Hayao Miyazaki, 84
Director
1
Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)
2
Takeshi Kitano, 78
3
Hideaki Anno, 65
4
Eiji Tsuburaya (1901-1970)
5
Shinya Tsukamoto, 65
6
Satoshi Kon (1963-2010)
7
Goro Miyazaki, 58
8
Ishiro Honda (1911-1993)
9
Takashi Miike, 65
10
Makoto Shinkai, 52
11
Byron P. Howard, 56
12
Katsuhiro Otomo, 71
13
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 70
14
Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963)
15
Tensai Okamura, 63
16
Takashi Shimizu, 53
17
Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017)
18
Hideo Nakata, 64
19
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 46
20
Hiro Murai, 42
21
Shinichiro Watanabe, 60
22
Mamoru Hosoda, 58
23
Toshio Matsumoto (1932-2017)
24
Born in Japan
Most Popular Directors
Mamoru Oshii, 74
25
Franklin J. Schaffner (1920-1989)
26
Masaki Kobayashi (1916-1996)
27
Daisuke Nishio, 66
28
Yutaka Yamamoto, 51
29
Hiroshi Shimizu (1903-1966)
30
Yoshishige Yoshida (1933-2022)
31
Keisuke Kinoshita (1912-1998)
32
Directors by Country
Directors by Age
