Film
for: Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubo (1968)

 
1964 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Director
for: Nippon konchuki (1963)

Best Film
for: Nippon konchuki (1963)

Best Screenplay
for: Nippon konchuki (1963)
Also for Samurai no ko (1963).
 
Mainichi Film Concours
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Won Special Award 
 
1998 Won Mainichi Film Concours Best Director
for: Unagi (1997)

 
1990 Won Mainichi Film Concours Best Film
for: Kuroi ame (1989)

 
1969 Won Mainichi Film Concours Best Film
for: Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubo (1968)

Best Screenplay
for: Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubo (1968)
Shared with:
Keiji Hasebe

 
1968 Won Mainichi Film Concours Best Director
for: Ningen Johatsu (1967)

 
1964 Won Mainichi Film Concours Best Director
for: Nippon konchuki (1963)

 
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won Special Award 
 
1989 Won Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Director
for: Kuroi ame (1989)

 
Sant Jordi Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1991 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
for: Kuroi ame (1989)
Tied with Ghost (1990).
 
Venice Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won UNESCO Award
for: 11'09''01 - September 11 (2002)
Shared with:
Youssef Chahine
Amos Gitai
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Claude Lelouch
Ken Loach
Samira Makhmalbaf
Mira Nair
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Sean Penn
Danis Tanovic

 
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