List of Asian Academy Award Winners and Nominees - Best Foreign Language Film

Best Foreign Language Film

Foreign Language Film
Year Country Film Director Status Milestone
1951 Japan Rashômon
羅生門
Akira Kurosawa Won Special Honorary Award
1954 Japan Gate of Hell
(Jigokumon)
地獄門
Teinosuke Kinugasa Won Special Honorary Award
1955 Japan Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
宮本武蔵
Hiroshi Inagaki Won Special Honorary Award
1956 Japan Harp of Burma
(Biruma no tategoto)
ビルマの竪琴
Masayuki Takagi Nominated First Asian country nominated for competitive award in category
1957 India Mother India
(Bharat Mata)
भारत माता
Mehboob Khan Nominated First Asian musical film nominated in category
First South Asian country nominated in category
1961 Japan Immortal Love
(Eien no hito)
永遠の人
Keisuke Kinoshita Nominated
1963 Japan Twin Sisters of Kyoto
(Koto)
古都
Noboru Nakamura Nominated
1964 Japan Woman in the Dunes
(Suna no onna)
砂の女
Hiroshi Teshigahara Nominated
Israel Sallah Shabati
סאלח שבתי
Ephraim Kishon Nominated
1965 Japan Kwaidan
怪談
Masaki Kobayashi Nominated
1967 Japan Portrait of Chieko
(Chieko-sho)
智恵子抄
Noboru Nakamura Nominated
1971 Israel The Policeman
השוטר אזולאי
Ephraim Kishon Nominated
Japan Dodes'ka-Den
どですかでん
Akira Kurosawa Nominated
1972 Israel I Love You Rosa
(Ani Ohev Otach Rosa)
אני אוהב אותך רוזה
Moshé Mizrahi Nominated
1973 Israel The House on Chelouche Street
הבית ברחוב שלוש
Moshé Mizrahi Nominated
1975 Soviet Union Dersu Uzala
Дерсу Узала
Akira Kurosawa Won Second Asian to win two Academy Awards
Siberian-set Russian-language film
Japan Sandakan No. 8
(Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo)
サンダカン八番娼館 望郷
Kei Kumai Nominated
1977 Israel Operation Thunderbolt
(Mivtsa Yonatan)
מבצע יונתן
Menahem Golan Nominated
1980 Japan Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior)
影武者
Akira Kurosawa Nominated Fourth Kurosawa film nominated or awarded in Foreign Language Film category
1981 Japan Muddy River
(Doro no kawa)
泥の河
Kohei Oguri Nominated
1984 Israel Beyond the Walls
(e'Ahorei Hasoragim)
מאחורי הסורגים
Uri Barbash and Rudy Cohen Nominated
1988 India Salaam Bombay!
सलाम बॉम्बे
Mira Nair Nominated
1990 China Jú Dòu
菊豆
Zhang Yimou
Yang Fengliang
Nominated
1991 Hong Kong Raise the Red Lantern
(Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà)
大紅燈籠高高掛
Zhang Yimou Nominated
1993 Hong Kong Farewell My Concubine
(Bàwáng Bié Jī)
霸王別姬
Chen Kaige Nominated
Vietnam The Scent of Green Papaya
(Mùi đu đủ xanh)
Anh Hung Tran Nominated
Taiwan The Wedding Banquet
(Xǐyàn)
喜宴
Ang Lee Nominated
1994 Taiwan Eat Drink Man Woman
(yǐn shí nán nǚ)
飲食男女
Ang Lee Nominated
1996 Georgia A Chef in Love
(Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti)
შეყვარებული მზარეულის 1001 რეცეპტი
Nana Dzhordzhadze Nominated
1998 Iran Children of Heaven
(Bacheha-Ye aseman)
بچه های آسمان
Majid Majidi Nominated
1999 Nepal Himalaya (film)(हिमालय)

Eric Valli Nominated First Nepalese film to be nominated in Best Foreign Language Film category.
2000 Taiwan Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(Wòhǔ Cánglóng)
臥虎藏龍
Ang Lee Won First Asian country to win competitive award in category
2001 India Lagaan
लगान
Ashutosh Gowariker Nominated
2002 China Hero
(Yīngxióng)
英雄
Zhang Yimou Nominated
2003 Japan The Twilight Samurai
(Tasogare Seibei)
たそがれ清兵衛
Yoji Yamada Nominated
2005 Palestine Paradise Now
الجنّة الآن
Hany Abu-Assad Nominated
2006 Canada Water
वाटर
Deepa Mehta Nominated Indo-Canadian Hindi-language film
2007 Israel Beaufort
בופור
Joseph Cedar Nominated
Kazakhstan Mongol
Монгол
Sergei Bodrov Nominated Mongolian-language film
2008 Israel Waltz with Bashir
(Vals Im Bashir)
ואלס עם באשיר
Ari Folman Nominated
Japan Departures
(Okuribito)
おくりびと
Yojiro Takita Won 4th most-winning country of all time with 4 awards.
5th most-nominated country with 12 competitive nominations.
Most winning and nominated Asian country.
2009 Israel Ajami
عجمي
עג'מי
Yaron Shani
Scandar Copti
Nominated
2011 Israel Footnote Joseph Cedar Nominated
Iran A Separation
جدایی نادر از سیمین
Asghar Farhadi Won

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