Masaki Kobayashi
In film, "The Ballad of Narayama" by Shōhei Imamura won the Best film award at the Japan Academy Prize, "The Family Game" by Yoshimitsu Morita won Best film at the Hochi Film Awards and at the Yokohama Film Festival and "Tokyo Trial" by Masaki Kobayashi won Best film at the Blue Ribbon Awards. For a list of Japanese films released in 1983 see Japanese films of 1983.