Blue Ribbon Award for Best Director

The Blue Ribbon Award for Best Director is a prize recognizing the work of a director of a Japanese film. It is awarded annually by the Association of Tokyo Film Journalists as one of the Blue Ribbon Awards.

List of winners No.YearDirectorFilm(s)11950Tadashi ImaiUntil We Meet Again21951Yasujirō OzuEarly Summer31952Mikio NaruseLightningMother41953Tadashi ImaiHimeyuri no Tō51954Kenji MizoguchiThe Crucified Lovers61955Shirō ToyodaMeoto zenzai71956Tadashi ImaiMahiru no ankoku81957Tadashi ImaiThe Rice PeopleJun'ai Monogatari91958Tomotaka TasakaA Slope in the Sun101959Kon IchikawaOdd ObsessionFires on the Plain111960Kon IchikawaHer Brother121961Daisuke ItōHangyakuji131962Kon IchikawaBeing Two Isn't EasyThe Broken Commandment141963Shohei ImamuraThe Insect Woman151964Hiroshi TeshigaharaWoman in the Dunes161965Satsuo YamamotoNippon Dorobō MonogatariShōnin no Isu171966Yoji YamadaUn ga Yokerya181975Kinji FukasakuGraveyard of HonorCops vs. Thugs191976Shigeyuki YamaneSaraba Natsu no Hikari YoPermanent Blue Manatsu no Koi201977Yoji YamadaThe Yellow Handkerchief211978Yoshitarō NomuraThe DemonThe Incident221979Shohei ImamuraVengeance Is Mine231980Seijun SuzukiZigeunerweisen241981Kichitaro NegishiEnraiCrazy Fruit251982Kinji FukasakuFall Guy261983Yoshimitsu MoritaThe Family Game271984Juzo ItamiThe Funeral281985Akira KurosawaRan291986Kei KumaiThe Sea and Poison301987Kazuo HaraThe Emperor's Naked Army Marches On311988Makoto WadaKaitō Ruby321989Toshio MasudaShaso331990Masahiro ShinodaChildhood Days341991Takeshi KitanoA Scene at the Sea351992Masayuki SuoSumo Do, Sumo Don't361993Yōjirō TakitaWe Are Not Alone371994Tatsumi KumashiroLike a Rolling Stone381995Shusuke KanekoGamera: Guardian of the Universe391996Takeshi KitanoKids Return401997Masato HaradaBounce Ko Gals411998Takeshi KitanoHana-bi421999Nagisa OshimaGohatto432000Junji SakamotoFace442001Isao YukisadaGo452002Yoichi SaiDoing Time462003Yoshimitsu MoritaLike Asura472004Hirokazu KoreedaNobody Knows482005Junya SatoYamato492006Miwa NishikawaSway502007Masayuki SuoI Just Didn't Do It512008Hirokazu KoreedaStill Walking522009Miwa NishikawaDear Doctor532010Yuya IshiiSawako Decides542011Kaneto ShindoPostcard552012Kenji UchidaKey of Life562013Tatsushi ŌmoriBozoThe Ravine of Goodbye572014Mipo OThe Light Shines Only There582015Ryōsuke HashiguchiThree Stories of Love592016Sunao KatabuchiIn This Corner of the World602017Kazuya ShiraishiBirds Without Names612018Kazuya ShiraishiThe Blood of Wolves622019Tetsuya MarikoMiyamoto632020Ryōta NakanoThe Asadas642021Miwa NishikawaUnder the Open Sky652022Chie HayakawaPlan 75662023Yuya IshiiThe MoonMasked Hearts672024Yu IrieA Girl Named Ann682025Yoji YamadaTokyo Taxi

References

External links Blue Ribbon Awards on IMDb