Tokyo Sports Film Award for Best Director
# Tokyo Sports Film Award for Best Director

The Tokyo Sports Film Award for Best Director is an award given at the Tokyo Sports Film Award.

## List of winners

| No. | Year | Director | Film |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1991 | Takeshi Kitano | |
| 2 | 1992 | Shigeo Nagashima | |
| 3 | 1993 | Yoichi Sai | |
| 4 | 1994 | N/A | |
| 5 | 1995 | Makoto Shinozaki | |
| 6 | 1996 | Takeshi Kitano | |
| 7 | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki | |
| 8 | 1998 | Takeshi Kitano | |
| 9 | 1999 | Nagisa Oshima | |
| 10 | 2000 | Kinji Fukasaku | Battle Royale |
| 11 | 2001 | Isao Yukisada | |
| 12 | 2002 | N/A | N/A |
| 13 | 2003 | Takeshi Kitano | Zatōichi |
| 14 | 2004 | Yoichi Sai | Blood and Bones |
| 15 | 2005 | N/A | N/A |
| 16 | 2006 | Miwa Nishikawa | Sway |
| 17 | 2007 | Masayuki Suo | I Just Didn't Do It |
| 18 | 2008 | Takeshi Kitano | Achilles and the Tortoise |
| 19 | 2009 | Miwa Nishikawa | Dear Doctor |
| 20 | 2010 | Takeshi Kitano | Outrage |
| 21 | 2011 | Sion Sono | Cold Fish |
| 22 | 2012 | Takeshi Kitano | Beyond Outrage |
| 23 | 2013 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Like Father, Like Son |
| 24 | 2014 | Mipo O | The Light Shines Only There |
| 25 | 2015 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Our Little Sister |
| 26 | 2016 | Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi | Shin Godzilla |
| 27 | 2017 | Takeshi Kitano | Outrage Coda |
| 28 | 2018 | Shinichiro Ueda | One Cut of the Dead |
