Masahiro Shinoda
In film, "The Funeral" by Juzo Itami won the Best film award at the Japan Academy Prize and at the Hochi Film Awards, "MacArthur's Children" by Masahiro Shinoda won Best film at the Blue Ribbon Awards and "Mahjong hōrōki" by Makoto Wada won Best film at the Yokohama Film Festival. For a list of Japanese films released in 1984 see Japanese films of 1984.