List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Submissions
Every year, each country is invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to submit its best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Section Title: Submissions
Table Section Text: Every year, each country is invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to submit its best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Year (Ceremony)	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Director	Result

1951 (24th)	Rashomon	Rashōmon (羅生門)	Akira Kurosawa	Won Honorary Award

1954 (27th)	Gate of Hell	Jigokumon (地獄門)	Teinosuke Kinugasa	Won Honorary Award

1955 (28th)	Samurai, The Legend of Musashi	Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵)	Hiroshi Inagaki	Won Honorary Award

1956 (29th)	Harp of Burma	Biruma no Tategoto (ビルマの竪琴)	Kon Ichikawa	Nominated

1957 (30th)	Aruse	Arakure (あらくれ)	Mikio Naruse	Not Nominated

1958 (31st)	The Ballad of Narayama	Narayama-bushi Ko (楢山節考)	Keisuke Kinoshita	Not Nominated

1959 (32nd)	Fires on the Plain	Nobi (野火)	Kon Ichikawa	Not Nominated

1960 (33rd)	Late Autumn	Akibiyori (秋日和)	Yasujirō Ozu	Not Nominated

1961 (34th)	Immortal Love	Eien no Hito (永遠の人)	Keisuke Kinoshita	Nominated

1962 (35th)	Being Two Isn't Easy	Watashi wa ni sai (私は二歳)	Kon Ichikawa	Not Nominated

1963 (36th)	Twin Sisters of Kyoto	Koto (古都)	Noboru Nakamura	Nominated

1964 (37th)	Woman in the Dunes	Suna no Onna (砂の女)	Hiroshi Teshigahara	Nominated

1965 (38th)	Kwaidan	Kaidan (怪談)	Masaki Kobayashi	Nominated

1966 (39th)	Lake of Tears	Umi no Koto (湖の琴)	Tomotaka Tasaka	Not Nominated

1967 (40th)	Portrait of Chieko	Chieko-sho (智恵子抄)	Noboru Nakamura	Nominated

1968 (41st)	The Sands of Kurobe	Kurobe no Taiyō (黒部の太陽)	Kei Kumai	Not Nominated

1969 (42nd)	Kuragejima, Legends From a Southern Island	Kamigami no fukaki yokubō (神々の深き欲望)	Shōhei Imamura	Not Nominated

1970 (43rd)	The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan	Buraikan (無頼漢)	Masahiro Shinoda	Not Nominated

1971 (44th)	Dodes'ka-den	Dodes'ka-den (どですかでん)	Akira Kurosawa	Nominated

1972 (45th)	Under the Flag of the Rising Sun	Gunki hatameku moto ni (軍旗はためく下に,)	Kinji Fukasaku	Not Nominated

1973 (46th)	Coup d'Etat	Kaigenrei (戒厳令)	Yoshishige Yoshida	Not Nominated

1974 (47th)	The Fossil	Kaseki (化石)	Masaki Kobayashi	Not Nominated

1975 (48th)	Sandakan No. 8	Sandakan Hachibanshokan Bohkyo (サンダカン八番娼館 望郷)	Kei Kumai	Nominated

1977 (50th)	Mt. Hakkoda	Hakkōda-san (八甲田山)	Shiro Moritani	Not Nominated

1978 (51st)	Empire of Passion	Ai no Bōrei (愛の亡霊)	Nagisa Oshima	Not Nominated

1979 (52nd)	Gassan	Gassan (月山)	Tetsutaro Murano	Not Nominated

1980 (53rd)	Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior)	Kagemusha (影武者)	Akira Kurosawa	Nominated

1981 (54th)	Muddy River	Doro no Kawa (泥の河)	Kōhei Oguri	Nominated

1982 (55th)	Onimasa	Kiryūin hanako no shōgai (鬼龍院花子の生涯)	Hideo Gosha	Not Nominated

1983 (56th)	Antarctica	Nankyoku Monogatari (南極物語)	Koreyoshi Kurahara	Not Nominated

1984 (57th)	MacArthur's Children	Setouchi Shōnen Yakyū-dan (瀬戸内少年野球団)	Masahiro Shinoda	Not Nominated

1985 (58th)	Gray Sunset	Hanaichimonme (花いちもんめ)	Shunya Ito	Not Nominated

1986 (59th)	Final Take	Kinema no Tenchi (キネマの天地)	Yoji Yamada	Not Nominated

1987 (60th)	Zegen	Zegen (女衒)	Shōhei Imamura	Not Nominated

1988 (61st)	Hope and Pain	Dauntaun Hiirōzu (ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ)	Yoji Yamada	Not Nominated

1989 (62nd)	Rikyu	Rikyu (利休)	Hiroshi Teshigahara	Not Nominated

1990 (63rd)	The Sting of Death	Shi no Toge (死の棘)	Kōhei Oguri	Not Nominated

1991 (64th)	Rhapsody in August	Hachigatsu no Kyōshikyoku (八月の狂詩曲)	Akira Kurosawa	Not Nominated

1992 (65th)	The Oil-Hell Murder	Onna goroshi abura jigoku (女殺油地獄)	Hideo Gosha	Not Nominated

1993 (66th)	Madadayo	Mādadayo (まあだだよ)	Akira Kurosawa	Not Nominated

1994 (67th)	Pom Poko	Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko (平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ)	Isao Takahata	Not Nominated

1995 (68th)	Deep River	Fukai Kawa (深い河)	Kei Kumai	Not Nominated

1996 (69th)	Gakko II	Gakkō II (学校II)	Yoji Yamada	Not Nominated

1997 (70th)	Princess Mononoke	Mononoke Hime (もののけ姫)	Hayao Miyazaki	Not Nominated

1998 (71st)	Begging for Love	Ai o Kōhito (愛を乞う人)	Hideyuki Hirayama	Not Nominated

1999 (72nd)	Poppoya	Tetsudōin (鉄道員)	Yasuo Furuhata	Not Nominated

2000 (73rd)	After the Rain	Ame Agaru (雨あがる)	Takashi Koizumi	Not Nominated

2001 (74th)	Go	GO	Isao Yukisada	Not Nominated

2002 (75th)	Out	OUT	Hideyuki Hirayama	Not Nominated

2003 (76th)	The Twilight Samurai	Tasogare Seibei (たそがれ清兵衛)	Yoji Yamada	Nominated

2004 (77th)	Nobody Knows	Dare mo Shiranai (誰も知らない)	Hirokazu Koreeda	Not Nominated

2005: (78th)	Blood and Bones	Chi to Hone (血と骨)	Yoichi Sai	Not Nominated

2006 (79th)	Hula Girls	Hura Gāru (フラガール)	Sang-il Lee	Not Nominated

2007 (80th)	I Just Didn't Do It	Soredemo boku wa yatte nai (それでもボクはやってない)	Masayuki Suo	Not Nominated

2008 (81st)	Departures	Okuribito (おくりびと)	Yōjirō Takita	Won Academy Award

2009 (82nd)	Nobody to Watch Over Me	Dare mo Mamotte Kurenai (誰も守ってくれない)	Ryoichi Kimizuka	Not Nominated

2010 (83rd)	Confessions	Kokuhaku (告白)	Tetsuya Nakashima	Made January Shortlist

2011 (84th)	Postcard	Ichimai no hagaki (一枚のハガキ)	Kaneto Shindō	Not Nominated

2012 (85th)	Our Homeland	Kazoku no kuni (一かぞくのくに)	Yong-hi Yang	Not Nominated

2013 (86th)	The Great Passage	Fune o Amu (舟を編む)	Yuya Ishii	Not Nominated

2014 (87th)	The Light Shines Only There	Soko nomi nite hikari kagayaku (そこのみにて光輝く)	Mipo O	Not Nominated

2015 (88th)	100 Yen Love	Hyakuen no koi (百円の恋 )	Masaharu Take	Not Nominated

2016 (89th)	Nagasaki: Memories of My Son	Haha to Kuraseba (母と暮せば)	Yoji Yamada	Not Nominated

2017 (90th)	Her Love Boils Bathwater	Yu o Wakasu Hodo no Atsui Ai (湯を沸かすほどの熱い愛)	Ryōta Nakano	Not Nominated

2018 (91st)	Shoplifters	Manbiki Kazoku (万引き家族)	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Nominated

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The Twilight Samurai was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards.

final_sentence: The Twilight Samurai was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Academy Awards.