| Year |
|
Winner |
Winner Work |
| 2014 |
|
Ryuhei Matsuda |
The Great Passage |
| 2013 |
|
Hiroshi Abe |
Thermae Romae |
| 2012 |
|
Yoshio Harada |
Someday |
| 2011 |
|
Satoshi Tsumabuki |
Villain |
| 2010 |
|
Ken Watanabe |
The Unbroken |
| 2009 |
|
Masahiro Motoki |
Departures |
| 2008 |
|
Hidetaka Yoshioka |
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 |
| 2007 |
|
Ken Watanabe |
Memories of Tomorrow |
| 2006 |
|
Hidetaka Yoshioka |
Always: Sunset on Third Street |
| 2005 |
|
Akira Terao |
Half a Confession |
| 2004 |
|
Kiichi Nakai |
When the Last Sword Is Drawn |
| 2003 |
|
Hiroyuki Sanada |
The Twilight Samurai |
| 2002 |
|
Y?suke Kubozuka |
Go |
| 2001 |
|
Akira Terao |
After the Rain |
| 2000 |
|
Ken Takakura |
Poppoya |
| 1999 |
|
Akira Emoto |
Dr. Akagi |
| 1998 |
|
K?ji Yakusho |
The Eel, Lost Paradise |
| 1997 |
|
K?ji Yakusho |
Shall We Dance? |
| 1996 |
|
Rentar? Mikuni |
Mitabi no kaikyô |
| 1995 |
|
Koichi Sato |
Crest of Betrayal |
| 1994 |
|
Toshiyuki Nishida |
A Class to Remember, Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 |
| 1993 |
|
Masahiro Motoki |
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't |
| 1992 |
|
Rentar? Mikuni |
My Sons, Tsuribaka Nisshi 4 |
| 1991 |
|
Ittoku Kishibe |
The Sting of Death |
| 1990 |
|
Rentar? Mikuni |
Rikyu, Free and Easy |
| 1989 |
|
Toshiyuki Nishida |
The Silk Road |
| 1988 |
|
Tsutomu Yamazaki |
A Taxing Woman, Yogisha |
| 1987 |
|
Ken Ogata |
House on Fire |
| 1986 |
|
Minoru Chiaki |
Gray Sunset |
| 1985 |
|
Tsutomu Yamazaki |
Station to Heaven, The Funeral, Farewell to the Ark |
| 1984 |
|
Ken Ogata |
The Ballad of Narayama, The Catch, The Geisha |
| 1983 |
|
Mitsuru Hirata |
Fall Guy |
| 1982 |
|
Ken Takakura |
Station |
| 1981 |
|
Ken Takakura |
Dôran, A Distant Cry from Spring |
| 1980 |
|
Tomisabur? Wakayama |
My Son! My Son! |
| 1979 |
|
Ken Ogata |
The Demon |
| 1978 |
|
Ken Takakura |
The Yellow Handkerchief, Mount Hakkoda |
