Akira Kurosawa ( Barbarroja
, Kagemusha , La Sombra del Guerrero
, Kagemusha, la sombra del guerrero
)
Hiroshi Teshigahara ( Rikyu
)
Isao Yukisada ( Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
, Go
)
Juzo Itami ( A taxing woman
, The Funeral
, Tampopo
, A Quiet life
)
Kaneto Shindô ( Terremoto 81
)
Nobuhiro Doi ( The Wings of the Kirin
)
Seiichiro Uchikawa ( Sanshiro Sugata
)
Shinji Aoyama ( Crickets
)
Takashi Miike ( Blade of the Immortal
)
Takashi Yamazaki ( Space Battleship Yamato
)
Tetsuya Nakashima ( Beautiful Sunday
)
Yoichi Sai ( Doing time
)
Yoji Yamada ( Tora-san 2: Tora-san's Cherished Mother
)
Yojiro Takita ( Despedidas
)
Yoshihiro Nakamura ( Fruits of Faith
)