Japanese Movie Critics Awards

The Japanese Movie Critics Awards (日本映画批評家大賞, Nihon Eiga Hihyōka Taishō) are presented annually since 1991.

As with the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, the selection committee consists of film critics.

Award winners

1990s

1991 (1st Japanese Movie Critics Awards)

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000s

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010s

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020


2021

  • Best Actress: Non(actress), Hold Me Back, Watashi wo kuitomete (original title)
  • Best Director: Akiko Ôku (director), Hold Me Back, Watashi wo kuitomete (original title)
  • Best New Director: Hikari, 37 Seconds


2022

  • Best Actor: Arata Furuta, Intolerance, Kûhaku (original title)
  • Best Actress: Kumi Takiuchi, A Balance, Yûko no tenbin (original title)
  • Best Film: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Gûzen to sôzô (original title), Ryûsuke Hamaguchi


2023