My 1978 Japanese Academy Prizes for Film

Awards for 1978
Award of the Japanese Academy

Best Film
WINNER
The Life of Chikuzan
NOMINEES
The Yellow Handkerchief
Hakkodasan
Ballad of Orin
The Gate of Youth Part 2

Best Actor
WINNER
The Yellow Handkerchief, Hakkodasan: Ken Takakura
NOMINEES
The Life of Chikuzan: Ryûzô Hayashi
Hakkodasan, The Alaska Story: Kin'ya Kitaôji
Tora-san Plays Cupid, Village of Eight Gravestones, Tora-san Meets His Lordship: Kiyoshi Atsumi
Totsuzen arashi no youni: Hiromi Gô

Best Actress
WINNER
Ballad of Orin: Shima Iwashita
NOMINEES
The Devil's Ballad: Keiko Kishi
Sweet Revenge, Dorodarake no junjô, Shunkinsho: Momoe Yamaguchi
The Yellow Handkerchief, Tora-san Meets His Lordship, Tora-san Plays Cupid: Chieko Baishô
Totsuzen arashi no youni, Sugata Sanshiro, Hakkodasan: Kumiko Akiyoshi

Best Supporting Actor
WINNER
The Yellow Handkerchief: Tetsuya Takeda
NOMINEES
The Devil's Ballad, The Devil's Island: Takeshi Katô
The Devil's Ballad, Beast in the Shadows, Sugata Sanshiro: Tomisaburô Wakayama
Hakkodasan, Sweet Revenge: Rentarô Mikuni
Kawachi no ossan no uta: yôkita no ware, Dokaben, Nihon no jingi, Piranha-gundan: Daboshatsu no ten: Takuzô Kawatani

Best Supporting Actress
WINNER
The Yellow Handkerchief: Kaori Momoi
NOMINEES
The Life of Chikuzan: Nobuko Otowa
Ballad of Orin: Tomoko Naraoka
The Gate of Youth Part 2: Ayumi Ishida
The Gate of Youth Part 2, Tora-san Plays Cupid: Shinobu Ôtake

Best Director
WINNER
The Yellow Handkerchief: Yôji Yamada
NOMINEES
The Devil's Ballad, The Devil's Island: Kon Ichikawa
The Life of Chikuzan: Kaneto Shindô
Hakkodasan: Shirô Moritani
Ballad of Orin: Masahiro Shinoda

Best Screenplay
WINNER
The Yellow Handkerchief: Yôji Yamada/Ballad of Orin: Keiji Hasebe, Masahiro Shinoda
NOMINEES
The Life of Chikuzan: Kaneto Shindô
Hakkodasan, Village of Eight Gravestones: Shinobu Hashimoto
Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don, Nippon no don: Yabohen, Hokuriku dairi sensô, Lover's Suicide: Kôji Takada

Best Cinematography
WINNER
Ballad of Orin: Kazuo Miyagawa
NOMINEES
The Alaska Story, Mother: Kôzô Okazaki
The Life of Chikuzan: Kiyomi Kuroda
Hakkodasan: Daisaku Kimura

Best Art Direction
NOMINEE
The Devil's Ballad, The Devil's Island: Shinobu Muraki

Best Music Score
WINNER
NOMINEES
Hakkodasan, Village of Eight Gravestones: Yasushi Akutagawa
The Alaska Story, The Yellow Handkerchief: Masaru Satô
The Life of Chikuzan: Hikaru Hayashi
Ballad of Orin: Tôru Takemitsu
Ningen no shômei: Yûji Ohno

Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER
Network
NOMINEES
Rocky
The Fire Within
Slap Shot
Voyage of the Damned