Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film

Awarded for| Excellence film of the year
Country| Japan
First award| 1976

The Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film (日本映画優秀賞) is an award given at the Mainichi Film Awards.[1][2]

## Winners

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Year | Film

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1976 | Seishun no Satsujinsha
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Brother and Sister
1977 | The Life of Chikuzan
Mount Hakkoda
Ballad of Orin
Nemu no Ki no Uta ga Kikoeru
1978 | Third Base
Empire of Passion
The Love Suicides at Sonezaki
Kaerazaru hibi
1979 | Shōdō Satsujin Musuko Yo
Taiyō o Nusunda Otoko
Vengeance Is Mine
No More Easy Life
1980 | Zigeunerweisen
A Distant Cry from Spring
Nihyaku San Kōchi
Virus
1981 | Station
Willful Murder
Kofuku
Enrai
1982 | Suspicion
Tōno Monogatari
Farewell to the Land
Mikan no Taikyoku
1983 | The Family Game
The Makioka Sisters
Tokyo Trial
The Ballad of Narayama
1984 | The Funeral
MacArthur's Children
Mahjong hōrōki
Ohan
1985 | Sorekara
Typhoon Club
Fire Festival
The Burmese Harp
1986 | Uhohho tankentai
House on Fire
Final Take
A Promise
1987 | Itazu Kuma
Eiga Joyū
Tora-san Goes North
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
1988 | The Discarnates
Kimurake no Hitobito
Tomorrow
The Silk Road
1989 | Shaso
Death of a Tea Master
Dotsuitarunen
Rikyu
1990 | Sakura no Sono
Dreams
The Sting of Death
Shiroi Te
1991 | Rainbow Kids
Rhapsody in August
A Scene at the Sea
Munō no Hito
1992 | Seishun Dendeke Dekedeke
The River with No Bridge
Original Sin
Tōki Rakujitsu
1993 | Moving
A Class to Remember
Byōin de Shinu to Iukoto
We Are Not Alone
1994 | Ghost Pub
119
Crest of Betrayal
Natsu no Niwa Friend
Like a Rolling Stone
1995 | Kura
Sharaku
Deep River
Love Letter
1996 | Village of Dreams
A Class to Remember 2
Kids Return
Nemuru Otoko
1997 | The Eel
Yūkai
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
1998 | A Class to Remember 3
Dr. Akagi
Give It All
Hana-bi
1999 | Kikujiro
Spellbound
Keiho
M/Other
2000 | After the Rain
Gohatto
A Class to Remember 4
Nabbie's Love
2001 | Waterboys

Nihon no Kuroi Natsu: Enzai
Battle Royale
Hotal
2002 | Out
Letters from the Mountains

Hush!
2003 | Like Asura
Zatōichi
Spy Sorge
Doppelganger
2004 | Nobody Knows
2005 | Princess Raccoon
2006 | Hula Girls
2007 | A Gentle Breeze in the Village
2008 | All Around Us
2009 | Mt. Tsurugidake
2010 | Haru's Journey
2011 | Saudade
2012 | The Kirishima Thing
2013 | Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
2014 | The Light Shines Only There
2015 | Journey to the Shore
2016 | In This Corner of the World
2017 | Wilderness
2018 | The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
2019 | The Journalist
2020 | Underdog
2021 | Under the Open Sky
2022 | No Place to Go
2023 | Shadow of Fire

## References

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1. ^ "コンクールの歴史" [History of Mainichi Film Award] (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
2. ^ "Mainichi Film Concours" (in Japanese). IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 2015-04-25.

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* Film Score
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Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film

1976-1980|

* Seishun no Satsujinsha (1976)
* Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976)
* Brother and Sister (1976)
* The Life of Chikuzan (1977)
* Mount Hakkoda (1977)
* Ballad of Orin (1977)
* Nemu no Ki no Uta ga Kikoeru (1977)
* Third Base (1978)
* Empire of Passion (1978)
* The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (1978)
* Kaerazaru hibi (1978)
* Shōdō Satsujin Musuko Yo (1979)
* The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
* Vengeance Is Mine (1979
* No More Easy Life (1979)
* Zigeunerweisen (1980)
* A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)
* The Battle of Port Arthur (1980)
* Virus (1980)

1981-1990|

* Station (1981)
* Willful Murder (1981)
* Lonely Heart (1981)
* Enrai (1981)
* Suspicion (1982)
* Tōno Monogatari (1982)
* Farewell to the Land (1982)
* The Go Masters (1982)
* The Family Game (1983)
* The Makioka Sisters (1983)
* International Military Tribunal for the Far East (1983)
* The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
* The Funeral (1984)
* MacArthur's Children (1984)
* Mahjong hōrōki (1984)
* Ohan (1984)
* Sorekara (1985)
* Typhoon Club (1985)
* Fire Festival (1985)
* The Burmese Harp (1985)
* Uhohho Tankentai (1986)
* House on Fire (1986)
* Final Take (1986)
* A Promise (1986)
* Itazu Kuma (1987)
* Eiga Joyū (1987)
* Tora-san Goes North (1987)
* The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987)
* The Discarnates (1988)
* Kimurake no Hitobito (1988)
* Tomorrow (1988)
* The Silk Road (1988)
* Shaso (1989)
* Death of a Tea Master (1989)
* Dotsuitarunen (1989)
* Rikyu (1989)
* The Cherry Orchard (1990)
* Dreams (1990)
* The Sting of Death (1990)
* Shiroi Te (1990)

1991–2000|

* Rainbow Kids (1991)
* Rhapsody in August (1991)
* A Scene at the Sea (1991)
* Munō no Hito (1991)
* Seishun Dendeke Dekedeke (1992)
* The River with No Bridge (1992)
* Original Sin (1992)
* Tōki Rakujitsu (1992)
* Moving (1993)
* A Class to Remember (1993)
* Byōin de Shinu to Iukoto (1993)
* We Are Not Alone (1993)
* Ghost Pub (1994)
* 119 (1994)
* Crest of Betrayal (1994)
* Natsu no Niwa Friend (1994)
* Bō no Kanashimi (1994)
* Kura (1995)
* Sharaku (1995)
* Deep River (1995)
* Love Letter (1995)
* Village of Dreams(1996)
* A Class to Remember 2 (1996)
* Kids Return (1996)
* Sleeping Man (1996)
* The Eel (1997)
* Yūkai (1997)
* Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
* A Class to Remember 3 (1998)
* Dr. Akagi (1998)
* Give It All (1998)
* Hana-bi (1998)
* Kikujiro (1999)
* Jubaku: Spellbound (1999)
* Keiho (1999)
* M/Other (1999)
* After the Rain (2000)
* Gohatto (2000)
* A lass to Remember 4 (2000)
* Nabbie's Love (2000)

2001–2010|

* Waterboys (2001)
* Go (2001)
* Nihon no Kuroi Natsu: Enzai (2001)
* Battle Royale (2001)
* The Firefly (2001)
* Out (2002)
* Amidadō Dayori (2002)
* KT (2002)
* Hush! (2002)
* Like Asura (2003)
* Zatoichi (2003)
* Spy Sorge (2003)
* Doppelganger (2003)
* Nobody Knows (2004)
* Princess Raccoon (2005)
* Hula Girls (2006)
* A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007)
* All Around Us (2008)
* Mt. Tsurugidake (2009)
* Haru's Journey (2010)

2011–2020|

* Saudade (2011)
* The Kirishima Thing (2012)
* Pecoross' Mother and Her Days (2013)
* The Light Shines Only There (2014)
* Journey to the Shore (2015)
* In This Corner of the World (2016)
* Wilderness (2017)
* The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine (2018)
* The Journalist (2019)
* Underdog (2020)

2021–present|

* Under the Open Sky (2021)
* No Place to Go (2022)
* Shadow of Fire (2023)

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