# Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction

The Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction is a film award given at the Mainichi Film Awards.

## List of winners

| Year | Film | Art Director |
| 1947 | Ima Hitotabi no | So Matsuyama |
| 1948 | Waga Shōgai no Kagayakeru Hi A Hen in the Wind | Tatsuo Hamada |
| 1949 | Stray Dog | So Matsuyama |
| 1950 | Itsuwareru Gisō | Hiroshi Mizutani |
| 1951 | Dokkoi Ikiteru Wakare Gumo | Kazuo Kubo |
| 1952 | Nishijin no Shimai | Kazumi Koike |
| 1953 | Gan Ugetsu | Kisaku Itō |
| 1954 | A Certain Woman Kuroi Shio | Takeo Kimura |
| 1955 | Tasogare Sakaba | Juichi Itō |
| 1956 | Nagareru | Satoru Chūko |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood The Lower Depths | Yoshirō Muraki |
| 1958 | The Snowy Heron | Atsuji Shibata |
| 1959 | Naniwa no Koi no Monogatari Dai Bosatsu Tōge Kanketsu-hen | Takatoshi Suzuki |
| 1960 | Her Brother | Tomoo Shimogawara |
| 1961 | Hangyakuji | Chōshirō Katsura |
| 1962 | Harakiri | Junichi Ōsumi Shigemasa Toda |
| 1963 | Echizen Take Ningyō An Actor's Revenge | Yoshinobu Nishioka |
| 1964 | The Woman in the Dunes | Toshitetsu Hirakawa Masao Yamazaki |
| 1965 | Kwaidan | Shigemasa Toda |
| 1966 | The Face of Another The River Ki | Masao Yamazaki |
| 1967 | Sekishun | Chiyoo Umeda |
| 1968 | Judge and Jeopardy The Human Bullet Kill! | Isao Akune |
| 1969 | Goyokin | Motoji Kojima |
| 1970 | Men and War: Part I | Yoshinaga Yokoo Hiroshi Fukatami |
| 1971 | Inochi Bō ni Furō | Hiroshi Mizutani |
| 1972 | Kaigun Tokubetsu Shōnen Hei | Yoshirō Muraki |
| 1973 | Long Journey into Love | Shinobu Muraki |
| 1974 | Karei Naru Ichizoku | Yoshinaga Yokoo Takeshi Ōmura |
| 1975 | Tora-san's Rise and Fall Harakara | Kiminobu Satō |
| 1976 | Fumō Chitai Daichi no Komoriuta | Shigeo Mano |
| 1977 | N/A | N/A |
| 1978 | The Incident The Demon | Kyōhei Morita |
| 1979 | Ah! Nomugi Toge | Shigeo Mano |
| 1980 | Kagemusha | Yoshirō Muraki |
| 1981 | Willful Murder | Takeo Kimura |
| 1982 | Fall Guy | Akira Takahashi |
| 1983 | The Makioka Sisters | Shinobu Murakami |
| 1984 | Ohan | Shinobu Murakami |
| 1985 | Sorekara Yasha Ma no Toki | Tsutomu Imamura |
| 1986 | The Sea and Poison Uhohho tankentai Yume Miru Yō ni Nemuritai | Takeo Kimura |
| 1987 | Yoshiwara Enjō Hachiko Monogatari The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma | Yoshinobu Nishioka |
| 1988 | Tomorrow | Akira Naitō |
| 1989 | Black Rain | Hisao Inagaki |
| 1990 | Roningai Ruten no Umi Isan Sōzoku | Akira Naitō |
| 1991 | Sensō to Seishun | Akira Haruki |
| 1992 | The River with No Bridge Kantsubaki | Akira Naitō |
| 1993 | Byōin de Shinu to Iukoto Bōkyō | Shigeo Mano |
| 1994 | Shinonomerō Onna no Ran | Norimichi Ikawa |
| 1995 | Ashita | Kazuo Takenaka |
| 1996 | Numuru Otoko | Yoshinaga Yokoo |
| 1997 | A Lost Paradise | Hidetaka Ozawa |
| 1998 | Begging for Love Cure | Katsumi Nakazawa |
| 1999 | After Life | Toshihiro Isomi Hideo Gunji |
| 2000 | Zawazawa Shimokitazawa Face | Mitsuo Harada |
| 2001 | Kazahana Minna no Ie | Fumio Ogawa |
| 2002 | Yoru o Kakete | Satoshi Ōtsuka |
| 2003 | Doing Time Battle Royale II: Requiem | Toshihiro Isomi |
| 2004 | Kamikaze Girls | Towako Kuwajima |
| 2005 | Always Sanchōme no Yūhi | Anri Kamijō |
| 2006 | The Uchōten Hotel Hula Girls | Yōhei Taneda |
| 2007 | Sukiyaki Western Django | Hisashi Sasaki |
| 2008 | Nishi no Majo ga Shinda | Kyōko Yauchi |
| 2009 | Villon's Wife | Yōhei Taneda Kyōko Yauchi |
| 2010 | Bushi no Kakeibo | Nariyuki Kondō |
| 2011 | Postcard | Hirokazu Kanakatsu |
| 2012 | Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer | Kyōko Heya |
| 2013 | The Great Passage | Mitsuo Harada |
| 2014 | Over Your Dead Body | Yūji Hayashida Eri Sakushima |
| 2015 | The Emperor in August | Tetsuo Harada |
| 2016 | Shin Godzilla | Yūji Hayashida Eri Sakushima |
| 2017 | Hanagatami | Kōichi Takeuchi |
| 2018 | Every Day A Good Day | Mitsuo Harada Genki Horime |
| 2019 | Talking the Pictures | Norihiro Isoda |
| 2020 | Tezuka's Barbara | Toshihiro Isomi Emiko Tsuyuki |
| 2021 | Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai | Tetsuo Harada |
| 2022 | Lesson in Murder | Tsutomu Imamura Takayuki Nitta |
| 2023 | Godzilla Minus One | Anri Jōjō |