Directors Born in Japan

Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki, 85

Director

1

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)

Director

2

Hideaki Anno

Hideaki Anno, 66

Director

3

Ishiro Honda

Ishiro Honda (1911-1993)

Director

4

Makoto Shinkai

Makoto Shinkai, 53

Director

5

Yasujiro Ozu

Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963)

Director

6

Hiro Murai

Hiro Murai, 43

Director

7

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano, 79

Director

8

Goro Miyazaki

Goro Miyazaki, 59

Director

9

Katsuhiro Otomo

Katsuhiro Otomo, 72

Director

10

Tensai Okamura

Tensai Okamura, 64

Director

11

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 70

Director

12

Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi (1916-1996)

Director

13

Byron P. Howard

Byron P. Howard, 57

Director

14

Mamoru Hosoda

Mamoru Hosoda, 58

Director

15

Mamoru Oshii

Mamoru Oshii, 74

Director

16

Satoshi Kon

Satoshi Kon (1963-2010)

Director

17

Toshio Matsumoto

Toshio Matsumoto (1932-2017)

Director

18

Shinya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto, 66

Director

19

Eiji Tsuburaya

Eiji Tsuburaya (1901-1970)

Director

20

Born in Japan

Most Popular Directors

Franklin J. Schaffner

Franklin J. Schaffner (1920-1989)

Director

21

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 47

Director

22

Takashi Miike

Takashi Miike, 65

Director

23

Shinichiro Watanabe

Shinichiro Watanabe, 61

Director

24

Daisuke Nishio

Daisuke Nishio, 67

Director

25

Takashi Shimizu

Takashi Shimizu, 53

Director

26

Seijun Suzuki

Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017)

Director

27

Hideo Nakata

Hideo Nakata, 64

Director

28

Hiroshi Shimizu

Hiroshi Shimizu (1903-1966)

Director

29

Yutaka Yamamoto

Yutaka Yamamoto, 51

Director

30

Yoshishige Yoshida

Yoshishige Yoshida (1933-2022)

Director

31

Keisuke Kinoshita

Keisuke Kinoshita (1912-1998)

Director

32

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