This list details Japanese working in the film industry who have been nominated for, or won, Academy Awards (also known as Oscars). These include artists and filmmakers, both naturalized and international co-citizenship, or Japanese film production companies are awarded or honored by the Academy. In the 1950s, just as after the second World War ended prior in five years, Akira Kurosawa was recognized by the Academy for his contribution as a writer/director of '' Rashomon'' (1951), which was received

Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

, and again in 1954 and 1955, '' Gate of Hell'' and ''Samurai, The Legend of Musashi'' also won the same category; it wasn't established yet as competitive until 1956; '' Departures'' (2008) and '' Drive My Car'' (2021) ultimately won that category in competitive, making it the most wins and nominations of any Asian countries. In addition of Japanese people aside from Best Foreign Language Film category, these were the first-time winners for each respective categories: Sanzō Wada is the first Japanese and Asian to be nominated for and to win Best Costume Design in 1954, Miyoshi Umeki is the first Japanese and Asian to be nominated for and to win Best Supporting Actress in 1957, Ryuichi Sakamoto is the first Japanese and Asian to win Best Original Score in 1987, Hayao Miyazaki is the first Japanese and Asian animator to be nominated for and to win Best Animated Feature in 2002,

Kunio Katō (born 1977) is a Japanese animator known for the short film ''La Maison en Petits Cubes'' which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He also created ''The Diary Of Tortov Roddle'', a surrealistic dream adventure. Filmograp ...

is the first Japanese to win Best Animated Short Film in 2008,

Kazu Hiro Kazu Hiro (born Kazuhiro Tsuji, ja, 辻一弘 ; born May 26, 1969) is a Japanese-born American special make-up effects artist and visual artist. He won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the biographical films '' Darkest H ...

is the first and only Japanese to be nominated for and to win Best Makeup and Hairstyling between 2006 and 2017, and Takashi Yamazaki and his

Shirogumi , member of The Association of Japanese Animations, is a company centralized in the production of animated series and feature films, as well as the making and adjusting of visual effects. History In 1973, Tatsuo Shimamura established . To expan ...

crew (consists

Kiyoko Shibuya is a Japanese visual effects director and film producer. She has worked on all of acclaimed filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki's films to date and has received four VFX-Japan Awards for her efforts, along with an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects f ...

Masaki Takahashi is a Japanese CG director and visual effects artist. He is also the second production manager at Shirogumi's Chōfu Studio. For the film ''Godzilla Minus One'' (2023), Takahashi (alongside visual effects supervisor Takashi Yamazaki, visual effe ...

, and

Tatsuji Nojima is a Japanese visual effects artist and compositor. Life and career Nojima was born on October 13, 1998, in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. In his childhood, Nojima was fascinated by '' Back to the Future'' and ''Pirates of the Caribbean'', which sp ...

) were the first Japanese crew to be nominated for and to win Best Visual Effects in 2023. As of 2024, Miyazaki and Hiro are the only two-time competitive winners for their respective categories. '' Drive My Car'' is the first Japanese film to be nominated the

Academy Award for Best Picture The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category ...

Production

Best Picture

Best Animated Feature

Best Animated Short Film

International Feature Film

NOTE: In this category is awarded to countries, not individuals. This list contains directors of nominated films, who typically accept the award on behalf of their country.

Performance

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Craft

Best Director

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Cinematography

Best Production Design

Best Costume Design

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Best Original Score

Best Original Song

Best Visual Effects

Honorary Award

References

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