Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

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film award supporting actor award

The Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is a prestigious annual film honor presented by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association to recognize outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles in Japanese cinema.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actor	4
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	2
Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor canonical	1
日本アカデミー賞優秀助演男優賞	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9994999 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Context triple: [Tadanobu Asano, awardReceived, Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]

A. Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor
The Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor is a prestigious Japanese film award presented annually to honor the most outstanding leading male performance in domestic cinema.
B. Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year
The Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year is a major Japanese film award presented annually to honor the most outstanding film director of the year.
C. Tokyo International Film Festival Best Actress Award
The Tokyo International Film Festival Best Actress Award is a top acting honor presented to the most outstanding female performer at Japan’s premier international film festival.
D. Silver Condor Award for Best Actor
The Silver Condor Award for Best Actor is a prestigious Argentine film accolade presented by the Argentine Film Critics Association to honor outstanding leading performances by male actors.
E. Kinema Junpo Award
The Kinema Junpo Award is one of Japan’s oldest and most prestigious film honors, presented by the influential film magazine Kinema Junpo to recognize outstanding achievements in Japanese cinema.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Target entity description: The Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is a prestigious annual film honor presented by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association to recognize outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles in Japanese cinema.

A. Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor
The Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor is a prestigious Japanese film award presented annually to honor the most outstanding leading male performance in domestic cinema.
B. Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year
The Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year is a major Japanese film award presented annually to honor the most outstanding film director of the year.
C. Tokyo International Film Festival Best Actress Award
The Tokyo International Film Festival Best Actress Award is a top acting honor presented to the most outstanding female performer at Japan’s premier international film festival.
D. Silver Condor Award for Best Actor
The Silver Condor Award for Best Actor is a prestigious Argentine film accolade presented by the Argentine Film Critics Association to honor outstanding leading performances by male actors.
E. Kinema Junpo Award
The Kinema Junpo Award is one of Japan’s oldest and most prestigious film honors, presented by the influential film magazine Kinema Junpo to recognize outstanding achievements in Japanese cinema.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film award ⓘ supporting actor award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ linked to: Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
associatedEvent	Japan Academy Prize ceremony ⓘ linked to: Japan Academy Film Prize ceremony
awardFor	best performance by a male actor in a supporting role ⓘ
awardType	performance award ⓘ
belongsToCategory	Japanese film awards ⓘ supporting actor awards ⓘ
ceremonyLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
eligibility	supporting performances in Japanese films ⓘ
field	cinema ⓘ
firstAwarded	1978 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderRestriction	male actors ⓘ
inception	1978 ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
locationCountry	Japan ⓘ
medium	film ⓘ
notableFor	recognizing supporting male actors in Japanese films ⓘ
organizer	Japan Academy Film Prize Association ⓘ
partOf	Japan Academy Film Prize ⓘ linked to: Japan Academy Film Prize Association
presentedBy	Japan Academy Film Prize Association ⓘ
region	Japan ⓘ
roleType	supporting role ⓘ
scope	Japanese cinema ⓘ
selectionBasis	outstanding acting performance ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by members of the Japan Academy Film Prize Association ⓘ
status	ongoing award ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tadanobu Asano → awardReceived → Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ

Kazunari Ninomiya → awardReceived → Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ