List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Submissions
Columns: Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result
1951 (24th) | Rashomon | Rashōmon ( 羅生門 ? ) | Akira Kurosawa Category:Articles with hCards | Won Honorary Award | 1954 (27th) | Gate of Hell | Jigokumon ( 地獄門 ? ) | Teinosuke Kinugasa Category:Articles with hCards | Won Honorary Award | 1955 (28th) | Samurai, The Legend of Musashi | Miyamoto Musashi ( 宮本武蔵 ? ) | Hiroshi Inagaki Category:Articles with hCards | Won Honorary Award | 1956 (29th) | Harp of Burma | Biruma no Tategoto ( ビルマの竪琴 ? ) | Kon Ichikawa Category:Articles with hCards | Nominee | 1957 (30th) | Aruse | Arakure ( あらくれ ? ) | Mikio Naruse Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1958 (31st) | The Ballad of Narayama | Narayama Bushiko ( 楢山節考 ? ) | Keisuke Kinoshita Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1959 (32nd) | Fires on the Plain | Nobi ( 野火 ? ) | Kon Ichikawa Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1960 (33rd) | Late Autumn | Akibiyori ( 秋日和 ? ) | Yasujirō Ozu Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1961 (34th) | Immortal Love | Eien no Hito ( 永遠の人 ? ) | Keisuke Kinoshita Category:Articles with hCards | Nominee | 1962 (35th) | Being Two Isn't Easy | Watashi wa ni sai ( 私は二歳 ? ) | Kon Ichikawa Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1963 (36th) | Twin Sisters of Kyoto | Koto ( 古都 ? ) | Noboru Nakamura Category:Articles with hCards | Nominee | 1964 (37th) | Woman in the Dunes | Suna no Onna ( 砂の女 ? ) | Hiroshi Teshigahara Category:Articles with hCards | Nominee | 1965 (38th) | Kwaidan | Kaidan ( 怪談 ? ) | Masaki Kobayashi Category:Articles with hCards | Nominee | 1966 (39th) | Lake of Tears | Mizūmi no Kin ( 湖の琴 ? ) | Tomotaka Tasaka Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1967 (40th) | Portrait of Chieko | Chieko-sho ( 智恵子抄 ? ) | Noboru Nakamura Category:Articles with hCards | Nominee | 1968 (41st) | The Sands of Kurobe | Kurobe no Taiyō ( 黒部の太陽 ? ) | Kei Kumai Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1969 (42nd) | Kuragejima, Legends From a Southern Island | Kamigami no fukaki yokubō ( 神々の深き欲望 ? ) | Shōhei Imamura Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1970 (43rd) | The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan | Buraikan ( 無頼漢 ? ) | Masahiro Shinoda Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1971 (44th) | Dodes'ka-den | Dodes'ka-den ( どですかでん ? ) | Akira Kurosawa Category:Articles with hCards | Nominee | 1972 (45th) | Under the Flag of the Rising Sun | Gunki hatameku moto ni ( 軍旗はためく下に, ? ) | Kinji Fukasaku Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1973 (46th) | Coup d'Etat | Kaigenrei ( 戒厳令 ? ) | Yoshishige Yoshida Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1974 (47th) | The Fossil | Kaseki ( 化石 ? ) | Masaki Kobayashi Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1975 (48th) | Sandakan No. 8 | Sandakan Hachibanshokan Bohkyo ( サンダカン八番娼館 望郷 ? ) | Kei Kumai Category:Articles with hCards | Nominee | 1977 (50th) | Mt. Hakkoda | Hakkōda-san ( 八甲田山 ? ) | Shiro Moritani Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1978 (51st) | Empire of Passion | Ai no Bōrei ( 愛の亡霊 ? ) | Nagisa Oshima Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1979 (52nd) | Gassan | Gassan ( 月山 ? ) | Tetsutaro Murano Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1980 (53rd) | Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) | Kagemusha ( 影武者 ? ) | Akira Kurosawa Category:Articles with hCards | Nominee | 1981 (54th) | Muddy River | Doro no Kawa ( 泥の河 ? ) | Kōhei Oguri Category:Articles with hCards | Nominee | 1982 (55th) | Onimasa | Kiryūin hanako no shōgai ( 鬼龍院花子の生涯 ? ) | Hideo Gosha Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1983 (56th) | Antarctica | Nankyoku Monogatari ( 南極物語 ? ) | Koreyoshi Kurahara Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1984 (57th) | MacArthur's Children | Setouchi Shōnen Yakyū-dan ( 瀬戸内少年野球団 ? ) | Masahiro Shinoda Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1985 (58th) | Gray Sunset | Hanaichimonme ( 花いちもんめ ? ) | Shunya Ito Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1986 (59th) | Final Take | Kinema no Tenchi ( キネマの転地 ? ) | Yoji Yamada Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1987 (60th) | Zegen | Zegen ( 女衒 ? ) | Shōhei Imamura Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1988 (61st) | Hope and Pain | Dauntaun Hiirōzu ( ダウンタウン・ヒーローズ ? ) | Yoji Yamada Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1989 (62nd) | Rikyu | Rikyu ( 利休 ? ) | Hiroshi Teshigahara Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1990 (63rd) | The Sting of Death | Shi no Toge ( 死の棘 ? ) | Kôhei Oguri Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1991 (64th) | Rhapsody in August | Hachigatsu no Kyōshikyoku ( 八月の狂詩曲 ? ) | Akira Kurosawa Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1992 (65th) | The Oil-Hell Murder | Onna ya abura jigoku ( 女殺油地獄 ? ) | Hideo Gosha Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1993 (66th) | Madadayo | Mādadayo ( まあだだよ ? ) | Akira Kurosawa Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1994 (67th) | Pom Poko | Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko ( 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ ? ) | Isao Takahata Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1995 (68th) | Deep River | Fukai Kawa ( 深い河 ? ) | Kei Kumai Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1996 (69th) | Gakko II | Gakkō II ( 学校II ? ) | Yoji Yamada Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1997 (70th) | Princess Mononoke | Mononoke Hime ( もののけ姫 ? ) | Hayao Miyazaki Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1998 (71st) | Begging for Love | Ai o Kōhito ( 愛を乞う人 ? ) | Hideyuki Hirayama Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 1999 (72nd) | Poppoya | Tetsudōin ( 鉄道員 ? ) | Yasuo Furuhata Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2000 (73rd) | After the Rain | Ame Agaru ( 雨あがる ? ) | Takashi Koizumi Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2001 (74th) | Go | GO | Isao Yukisada Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2002 (75th) | Out | OUT | Hideyuki Hirayama Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2003 (76th) | The Twilight Samurai | Tasogare Seibei ( たそがれ清兵衛 ? ) | Yoji Yamada Category:Articles with hCards | Nominee | 2004 (77th) | Nobody Knows | Dare mo Shiranai ( 誰も知らない ? ) | Hirokazu Koreeda Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2005: (78th) | Blood and Bones | Chi to Hone ( 血と骨 ? ) | Yoichi Sai Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2006 (79th) | Hula Girls | Hura Gāru ( フラガール ? ) | Sang-il Lee Category:Articles with hCards | 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 Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2008 (81st) | Departures | Okuribito ( おくりびと ? ) | Yojiro Takita Category:Articles with hCards | 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 Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2010 (83rd) | Confessions | Kokuhaku ( 告白 ? ) | Tetsuya Nakashima Category:Articles with hCards | Made January Shortlist | 2011 (84th) | Postcard | Ichimai no hagaki ( 一枚のハガキ ? ) | Kaneto Shindō Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2012 (85th) | Our Homeland | Kazoku no kuni ( 一かぞくのくに ? ) | Yong-hi Yang Category:Articles with hCards | Not Nominated | 2013 (86th) | The Great Passage | Fune o Amu ( 舟を編む ? ) | Yuya Ishii | TBD