Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year

Hideaki AnnoGodzilla Resurgence, Hideaki Anno, Winner, Shinji HiguchiGodzilla Resurgence, Shinji Higuchi, Winner, Lee Sang-ilRage, Lee Sang-il, Nominee, Makoto ShinkaiYour Name, Makoto Shinkai, Nominee, Ryota NakanoHer Love Boils Bathwater, Ryota Nakano, Nominee, Takahisa Zeze64: Part I, Takahisa Zeze, Nominee, Hirokazu KoreedaOur Little Sister, Hirokazu Koreeda, Winner, Masato HaradaThe Emperor in August, Masato Harada, Nominee, Masaharu Take100 Yen Love, Masaharu Take, Nominee, Mitsutoshi Tanaka125 Years Memory, Mitsutoshi Tanaka, Nominee, Hitoshi OhneBakuman, Hitoshi Ohne, Nominee, Takashi YamazakiThe Eternal Zero, Takashi Yamazaki, Winner, Katsuhide MotokiMission Impossible: Samurai, Katsuhide Motoki, Nominee, Takashi KoizumiA Samurai Chronicle, Takashi Koizumi, Nominee, Izuru NarushimaCape Nostalgia, Izuru Narushima, Nominee, Daihachi YoshidaPale Moon, Daihachi Yoshida, Nominee, Yuya IshiiThe Great Passage, Yuya Ishii, Winner, Kōki MitaniThe Kiyosu Conference, Kōki Mitani, Nominee, Hirokazu KoreedaLike Father - Like Son, Hirokazu Koreeda, Nominee, Kazuya ShiraishiThe Devil's Path, Kazuya Shiraishi, Nominee, Yoji YamadaTokyo Family, Yoji Yamada, Nominee, Daihachi YoshidaThe Kirishima Thing, Daihachi Yoshida, Winner, Isshin InudoThe Floating Castle, Isshin Inudo, Nominee, Yasuo FuruhataDearest, Yasuo Furuhata, Nominee, Masato HaradaChronicle of My Mother, Masato Harada, Nominee, Junji SakamotoA Chorus of Angels, Junji Sakamoto, Nominee, Shinji HiguchiThe Floating Castle, Shinji Higuchi, Nominee