# Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor

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

## Award Winners

| Year | Film | Actor |
| 1947 | A Ball at the Anjo House | Masayuki Mori |
| 1948 | Children Hand in Hand | Chishū Ryū |
| 1949 | The Quiet Duel Stray Dog | Takashi Shimura |
| 1950 | Kikyō Shikkō Yūyo | Shin Saburi |
| 1951 | Inochi Uruwashi Umi no Hanabi | Chishū Ryū |
| 1952 | The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice Dōkoku Nami | Shin Saburi |
| 1953 | Tsuma Fūfu | Ken Uehara |
| 1954 | The Sound of the Mountain Kuroi Shio | So Yamamura |
| 1955 | Meoto zenzai Keisatsu Nikki Watari Dori Itsu Kaeru Jinsei Tonbo Gaeri | Hisaya Morishige |
| 1956 | Anata Kaimasu Taifū Sōdōki | Keiji Sada |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood The Lower Depths Shitamachi | Toshiro Mifune |
| 1958 | Hadaka no Taishō | Keiju Kobayashi |
| 1959 | Fires on the Plain | Eiji Funakoshi |
| 1960 | Kuroi Gashū | Keiju Kobayashi |
| 1961 | Immortal Love The Human Condition | Tatsuya Nakadai |
| 1962 | Ningen | Taiji Tonoyama |
| 1963 | Shiro to Kuro Eburi Manshi no Yūgana Seikatsu | Keiju Kobayashi |
| 1964 | Unholy Desire | Kō Nishimura |
| 1965 | A Fugitive from the Past Nippon Dorobō Monogatari | Rentarō Mikuni |
| 1966 | The Pornographers | Shoichi Ozawa |
| 1967 | Wakamono Tachi | Kunie Tanaka |
| 1968 | The Human Bullet | Minori Terada |
| 1969 | It's Tough Being a Man Tora-san's Cherished Mother Kigeki Onna wa Dokyō | Kiyoshi Atsumi |
| 1970 | Where Spring Comes Late | Hisashi Igawa |
| 1971 | Kaoyaku Inochi Bōni Furou Kitsune no Kureta Akanbō Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman | Shintaro Katsu |
| 1972 | Kaigun Tokubetsu Nenshōhei Dobugawa Gakkyū | Takeo Chii |
| 1973 | Ningen Kakumei | Tetsurō Tamba |
| 1974 | Ranru no Hata | Rentarō Mikuni |
| 1975 | Kaseki | Shin Saburi |
| 1976 | Yakuza Graveyard | Tetsuya Watari |
| 1977 | The Yellow Handkerchief | Ken Takakura |
| 1978 | The Demon | Ken Ogata |
| 1979 | Shōdō Satsujin Musukoyo | Tomisaburo Wakayama |
| 1980 | Kagemusha | Tatsuya Nakadai |
| 1981 | Muddy River | Takahiro Tamura |
| 1982 | Matagi | Kō Nishimura |
| 1983 | The Catch Yōkirō The Ballad of Narayama | Ken Ogata |
| 1984 | The Funeral Saraba Hakobune | Tsutomu Yamazaki |
| 1985 | Fire Festival Haru no Kane | Kin'ya Kitaōji |
| 1986 | The Sea and Poison | Eiji Okuda |
| 1987 | Wakarenu Riyū A Taxing Woman | Masahiko Tsugawa |
| 1988 | Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You | Hajime Hana |
| 1989 | Tsuribaka Nisshi 2 Rikyu | Rentarō Mikuni |
| 1990 | Uchū no hōsoku Pachinko Monogatari | Masato Furuoya |
| 1991 | My Sons Mo no shigoto Asian Beat: I Love Nippon | Masatoshi Nagase |
| 1992 | The Games Teachers Play Hikinige Family | Kyōzō Nagatsuka |
| 1993 | All Under the Moon | Gorō Kishitani |
| 1994 | Gokudō Kisha 2 Like a Rolling Stone | Eiji Okuda |
| 1995 | Kamikaze Taxi | Kōji Yakusho |
| 1996 | Shall We Dance? Nemuru Otoko Shabu Gokudō | Kōji Yakusho |
| 1997 | Onibi | Yoshio Harada |
| 1998 | The Bird People in China | Masahiro Motoki |
| 1999 | Ano Natsunohi: Tondero Jīchan | Keiju Kobayashi |
| 2000 | Gohatto Gojoe Jirai o Fundara Sayōnara | Tadanobu Asano |
| 2001 | Wasurerarenu Hitobito | Tatsuya Mihashi |
| 2002 | The Twilight Samurai Vengeance for Sale | Hiroyuki Sanada |
| 2003 | Tsuribaka Nisshi 14 Get Up! | Toshiyuki Nishida |
| 2004 | Blood and Bones | Takeshi Kitano |
| 2005 | Rampo Noir Taga Tameni | Tadanobu Asano |
| 2006 | What the Snow Brings | Kōichi Satō |
| 2007 | Talk Talk Talk | Taichi Kokubun |
| 2008 | Aoi Tori Still Walking | Hiroshi Abe |
| 2009 | Ultra Miracle Love Story | Kenichi Matsuyama |
| 2010 | Kokō no Mesu | Shinichi Tsutsumi |
| 2011 | Moteki | Mirai Moriyama |
| 2012 | Land of Hope | Isao Natsuyagi |
| 2013 | The Great Passage | Ryuhei Matsuda |
| 2014 | The Light Shines Only There | Gō Ayano |
| 2015 | Fires on the Plain | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| 2016 | The Long Excuse | Masahiro Motoki |
| 2017 | Wilderness | Masaki Suda |
| 2018 | And Your Bird Can Sing | Tasuku Emoto |
| 2019 | Talking the Pictures | Ryo Narita |
| 2020 | Underdog | Mirai Moriyama |
| 2021 | In the Wake | Takeru Satoh |
| 2022 | The Zen Diary | Kenji Sawada |
| 2023 | Egoist | Ryohei Suzuki |