| No.
|
Year
|
Recipient
|
Film(s)
|
| 1 |
1950 |
N/A |
N/A
|
| 2 |
1951
|
Chishū Ryū
|
Wagaya wa Tanoshi
Inochi Utsukushiwashi
|
| 3 |
1952
|
Daisuke Katō
|
Vendetta for a Samurai
Mother
|
| 4 |
1953
|
Eitarō Shindō
|
Life of a Woman
A Geisha
|
| 5 |
1954
|
Eijirō Tōno
|
Kuroi Shio
Kunshō
|
| 6 |
1955
|
Daisuke Katō
|
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Koko ni Izumi Ari
|
| 7 |
1956
|
Jun Tatara
|
Tsuruhachi Tsurujiro
Anata Kaimasu
Taifū Sōdōki
|
| 8 |
1957
|
Kōji Mitsui
|
Kichigai Buraku
The Lower Depths
|
| 9 |
1958
|
Nakamura Ganjirō II
|
Enjō
Iwashigumo
|
| 10 |
1959
|
Shoichi Ozawa
|
My Second Brother
|
| 11 |
1960
|
Masao Oda
|
The River Fuefuki
Bokutō Kigan
|
| 12 |
1961
|
So Yamamura
|
Are ga Minato no Hi da
Kakō
|
| 13 |
1962
|
Yūnosuke Itō
|
Shinobi no Mono
|
| 14 |
1963
|
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
|
Gobanchō Yūgirirō
|
| 15 |
1964
|
Kō Nishimura
|
Unholy Desire
|
| 16 |
1965
|
Takahiro Tamura
|
The Hoodlum Soldier
|
| 17 |
1966
|
Katsuo Nakamura
|
Lake of Tears
|
| 18 |
1975
|
Yoshio Harada
|
Matsuri no Junbi
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
|
| 19 |
1976
|
Hideji Ōtaki
|
Fumō Chitai
Brother and Sister
|
| 20 |
1977
|
Tomisaburo Wakayama
|
Sugata Sanshirō
Akuma no Temariuta
|
| 21 |
1978
|
Tsunehiko Watase
|
The Incident
|
| 22 |
1979
|
Rentarō Mikuni
|
Vengeance Is Mine
|
| 23 |
1980
|
Tetsurō Tamba
|
The Battle of Port Arthur
|
| 24 |
1981
|
Masahiko Tsugawa
|
Manon
|
| 25 |
1982
|
Akira Emoto
|
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
Dotonbori River
|
| 26 |
1983
|
Kunie Tanaka
|
Nogare no Machi
Izakaya Chōji
|
| 27 |
1984
|
Kaku Takashina
|
Mahjong hōrōki
|
| 28 |
1985
|
Takeshi Kitano
|
Yasha
|
| 29 |
1986
|
Kei Suma
|
Final Take
|
| 30 |
1987
|
Toshiro Mifune
|
Tora-san Goes North
|
| 31 |
1988
|
Tsurutaro Kataoka
|
The Discarnates
|
| 32 |
1989
|
Eiji Bandō
|
A Un
|
| 33 |
1990
|
Toshirō Yanagiba
|
Saraba Itoshi no Yakuza
|
| 34 |
1991
|
Masatoshi Nagase
|
My Sons
|
| 35 |
1992
|
Hideo Murota
|
Shura no Densetsu
Original Sin
|
| 36 |
1993
|
George Tokoro
|
Madadayo
|
| 37 |
1994
|
Atsuo Nakamura
|
Shūdan Sasen
|
| 38 |
1995
|
Masato Hagiwara
|
Marks no Yama
|
| 39 |
1996
|
Tetsuya Watari
|
Waga Kokoro no Ginga Tetsudō Miyazawa kenji Monogatari
|
| 40 |
1997
|
Masahiko Nishimura
|
Marutai no Onna
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
|
| 41 |
1998
|
Ren Osugi
|
Hana-bi
|
| 42 |
1999
|
Shinji Takeda
|
Gohatto
|
| 43 |
2000
|
Teruyuki Kagawa
|
Suri
Dokuritsu Shōnen Gasshōdan
|
| 44 |
2001
|
Tsutomu Yamazaki
|
Go
|
| 45 |
2002
|
Kanji Tsuda
|
Mohōhan
|
| 46 |
2003
|
Tarō Yamamoto
|
Moon Child
Get Up!
The Boat to Heaven
|
| 47 |
2004
|
Joe Odagiri
|
Blood and Bones
Kono Yo no Soto e Club Shinchūgun
|
| 48 |
2005
|
Shinichi Tsutsumi
|
Always Sanchōme no Yūhi
Fly, Daddy, Fly
|
| 49 |
2006
|
Teruyuki Kagawa
|
Sway
Deguchi no Nai Umi
Memories of Tomorrow
|
| 50 |
2007
|
Tomokazu Miura
|
The Matsugane Potshot Affair
Adrift in Tokyo
|
| 51 |
2008
|
Masato Sakai
|
After School
Climber's High
|
| 52 |
2009
|
Eita
|
Dear Doctor
Gama no Abura
Nakumonka
Nodame Cantabile Saishū Gakushō
|
| 53 |
2010
|
Renji Ishibashi
|
Outrage
Kondo wa Aisaika
|
| 54 |
2011
|
Yūsuke Iseya
|
Ashita no Joe
Kaiji
|
| 55 |
2012
|
Arata Iura
|
Our Homeland
|
| 56 |
2013
|
Pierre Taki
|
The Devil's Path
Kujikenaide
Like Father, Like Son
|
| 57 |
2014
|
Sosuke Ikematsu
|
Pale Moon
Umi o Kanjiru Toki
Bokutachi no Kazoku
|
| 58 |
2015
|
Masahiro Motoki
|
The Emperor in August
The Big Bee
|
| 59 |
2016
|
Lily Franky
|
Scoop!
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
|
| 60 |
2017
|
Yūsuke Santamaria
|
Wilderness
|
| 61 |
2018
|
Tori Matsuzaka
|
The Blood of Wolves
|
| 62 |
2019
|
Ryo Yoshizawa
|
Kingdom
|
| 63 |
2020
|
Ryo Narita
|
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese
Threads: Our Tapestry of Love
|
| 64 |
2021
|
Taiga Nakano
|
Under the Open Sky
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
In Those Days
|
| 65 |
2022
|
Kazuki Iio
|
Silent Parade
|
| 66 |
2023
|
Kōichi Satō
|
One Last Bloom and others
|
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