Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay

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Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay
Awarded forBest screenplay of the year
Country Japan
First awarded1946

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

Award Winners

YearFilmScriptwriter
1946 Ōsoneke no Ashita Eijirō Hisaita
1947 One Wonderful Sunday Keinosuke Uekusa
1948 Children Hand in Hand Mansaku Itami
1949 Late Spring Kogo Noda
Yasujirō Ozu
1950 Itsuwareru Seisō Kaneto Shindo
1951 Carmen Comes Home Keisuke Kinoshita
1952 Ikiru Akira Kurosawa
Shinobu Hashimoto
Hideo Oguni
1953 A Japanese Tragedy
Magokoro
Koibumi
Keisuke Kinoshita
1954 Twenty-Four Eyes
The Garden of Women
Keisuke Kinoshita
1955 Meoto zenzai
Ukikusa Nikki
Wataridori Itsu Kaeru
Toshio Yasumi
1956 Mahiru no ankoku
Hakusen
Shinobu Hashimoto
1957 An Osaka Story
Stepbrothers
Yoshikata Yoda
1958 Harikomi
Iwashigumo
Yoru no Tuzumi
Shinobu Hashimoto
1959 Kiku to Isamu Yōko Mizuki
1960 Kuroi Gashū
Irohanihoheto
Shinobu Hashimoto
1961 The Human Condition
Namonaku Mazushiku Utsukushiku
Futari no Musuko
Zenzo Matsuyama
1962 Being Two Isn't Easy
The Broken Commandment
Natto Wada
1963 High and Low Akira Kurosawa
Hideo Oguni
Ryūzō Kikushima
Eijirō Hisaita
1964 Echigo Tsutsuishi Oyashirazu
Ai to Shi o Mitsumete
Yasutarō Yagi
1965 A Fugitive from the Past
Hiyameshi to Osanto Chan
Naoyuki Suzuki
1966 Shiroi Kyotō Shinobu Hashimoto
1967 Wakamono Tachi Hisashi Yamanouchi
1968 The Profound Desire of the Gods Shohei Imamura
Keiji Hasebe
1969 Boy Tsutomu Tamura
1970 Where Spring Comes Late Yoji Yamada
Tora-san's Runaway Akira Miyazaki
1971 The Ceremony Mamoru Sasaki
Nagisa Ōshima
1972 The Rendezvous
Tabi no Omosa
Fumio Ishimori
1973 Tora-san's Forget Me Not Yoji Yamada
Akira Miyazaki
Yoshitaka Asama
1974 Castle of Sand Shinobu Hashimoto
Yoji Yamada
1975 Matsuri no Junbi Takehiro Nakajima
1976 Fumō Chitai Nobuo Yamada
1977 The Yellow Handkerchief Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
1978 Jiken Kaneto Shindo
1979 Vengeance Is Mine Masaru Baba
1980 Zigeunerweisen Yōzō Tanaka
1981 Station Sō Kuramoto
1982 Suspicion Motomu Furuta
Yoshitarō Nomura
1983 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Nagisa Ōshima
The Family Game Yoshimitsu Morita
1984 W's Tragedy Haruhiko Arai
Shinichiro Sawai
1985 Fire Festival Kenji Nakagami
Typhoon Club Yūji Kato
1986 Comic Magazine Yuya Uchida
Isao Takagi
1987 A Taxing Woman Juzo Itami
1988 Ikoka Modoroka Toshio Kamata
1989 Shaso Hiroo Matsuda
1990 Childhood Days Taichi Yamada
1991 12-nin no Yasashii Nihonjin Kōki Mitani
Tokyo Sunshine Boys
1992 The Triple Cross Shōichi Maruyama
1993 All Under the Moon Yoichi Sai
Wui Sin Chong
Niji no Hashi
Bōkyō
Zenzo Matsuyama
1994 Ghost Pub
Natsu no Niwa The Friends
Yōzō Tanaka
1995 Like Grains of Sand Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
1996 Shall We Dance? Masayuki Suo
1997 Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald Kōki Mitani
1998Love Letter
A, Haru
Takehiro Nakajima
1999 M/Other Nobuhiro Suwa
Tomokazu Miura
Makiko Watanabe
2000 A Class to Remember Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
Emiko Hiramatsu
2001 Go Kankurō Kudō
2002 Out Wui Sin Chong
2003 Hebi Ichigo Miwa Nishikawa
Battle Royale II: Requiem Kenta Fukasaku
Norio Kida
2004 Vibrator Haruhiko Arai
2005 A Stranger of Mine Kenji Uchida
2006 What the Snow Brings Masato Katō
2007 A Gentle Breeze in the Village Aya Watanabe
2008 All Around Us Ryōsuke Hashiguchi
2009 Villon's Wife Yōzō Tanaka
2010 Heaven's Story Yūki Satō
2011 Postcard Kaneto Shindo
2012 Our Homeland Yang Yong-hi
2013 The Backwater Haruhiko Arai
2014 0.5mm Momoko Andō
2015 Kakekomi Masato Harada
2016 Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow Kōsuke Mukai
2017 The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue Yuya Ishii
2018 Lying to Mom Katsumi Nojiri
2019 Another World Junji Sakamoto
2020 I Never Shot Anyone Shōichi Maruyama
2021 Intolerance Keisuke Yoshida
2022 Plan 75 Chie Hayakawa
2023 Okiku and the World Junji Sakamoto
2024 Evil Does Not Exist Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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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 2015-04-21.
  2. "Mainichi Film Concours" (in Japanese). IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 2015-04-21.