 Crow, however, gave the film two and a half stars out of five.At the 22nd Japan Academy Prize ceremony held in March 1999, "Pride" received two nominations, for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Tsugawa) and Best Art Direction (Akira Naitō).It won neither, with Best Actor being taken by Akira Emoto for "Dr. Akagi" and Best Art Direction being won by Katsumi Nakazawa for his work in "Begging for Love".