List of Japanese Directors
- Abe Yutaka
- Anno Hideaki
- Fukasaku Kinji
- Furuhata Yasuo
- Harada Masato
- Hirayama Hideyuki
- Ichikawa Kon
- Imamura Shohei
- Ishii Sogo
- Itami Juzo
- Ito Shunya
- Iwai Shunji
- Kawase Naomi
- Kinusaga Teinosuke
- Kitamura Ryuhei
- Kitano Takeshi
- Kobayashi Masaki
- Koizumi Takashi
- Kon Satoshi
- Koreeda Hirokazu
- Kurosawa Akira
- Kurosawa Kiyoshi
- Miike Takashi
- Miyazaki Hayao
- Mizoguchi Kenji
- Murakami Ryu
- Nagasawa Masahiko
- Nakano Hiroyuki
- Nakata Hideo
- Nishikawa Miwa
- Nomura Yoshitaro
- Oshima Nagisa
- Otomo Katsuhiro
- Ozu Yasujiro
- Sato Junya
- Shimizu Takashi
- Shindo Kaneto
- Shinoda Masahiro
- Shinohara Tetsuo
- Suo Masayuki
- Suzuki Seijun
- Takita Yojiro
- Teshigahara Hiroshi
- Tezuka Osamu
- Tsukamoto Shinya
- Yamada Yoji
- Yukisada Isao