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Awards of the Japanese Academy
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Won Lifetime Achievement Award
 
1999 Nominated Award of the Japanese Academy Best Director
for: Dr. Akagi (1998).

Best Screenplay
for: Dr. Akagi (1998).
Shared with:
Daisuke Tengan

 
1998 Won Award of the Japanese Academy Best Director
for: The Eel (1997).

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

 
1990 Won Award of the Japanese Academy Best Director
for: Black Rain (1989).

Best Screenplay
for: Black Rain (1989).
Shared with:
Toshirô Ishidô

 
1984 Nominated Award of the Japanese Academy Best Director
for: The Ballad of Narayama (1983).

Best Screenplay
for: The Ballad of Narayama (1983).

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

 
1980 Won Award of the Japanese Academy Best Director
for: Vengeance is Mine (1979).

 
Berlin International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1964 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear for: The Insect Woman (1963).

 
1960 Nominated Golden Berlin Bear for: Nianchan (1960).

 
Blue Ribbon Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Won Special Award
 
1980 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Director
for: Vengeance is Mine (1979).

Best Film
for: Vengeance is Mine (1979).

 
1964 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Director
for: The Insect Woman (1963).

Best Film
for: The Insect Woman (1963).

Best Screenplay
for: The Insect Woman (1963).
Shared with:
Keiji Hasebe

 
1962 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best Film
for: Pigs and Battleships (1961).

 
1959 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best New Director
for: Hateshinaki yokubô (1958) and Stolen Desire (1958).

 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated Palme d'Or for: Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001).

 
1997 Won Palme d'Or for: The Eel (1997).
Tied with Taste of Cherry (1997).
 
1989 Won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention for: Black Rain (1989).

Technical Grand Prize for: Black Rain (1989).

Nominated Palme d'Or for: Black Rain (1989).

 
1987 Nominated Palme d'Or for: Zegen (1987).

 
1983 Won Palme d'Or for: The Ballad of Narayama (1983).

 
César Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated César Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne)
for: 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

 
Ghent International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1989 Won Grand Prix for: Black Rain (1989).

 
Independent Spirit Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
for: The Eel (1997).
Japan.
 
1991 Nominated Independent Spirit Award Best Foreign Film
for: Black Rain (1989).
Japan.
 
Joseph Plateau Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Joseph Plateau Life Achievement Award
 
Kinema Junpo Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Film
for: The Eel (1997).

 
1990 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Director
for: Black Rain (1989).

Best Film
for: Black Rain (1989).

 
1980 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Director
for: Vengeance is Mine (1979).

Best Film
for: Vengeance is Mine (1979).

 
1969 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Director
for: Profound Desires of the Gods (1968).

Best Film
for: Profound Desires of the Gods (1968).

 
1964 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Director
for: The Insect Woman (1963).

Best Film
for: The Insect Woman (1963).

Best Screenplay
for: The Insect Woman (1963) and Samurai no ko (1963).

 
Mainichi Film Concours
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2007 Won Special Award
 
1998 Won Mainichi Film Concours Best Director
for: The Eel (1997).

 
1990 Won Mainichi Film Concours Best Film
for: Black Rain (1989).

 
1969 Won Mainichi Film Concours Best Film
for: Profound Desires of the Gods (1968).

Best Screenplay
for: Profound Desires of the Gods (1968).
Shared with:
Keiji Hasebe

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

 
1964 Won Mainichi Film Concours Best Director
for: The Insect Woman (1963).

 
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2006 Won Special Award
 
1989 Won Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Director
for: Black Rain (1989).

 
Pusan International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1998 Won Hand Printing Shared with:
Yong-kil You
Fernando E. Solanas

 
Sant Jordi Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1991 Won Sant Jordi Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
for: Black Rain (1989).
Tied with Ghost (1990).
 
Turia Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1992 Won Turia Award Best Foreign Film
for: Black Rain (1989).

 
Venice Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Won UNESCO Award for: 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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