Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award

The Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award (日本映画監督協会新人賞, Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō^?) is given annually by the Directors Guild of Japan to a new director of a film released that year who is considered the most "suitable" for the award.^[1][2] The winner is selected by a committee formed of DGJ members.^[1] All formats—feature film, documentary, television, video, etc.—are eligible for consideration.^[1] In some years when there was no apparent winner, the Guild only issued a "citation" (奨励賞 (shōreishō^?)) or did not give out the award. Multiple awards have been given in other years. With a long history, many of Japan's major postwar directors have received the award, including Nagisa Ōshima, Susumu Hani, Yoshimitsu Morita, Masayuki Suo, Takeshi Kitano, and Shunji Iwai.^[3]

Recipients

Recipients of the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award^[4]

Year	Winner	Film	Notes
1960	Ōshima, NagisaNagisa Ōshima	Cruel Story of Youth
1961	Hani, SusumuSusumu Hani	Bad Boys
1962	Urayama, KirioKirio Urayama	Foundry Town
1963			No award
1964			No award
1965	Kumai, KeiKei Kumai	Nihon rettō
1966	Nakajima, SadaoSadao Nakajima	Yakuza (893) gurentai
1967	Fujita, ToshiyaToshiya Fujita	Hikō shōnen: Hinode no sakebi
1968			No award
1969	Deme, MasanobuMasanobu Deme	Oretachi no kōya	Citation only
1970	Ogawa, ShinsukeShinsuke Ogawa	Summer in Narita
1971	Higashi, YōichiYōichi Higashi	Yasashii Nipponjin
1972	Itō, Shun'yaShun'ya Itō	Female Convict #701: Scorpion	Citation only
1973	Tanaka, NoboruNoboru Tanaka	Confidential: The Hell of Tortured Prostitutes	Citation only
1974			No award
1975			No award
1976	Kōyama, SeijirōSeijirō Kōyama	Futatsu no hāmonika	Citation only
1977	Hashiura, HōjinHōjin Hashiura	Hoshizora no marionetto
1978			No award
1979	Gagnon, ClaudeClaude Gagnon	Keiko
1980	Oguri, KōheiKōhei Oguri	Muddy River	Citation only
1981	Izutsu, KazuyukiKazuyuki Izutsu	Gaki teikoku	Citation only
1982			No award
1983	Morita, YoshimitsuYoshimitsu Morita	The Family Game
1984			No award
1985	Sawai, Shin'ichirōShin'ichirō Sawai	Early Spring Story
1986	Hara, KazuoKazuo Hara	The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
1987	Yamamoto, MasashiMasashi Yamamoto	Robinson's Garden
1988	Kim, UsonUson Kim	Yun's Town
1989	Sakamoto, JunjiJunji Sakamoto	Dotsuitarunen	Two winners
1989	Takamine, GōGō Takamine	Untamagiru	Two winners
1990	Kitano, TakeshiTakeshi Kitano	Boiling Point	Two winners; citation only
1990	Watanabe, FumikiFumiki Watanabe	Shimaguni konjō	Two winners; citation only
1991	Suo, MasayukiMasayuki Suo	Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
1992	Hirayama, HideyukiHideyuki Hirayama	The Games Teachers Play	Multiple winners
1992	Makiya, TsutomuTsutomu Makiya	Pineapple Tours	Multiple winners
1992	Nakae, YūjiYūji Nakae	Pineapple Tours	Multiple winners
1992	Tōma, HayashiHayashi Tōma	Pineapple Tours	Multiple winners
1993	Iwai, ShunjiShunji Iwai	Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?	Two winners
1993	Terada, YasunoriYasunori Terada	My Wife Is Filipina	Two winners
1994	Furumaya, TomoyukiTomoyuki Furumaya	This Window Is Yours
1995	Rijū, GōGō Rijū	BeRLIN
1996	Inudō, IsshinIsshin Inudō	Two People Talking
1997	Hara, MasatoMasato Hara	Twentieth Century Nostalgia
1998	Toyoda, ToshiakiToshiaki Toyoda	Pornostar
1999	Shiota, AkihikoAkihiko Shiota	Moonlight Whispers Don't Look Back
2000	Ogata, AkiraAkira Ogata	Boy's Choir
2001	Ishioka, MasatoMasato Ishioka	Pain
2002	Kim, SujinSujin Kim	Through the Night
2003	Sasabe, KiyoshiKiyoshi Sasabe	Chirusoku no natsu
2004	Iguchi, NamiNami Iguchi	Dogs & Cats
2005	Takahashi, IzumiIzumi Takahashi	The Soup, One Morning
2006	Kobayashi, ShōtarōShōtarō Kobayashi	Kazoku no hiketsu
2007	Yokohama, SatokoSatoko Yokohama	German + Rain
2008	Tanada, YukiYuki Tanada	One Million Yen Girl
2009	Irie, YūYū Irie	8000 Miles	[5][2]
2010	Ōmori, TatsushiTatsushi Ōmori	Kenta to Jun to Kayo-chan no kuni	[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. http://www.dgj.or.jp/award_g/. Retrieved 11 December 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Irie Yū kantoku, dai 50kai Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō ni "mune ga ippai"" (in Japanese). Eiga.com. 7 April 2010. http://eiga.com/news/20100407/21/. Retrieved 6 January 2011. 
3. ^ "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō jushō sakuhin o Yūrosupēsu nite renjitsu jōei" (in Japanese). Studio Voice Online. 10 July 2008. http://www.studiovoice.jp/news/tmpl/details.php?id=859. Retrieved 6 January 2011. 
4. ^ "New Directors Award". Directors Guild of Japan. http://www.dgj.or.jp/english/article/000289.html. Retrieved 11 December 2010. 
5. ^ "2009 nendo Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō tokushū" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. http://www.dgj.or.jp/feature/2010/0929.html. Retrieved 11 December 2010. 
6. ^ "2010 nendo Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō no gohōhoku" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. http://www.dgj.or.jp/news/2011/000666.html. Retrieved 12 May 2011.