Mainichi Film Award for Best Director

The Mainichi Film Award for Best Director is a film award given at the Mainichi Film Awards.[1][2]

Mainichi Film Award for Best Director
Awarded forBest director of the year
CountryJapan
First awarded1946

List of winners
YearFilmDirector
1946Minshū no TekiTadashi Imai
1947One Wonderful SundayAkira Kurosawa
1948Onna
Shōzō
The Broken Commandment		Keisuke Kinoshita
1949Late SpringYasujirō Ozu
1950Itsuwareru SeisōKōzaburō Yoshimura
1951RepastMikio Naruse
1952Gendai-jin
Honjitsu Kyūshin		Minoru Shibuya
1953An Inlet of Muddy WaterTadashi Imai
1954Twenty-Four Eyes
Onna no Sono		Keisuke Kinoshita
1955Floating CloudsMikio Naruse
1956Mahiru no ankokuTadashi Imai
1957The Rice People
Jun'ai Monogatari		Tadashi Imai
1958The Ballad of NarayamaKeisuke Kinoshita
1959Niguruma no Uta
Ningen no Kabe		Satsuo Yamamoto
1960Her Brother
Jokyo		Kon Ichikawa
1961The Human ConditionMasaki Kobayashi
1962Being Two Isn't Easy
The Broken Commandment		Kon Ichikawa
1963The Insect WomanShohei Imamura
1964The Woman in the DunesHiroshi Teshigahara
1965A Fugitive from the PastTomu Uchida
1966Shiroi KyotōSatsuo Yamamoto
1967A Man VanishesShohei Imamura
1968The Human BulletKihachi Okamoto
1969Kigeki Ippatsu Daihisshō
It's Tough Being a Man
Tora-san's Cherished Mother		Yoji Yamada
1970Sensō to NingenSatsuo Yamamoto
1971Silence
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Tora-san's Love Call		Masahiro Shinoda
1972The Rendezvous
Tabi no Omosa		Kōichi Saitō
1973Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
Tora-san's Forget Me Not		Yoji Yamada
1974Castle of SandYoshitarō Nomura
1975Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film DirectorKaneto Shindo
1976Fumō ChitaiSatsuo Yamamoto
1977The Yellow HandkerchiefYoji Yamada
1978The Incident
The Demon		Yoshitarō Nomura
1979Taiyō o Nusunda OtokoKazuhiko Hasegawa
1980KagemushaAkira Kurosawa
1981Muddy RiverKōhei Oguri
1982Fall Guy
Dotonbori River		Kinji Fukasaku
1983Merry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceNagisa Oshima
1984The FuneralJuzo Itami
1985RanAkira Kurosawa
1986The Sea and PoisonKei Kumai
1987The Emperor's Naked Army Marches OnKazuo Hara
1988The DiscarnatesNobuhiko Obayashi
1989ShasoToshio Masuda
1990TugumiJun Ichikawa
1991My SonsYoji Yamada
1992The River with No BridgeYōichi Higashi
1993Byōin de Shinu to IukotoJun Ichikawa
1994Like a Rolling StoneTatsumi Kumashiro
1995A Last NoteKaneto Shindo
1996Shall We Dance?Masayuki Suo
1997The EelShohei Imamura
1998Begging for LoveHideyuki Hirayama
1999KeihoYoshimitsu Morita
2000FaceJunji Sakamoto
2001Spirited AwayHayao Miyazaki
2002Out
The Laughing Frog		Hideyuki Hirayama
2003Doing TimeYoichi Sai
2004Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima
The Face of Jizo		Kazuo Kuroki
2005Itsuka dokusho suruhiAkira Ogata
2006What the Snow BringsKichitaro Negishi
2007I Just Didn't Do ItMasayuki Suo
2008United Red ArmyKōji Wakamatsu
2009Love ExposureSion Sono
201013 AssassinsTakashi Miike
2011SaudadeKatsuya Tomita
2012The Kirishima ThingDaihachi Yoshida
2013The Great PassageYuya Ishii
2014The Light Shines Only ThereMipo O
2015Fires on the PlainShinya Tsukamoto
2016The Long ExcuseMiwa Nishikawa
2017Bangkok NitesKatsuya Tomita
2018One Cut of the DeadShinichiro Ueda
2019Listen to the UniverseKei Ishikawa

References
  1. "コンクールの歴史" [History of Mainichi Film Award] (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  2. "Mainichi Film Concours" (in Japanese). IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
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