My choices for 1979 Japanese Academy Prize for Film

Awards for 1979
Award of the Japanese Academy
Best Film

WINNER
The Incident
NOMINEES
Empire of Passion
The Demon
Third Base
The Shogun's Samurai

Best Actor
WINNER
The Demon: Ken Ogata
NOMINEES
Kôtei no inai hachigatsu: Tsunehiko Watase
Talk of the Town Tora-san, Stage-struck Tora-san: Kiyoshi Atsumi
Third Base, Kaerazaru hibi, The Incident: Toshiyuki Nagashima
The Shogun's Samurai: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Best Actress
WINNER
Empire of Passion: Kazuko Yoshiyuki
NOMINEES
The Incident: Shinobu Ôtake
Dan Oniroku bara no nikutai: Naomi Tani
The Incident: Keiko Matsuzaka
Double Suicide of Sonezaki: Meiko Kaji

Best Supporting Actor
WINNER
The Incident: Tsunehiko Watase
NOMINEES
Dainamaito don don, Orenji Rôdo kyûkô: Kanjûrô Arashi
Dainamaito don don: Kunie Tanaka
The Shogun's Samurai: Shin'ichi Chiba
Never Give Up: Isao Natsuyagi

Best Supporting Actress
WINNER
Empire of Passion: Kazuko Yoshiyuki
NOMINEES
Seishoku no ishibumi: Shinobu Ôtake
Dainamaito don don, Kumokiri Nizaemon: Junko Miyashita
Double Suicide of Sonezaki: Sachiko Hidari
Tsubasa wa kokoro ni tsukete: Kyôko Kagawa

Best Director
WINNER
The Demon: Yoshitarô Nomura
NOMINEES
Empire of Passion: Nagisa Ôshima
Hitozuma shudan boko chishi jiken, Pinku saron: Kôshoku gonin onna: Noboru Tanaka
Kaerazaru hibi, Kiken na kankei: Toshiya Fujita
Talk of the Town Tora-san, Stage-struck Tora-san: Yôji Yamada

Best Screenplay
WINNER
The Incident: Kaneto Shindô
NOMINEES
Kaerazaru hibi: Kyohei Nakaoka, Toshiya Fujita
The Demon, Dainamaito don don: Masato Ide
Third Base: Shûji Terayama
The Shogun's Samurai: Kinji Fukasaku, Tatsuo Nogami, Hirô Matsuda

Best Cinematography
WINNER
Empire of Passion, Akô-jô danzetsu: Yoshio Miyajima
NOMINEE
The Incident: Takashi Kawamata

Best Art Direction
NOMINEES
Love and Faith: Takeo Kimura
The Shogun's Samurai, Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don: Norimichi Igawa

Best Sound
NOMINEE
Empire of Passion: Tetsuo Yasuda

Best Music Score
WINNER
Empire of Passion, Moeru aki: Tôru Takemitsu
NOMINEES
The Demon: Yasushi Akutagawa
Kôtei no inai hachigatsu: Masaru Satô
Love and Faith: Akira Ifukube
Seishoku no ishibumi: Hikaru Hayashi

Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER
Star Wars
NOMINEES
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Goodbye Girl
The Turning Point
Conversation Piece

Best Lighting
NOMINEE
Empire of Passion: Kenichi Okamoto