Awards

1992
Directors Guild of America D W Griffith Award
1991
Association of Asian Pacific American Artists Lifetime Achievement Award
1989
Honorary Oscar
1986
Directors Guild of America Golden Jubilee Special Award
1985
BAFTA Award  /  Best Film  /  Won for  "Ran"
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award  /  Best Foreign Film  /  Won for  "Ran"
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Career Achievement Award
National Board of Review Award  /  Best Director  /  Won for  "Ran"
National Board of Review Award  /  Best Foreign Film  /  Won for  "Ran"
National Society of Film Critics Award  /  Best Foreign Film  /  Won for  "Ran"
New York Film Critics Circle Award  /  Best Foreign Film  /  Won for  "Ran"
1982
Cannes Film Festival Special Award
1981
Cesar  /  Best Foreign Film  /  Won for  "Kagemusha"
1980
BAFTA Award  /  Best Foreign Film  /  Won for  "Kagemusha"
Cannes Film Festival Palm d'Or  /  Won for  "Kagemusha"
1978
European Film Academy
1977
David di Donatello Prize  /  Won for  "Dersu Uzala"
1976
Order of the Sacred Treasure
1975
Federation of International Film Critics Award  /  Won for  "Dersu Uzala"
Fifth Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Dersu Uzala"
Ninth Moscow International Film Festival Gold Medal  /  Won for  "Dersu Uzala"
1971
Seventh Moscow International Film Festival Special Prize  /  Won for  "Dodes'kaden"
1965
First Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Akahige/Red Beard"
Mainichi Concours Award  /  Best Picture  /  Won for  "Akahige/Red Beard"
Manila Film Festival Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Award  /  Won for  "Akahige/Red Beard"
Tokyo Motion Picture Reviewers' Club Blue Ribbon  /  Won for  "Akahige/Red Beard"
Venice Film Festival Catholic Film Office Award  /  Won for  "Akahige"
1962
Fifth Place in KINAMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Tsubaki Sanjuro/Sanjuro"
1961
Second Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Yojimbo"
1959
Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear  /  Best Director  /  Won for  "Kakushi toride no san-akunin/Hidden Fortress"
NHK Network Award  /  Won for  "Kakushi toride no san-akunin/Hidden Fortress"
Tokyo Motion Picture Reviewers' Club Blue Ribbon  /  Won for  "Kakushi toride no san-akunin/Hidden Fortress"
1958
Second Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Kakushi toride no san-akunin/Hidden Fortress"
1957
Fourth Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Kumonosu-jo/The Throne of Blood"
Tenth Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Donzoko"
1954
Berlin Film Festival International Delegate-Jury Prize of the Berlin Senate  /  Won for  "Ikiru"
Third Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Shichinin no samurai/Seven Samurai"
Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Award  /  Won for  "Shichinin no samurai/Seven Samurai"
1952
First Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Ikiru"
Mainichi Film Concours Award  /  Best Picture  /  Won for  "Ikiru"
Mainichi Film Concours Award  /  Best Screenplay  /  Won for  "Ikiru"
Ministry of Education Award  /  Won for  "Ikiru"
1951
Berlin Film Festival Golden Laurel  /  Won for  "Ikiru"
National Board of Review Award  /  Best Foreign Film  /  Won for  "Rashomon"
National Board of Review Award  /  Best Director  /  Won for  "Rashomon"
1950
Fifth Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Rashomon"
Tokyo Motion Picture Reviewers' Club Blue Ribbon  /  Won for  "Rashomon"
1949
Ministry of Education Award  /  Won for  "Nora inu/Stray Dog"
MOTION PICTURE ART MAGAZINE/EIGA GEIJUTSU's best films first place  /  Won for  "Nora inu/Stray Dog"
Seventh Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Shizukanaru ketto/The Quiet Duel"
Third Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Nora inu/Stray Dog"
1948
First Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Yoidori tenshi/Drunken Angel"
Mainichi Award  /  Best Picture  /  Won for  "Yoidori tenshi/Drunken Angel"
Ministry of Education Award  /  Won for  "Yoidori tenshi/Drunken Angel"
1947
Mainichi Award  /  Best Director  /  Won for  "Subarashiki nichiyobi/One Wonderful Sunday" and "Waga seishun ni kuinashi/No Regrets for Our Youth"
Sixth Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Subarashiki nichiyobi/One Wonderful Sunday"
1946
Second Place in KINEMA JUMPO's best films  /  Won for  "Asu o tsukuru hitobito/Those Who Make Tomorrow"
0
Ministry of Education Award  /  second prize  /  Won for  "Shizuku Nari/All is Quiet"
Ministry of Education Award  /  first prize  /  Won for  "Yuki/Snow"

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