Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction explained

Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction
Awarded For:Best art direction of the year
Country:Japan
Year:1947

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

List of winners

Year Film Art Director
1947 Ima Hitotabi no So Matsuyama
1948 Waga Shōgai no Kagayakeru Hi
A Hen in the Wind
Tatsuo Hamada
1949 Stray Dog So Matsuyama
1950 Itsuwareru Gisō Hiroshi Mizutani
1951 Dokkoi Ikiteru
Wakare Gumo
Kazuo Kubo
1952 Nishijin no Shimai Kazumi Koike
1953 Gan
Ugetsu
Kisaku Itō
1954 A Certain Woman
Kuroi Shio
Takeo Kimura
1955 Tasogare Sakaba Juichi Itō
1956 Nagareru Satoru Chūko
1957 Throne of Blood
The Lower Depths
Yoshirō Muraki
1958 The Snowy Heron Atsuji Shibata
1959 Naniwa no Koi no Monogatari
Dai Bosatsu Tōge Kanketsu-hen
Takatoshi Suzuki
1960 Her Brother Tomoo Shimogawara
1961 Hangyakuji Chōshirō Katsura
1962 Harakiri Junichi Ōsumi
Shigemasa Toda
1963 Echizen Take Ningyō
An Actor's Revenge
Yoshinobu Nishioka
1964 The Woman in the Dunes Toshitetsu Hirakawa
Masao Yamazaki
1965 Kwaidan Shigemasa Toda
1966 The Face of Another
The River Ki
Masao Yamazaki
1967 Sekishun Chiyoo Umeda
1968 Judge and Jeopardy
The Human Bullet
Kill!
Isao Akune
1969 Goyokin Motoji Kojima
1970 Men and War: Part I Yoshinaga Yokoo
Hiroshi Fukatami
1971 Inochi Bō ni Furō Hiroshi Mizutani
1972 Kaigun Tokubetsu Shōnen Hei Yoshirō Muraki
1973 Long Journey into Love Shinobu Muraki
1974 Karei Naru Ichizoku Yoshinaga Yokoo
Takeshi Ōmura
1975 Tora-san's Rise and Fall
Harakara
Kiminobu Satō
1976 Fumō Chitai
Daichi no Komoriuta
Shigeo Mano
1977 N/A N/A
1978 The Incident
The Demon
Kyōhei Morita
1979 Ah! Nomugi Toge Shigeo Mano
1980 Kagemusha Yoshirō Muraki
1981 Willful Murder Takeo Kimura
1982 Fall Guy Akira Takahashi
1983 The Makioka Sisters Shinobu Murakami
1984 Ohan Shinobu Murakami
1985 Sorekara
Yasha
Ma no Toki
Tsutomu Imamura
1986 The Sea and Poison
Uhohho tankentai
Yume Miru Yō ni Nemuritai
Takeo Kimura
1987 Yoshiwara Enjō
Hachiko Monogatari
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
Yoshinobu Nishioka
1988 Tomorrow Akira Naitō
1989 Black Rain Hisao Inagaki
1990 Roningai
Ruten no Umi
Isan Sōzoku
Akira Naitō
1991 Sensō to Seishun Akira Haruki
1992 The River with No Bridge
Kantsubaki
Akira Naitō
1993 Byōin de Shinu to Iukoto
Bōkyō
Shigeo Mano
1994 Shinonomerō Onna no Ran Norimichi Ikawa
1995 Ashita Kazuo Takenaka
1996 Numuru Otoko Yoshinaga Yokoo
1997 A Lost Paradise Hidetaka Ozawa
1998 Begging for Love
Cure
Katsumi Nakazawa
1999 After Life Toshihiro Isomi
Hideo Gunji
2000 Zawazawa Shimokitazawa
Face
Mitsuo Harada
2001 Kazahana
Minna no Ie
Fumio Ogawa
2002 Yoru o Kakete Satoshi Ōtsuka
2003 Doing Time
Toshihiro Isomi
2004 Kamikaze Girls Towako Kuwajima
2005 Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Anri Kamijō
2006 The Uchōten Hotel
Hula Girls
Yōhei Taneda
2007 Sukiyaki Western Django Hisashi Sasaki
2008 Nishi no Majo ga Shinda Kyōko Yauchi
2009 Villon's Wife Yōhei Taneda
Kyōko Yauchi
2010 Bushi no Kakeibo Nariyuki Kondō
2011 Postcard Hirokazu Kanakatsu
2012 Kyōko Heya
2013 The Great Passage Mitsuo Harada
2014 Over Your Dead Body Yūji Hayashida
Eri Sakushima
2015 The Emperor in August Tetsuo Harada
2016 Shin Godzilla Yūji Hayashida
Eri Sakushima
2017 Hanagatami Kōichi Takeuchi
2018 Every Day A Good Day Mitsuo Harada
Genki Horime
2019 Talking the Pictures
2020 Tezuka's Barbara Toshihiro Isomi
Emiko Tsuyuki
2021 Tetsuo Harada
2022 Lesson in Murder Tsutomu Imamura
Takayuki Nitta
2023 Godzilla Minus One Anri Jōjō

Notes and References

  1. News: コンクールの歴史. History of Mainichi Film Award. 2015-04-23. The Mainichi Newspapers. Japanese.
  2. News: Mainichi Film Concours. 2015-04-23. IMDb.com, Inc.. Japanese.