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.