Directors Born in Japan

Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki, 85

Director

1

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)

Director

2

Ishiro Honda

Ishiro Honda (1911-1993)

Director

3

Eiji Tsuburaya

Eiji Tsuburaya (1901-1970)

Director

4

Hideaki Anno

Hideaki Anno, 66

Director

5

Katsuhiro Otomo

Katsuhiro Otomo, 72

Director

6

Satoshi Kon

Satoshi Kon (1963-2010)

Director

7

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano, 79

Director

8

Yasujiro Ozu

Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963)

Director

9

Mamoru Hosoda

Mamoru Hosoda, 59

Director

10

Hiro Murai

Hiro Murai, 43

Director

11

Makoto Shinkai

Makoto Shinkai, 53

Director

12

Seijun Suzuki

Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017)

Director

13

Toshio Matsumoto

Toshio Matsumoto (1932-2017)

Director

14

Takashi Miike

Takashi Miike, 66

Director

15

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 71

Director

16

Tensai Okamura

Tensai Okamura, 64

Director

17

Hideo Nakata

Hideo Nakata, 65

Director

18

Byron P. Howard

Byron P. Howard, 57

Director

19

Franklin J. Schaffner

Franklin J. Schaffner (1920-1989)

Director

20

Born in Japan

Most Popular Directors

Goro Miyazaki

Goro Miyazaki, 59

Director

21

Mamoru Oshii

Mamoru Oshii, 75

Director

22

Shinya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto, 66

Director

23

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 47

Director

24

Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi (1916-1996)

Director

25

Yutaka Yamamoto

Yutaka Yamamoto, 52

Director

26

Keisuke Kinoshita

Keisuke Kinoshita (1912-1998)

Director

27

Shinichiro Watanabe

Shinichiro Watanabe, 61

Director

28

Takashi Shimizu

Takashi Shimizu, 54

Director

29

Hiroshi Shimizu

Hiroshi Shimizu (1903-1966)

Director

30

Daisuke Nishio

Daisuke Nishio, 67

Director

31

Yoshishige Yoshida

Yoshishige Yoshida (1933-2022)

Director

32

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