Japan Academy Prize for Director of the YearCheck all the winners of Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year. |
| Year | Winner | Winner Work | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |
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Yuya Ishii | The Great Passage |
| 2013 |
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Daihachi Yoshida | The Kirishima Thing |
| 2012 |
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Izuru Narushima | Rebirth |
| 2011 |
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Tetsuya Nakashima | Confessions |
| 2010 |
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Daisaku Kimura | Mt. Tsurugidake |
| 2009 |
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Y?jir? Takita | Departures |
| 2008 |
|
J?ji Matsuoka | Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad |
| 2007 |
|
Sang-il Lee | Hula Girls |
| 2006 |
|
Takashi Yamazaki | Always: Sunset on Third Street |
| 2005 |
|
Y?ichi Sai | Blood and Bones |
| 2004 |
|
Yoshimitsu Morita | Like Asura |
| 2003 |
|
Yoji Yamada | The Twilight Samurai |
| 2002 |
|
Isao Yukisada | Go |
| 2001 |
|
Junji Sakamoto | Face |
| 2000 |
|
Yasuo Furuhata | Poppoya |
| 1999 |
|
Hideyuki Hirayama | Begging for Love |
| 1998 |
|
Shohei Imamura | The Eel |
| 1997 |
|
Masayuki Suo | Shall We Dance? |
| 1996 |
|
Kaneto Shindo | A Last Note |
| 1995 |
|
Kinji Fukasaku | Crest of Betrayal |
| 1994 |
|
Yoji Yamada | A Class to Remember, Tora-san's Matchmaker |
| 1993 |
|
Masayuki Suo | Sumo Do, Sumo Don't |
| 1992 |
|
Kihachi Okamoto | Rainbow Kids |
| 1991 |
|
Masahiro Shinoda | Childhood Days |
| 1990 |
|
Shohei Imamura | Black Rain |
| 1989 |
|
Junya Sat? | The Silk Road |
| 1988 |
|
J?z? Itami | A Taxing Woman |
| 1987 |
|
Kinji Fukasaku | House on Fire |
| 1986 |
|
Shinichiro Sawai | Early Spring Story, W's Tragedy |
| 1985 |
|
J?z? Itami | The Funeral |
| 1984 |
|
Hideo Gosha | The Geisha |
| 1983 |
|
Kinji Fukasaku | Fall Guy, Dotonbori River |
| 1982 |
|
K?hei Oguri | Muddy River |
| 1981 |
|
Seijun Suzuki | Zigeunerweisen |
| 1980 |
|
Shohei Imamura | Vengeance Is Mine |
| 1979 |
|
Yoshitar? Nomura | The Demon, The Incident |
| 1978 |
|
Yoji Yamada | The Yellow Handkerchief |
