title: Tokyo Sports Film Award for Best Director
text: # Tokyo Sports Film Award for Best Director
  
  The Tokyo Sports Film Award for Best Director is an award given at the Tokyo Sports Film Award.
  
  ## List of winners
  
  | No. | Year | Director | Film |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1991 | Takeshi Kitano | |
  | 2 | 1992 | Shigeo Nagashima | |
  | 3 | 1993 | Yoichi Sai | |
  | 4 | 1994 | N/A | |
  | 5 | 1995 | Makoto Shinozaki | |
  | 6 | 1996 | Takeshi Kitano | |
  | 7 | 1997 | Hayao Miyazaki | |
  | 8 | 1998 | Takeshi Kitano | |
  | 9 | 1999 | Nagisa Oshima | |
  | 10 | 2000 | Kinji Fukasaku | Battle Royale |
  | 11 | 2001 | Isao Yukisada | |
  | 12 | 2002 | N/A | N/A |
  | 13 | 2003 | Takeshi Kitano | Zatōichi |
  | 14 | 2004 | Yoichi Sai | Blood and Bones |
  | 15 | 2005 | N/A | N/A |
  | 16 | 2006 | Miwa Nishikawa | Sway |
  | 17 | 2007 | Masayuki Suo | I Just Didn't Do It |
  | 18 | 2008 | Takeshi Kitano | Achilles and the Tortoise |
  | 19 | 2009 | Miwa Nishikawa | Dear Doctor |
  | 20 | 2010 | Takeshi Kitano | Outrage |
  | 21 | 2011 | Sion Sono | Cold Fish |
  | 22 | 2012 | Takeshi Kitano | Beyond Outrage |
  | 23 | 2013 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Like Father, Like Son |
  | 24 | 2014 | Mipo O | The Light Shines Only There |
  | 25 | 2015 | Hirokazu Koreeda | Our Little Sister |
  | 26 | 2016 | Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi | Shin Godzilla |
  | 27 | 2017 | Takeshi Kitano | Outrage Coda |
  | 28 | 2018 | Shinichiro Ueda | One Cut of the Dead |
  