Mainichi Film Award for Best Music

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Mainichi Film Award for Best Music
Awarded forBest music of the year
CountryJapan
First awarded1946

The Mainichi Film Award for Best Music is a film award given at the Mainichi Film Awards. [1] [2]

Award Winners

YearFilmComposer
1946 Minshū no Teki Fumio Hayasaka
1947 Joyū Fumio Hayasaka
1948 Yoidore Tenshi
Niji o Idaku Shojo
Fuji Sanchō
Fumio Hayasaka
1949 Stray Dog Fumio Hayasaka
1950Kikyō Hiroshi Yoshizawa
Toshiro Mayuzumi
1951 Fūsetsu 20-nen Shinichi Takata
1952 The Life of Oharu
Mother
Lightning
Himitsu
Ichirō Saitō
1953 Entotsu no Mieru Basho Yasushi Akutagawa
1954 The Garden of Women
Kono Hiroi Sora no Dokoka ni
Chūji Kinoshita
1955 Koko ni Izumi Ari To the planner and the production staff concerned
1956 The Burmese Harp
Onibi
Mahiru no ankoku
Akira Ifukube
1957 Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate
Kichigai Buraku
Toshiro Mayuzumi
1958 The Ballad of Narayama Rokuzaemon Kineya
Matsunosuke Nozawa
1959 Lucky Dragon No. 5
Niguruma no Uta
Ningen no Kabe
Hikaru Hayashi
1960 The Bad Sleep Well
Chikuhō no Kodomo Tachi
Dokuritsu Gurentai Nishi e
Masaru Sato
1961Mozu
Bad Boys
Toru Takemitsu
1962 Harakiri
Pitfall
Toru Takemitsu
1963 Bad Girl
The Insect Woman
Toshiro Mayuzumi
1964 Assassination
The Woman in the Dunes
Toru Takemitsu
1965 Tokyo Olympiad Toshiro Mayuzumi
1966 The Face of Another
Akogare
Toru Takemitsu
1967 Chōhen Manga Shōnen Jack to Mahō Tsukai Seiichrō Uno
1968 The Human Bullet
Gion Matsuri
Kubi
Masaru Sato
1969 The Love Suicides at Amijima Toru Takemitsu
1970 Apart from Life Teizo Matsumura
1971 Inochi Bō ni Furō
Silence
The Ceremony
Toru Takemitsu
1972 The Long Darkness Teizo Matsumura
1973 Seigenki Tōi Hi no Haha wa Utsukushiku Toru Takemitsu
1974 Castle of Sand Yasushi Akutagawa
Mitsuaki Kanno
1975 The Fossil Toru Takemitsu
1976 The Inugamis Yuji Ohno
1977 The Yellow Handkerchief Masaru Sato
1978 Empire of Passion Toru Takemitsu
1979 Ah! Nomugi Toge Masaru Sato
1980 Kagemusha Shin’ichirō Ikebe
1981 Station Ryudo Uzaki
1982 Mikan no Taikyoku Hikaru Hayashi
江定仙
1983 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Ryuichi Sakamoto
1984 MacArthur's Children Shin’ichirō Ikebe
1985 Sorekara
Tomo Yo, Shizuka ni Nemure
Shigeru Umebayashi
1986 Uhohho tankentai Saeko Suzuki
1987 A Taxing Woman Toshiyuki Honda
1988 Rock yo shizukani nagareyo Hiroaki Yoshino
1989 Untamagiru Kōji Ueno
1990 Dreams
Childhood Days
Shin’ichirō Ikebe
1991 A Scene at the Sea Joe Hisaishi
1992 Porco Rosso
Seishun Dendeke Dekedeke
Joe Hisaishi
1993 Bloom in the Moonlight Masaru Sato
1994 Ghost Pub
Tokarefu
Shigeru Umebayashi
1995 Maborosi Chen Ming-chang
1996 Numuru Otoko Toshio Hosokawa
1997 A Lost Paradise Michiru Ōshima
1998 Dr. Akagi Yōsuke Yamashita
1999 M/Other Haruyuki Suzuki
2000 Nabbie's Love Kenichirō Isoda
2001 Spirited Away Joe Hisaishi
Youmi Kimura
2002 Amidadō Dayori Takashi Kako
2003 Hotel Hibiscus Kenichirō Isoda
2004 Tōkō no Ki Terumasa Hino
2005 Break Through! Kazuhiko Katō
2006 The Housekeeper and the Professor Takashi Kako
2007 A Gentle Breeze in the Village Rei Harakami
2008 Children of the Dark Taro Iwashiro
2009 Watashi wa Neko Stalker Shigeomi Hasumi
2010 Sketches of Kaitan City Jim O'Rourke
2011 Postcard Hikaru Hayashi
2012 Bokutachi Kyūkō A Ressha de Ikou Michiru Ōshima
2013 The Devil's Path Gorō Yasukawa
2014 Lady Maiko Yoshikazu Suo
2015 Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Ryuichi Sakamoto
2016 In This Corner of the World Kotringo
2017 Bangkok Nites Soi48
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2018 And Your Bird Can Sing Hi'Spec
2019 Weathering with You Radwimps
2020 Midnight Swan Keiichirō Shibuya
2021 Under the Open Sky Masaki Hayashi
2022 This Is Amiko Ichiko Aoba

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References

  1. "コンクールの歴史" [History of Mainichi Film Award] (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  2. "Mainichi Film Concours" (in Japanese). IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 2015-04-23.