# Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

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

## Award Winners

| Year | Film | Actor |
| 1952 | Mother Kettō Kagiya no Tsuji | Daisuke Katō |
| 1953 | Entotsu no Mieru Basho | Hiroshi Akutagawa |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai | Seiji Miyaguchi |
| 1955 | Koko ni Izumi Ari | Keiju Kobayashi |
| 1956 | Yoru no Kawa Aya ni Itoshiki Yūyake Gumo | Eijirō Tōno |
| 1957 | Kichigai Buraku Seigiha The Lower Depths | Kōji Mitsui |
| 1958 | Enjō Iwashigumo | Nakamura Ganjirō II |
| 1959 | Ningen no Kabe | Jukichi Uno |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well Her Brother | Masayuki Mori |
| 1961 | Hadakakko Shiiku | Rentarō Mikuni |
| 1962 | An Autumn Afternoon Foundry Town | Eijirō Tōno |
| 1963 | Twin Sisters of Kyoto | Hiroyuki Nagato |
| 1964 | Kōge | Norihei Miki |
| 1965 | A Fugitive from the Past | Junzaburo Ban |
| 1966 | Onna no Naka ni Iru Tanin | Tatsuya Mihashi |
| 1967 | Wakamonotachi Kimi ga Seishun no Toki Hi no Ataru Sakamichi | Kei Yamamoto |
| 1968 | The Profound Desire of the Gods | Kanjūrō Arashi |
| 1969 | Waga Koi Waga Uta Shirikurae Magoichi Shinsengumi | Katsuo Nakamura |
| 1970 | Where Spring Comes Late | Chishū Ryū |
| 1971-1982 | N/A | N/A |
| 1983 | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Takeshi Kitano |
| 1984 | Mahjong hōrōki | Kaku Takashina |
| 1985 | Ran Tampopo | Hisashi Igawa |
| 1986 | Shin Yorokobi mo Kanashimi mo Ikutoshitsuki Itoshi no Tea-Patpat | Hitoshi Ueki |
| 1987 | Tora-san Goes North | Toshiro Mifune |
| 1988 | A Taxing Woman's Return Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad Honno 5g | Yasuo Daichi |
| 1989 | Dotsuitarunen Shucchō Kisu Yori Kantan Yumemi Dōri no Hitobito | Yoshio Harada |
| 1990 | Roningai Ware ni Utsu Yōi Ari | Renji Ishibashi |
| 1991 | Edojō Tairan Kojika Monogatari Munō no Hito | Tomokazu Miura |
| 1992 | Minbo Okoge | Takehiro Murata |
| 1993 | Bōkyō | Ken Tanaka |
| 1994 | Shūdan Sasen | Atsuo Nakamura |
| 1995 | Kura | Hiroki Matsukata |
| 1996 | A Class to Remember | Hidetaka Yoshioka |
| 1997 | The Eel Tettō Musashinosen | Tomorowo Taguchi |
| 1998 | Hana-bi Inu, Hashiru Dog Race | Ren Osugi |
| 1999 | Atsumono | Yoshi Oida |
| 2000 | Dokuritsu Shōnen Gassōdan Suri | Teruyuki Kagawa |
| 2001 | Misuzu Brother Sora no Ana | Susumu Terajima |
| 2002 | Travail Ichi the Killer Kuroe Oboreru Hito | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| 2003 | Hana Doppelganger Zatoichi | Akira Emoto |
| 2004 | Blood and Bones Kono Yono Soto e Club Chūshingun | Joe Odagiri |
| 2005 | A Stranger of Mine | Kisuke Yamashita |
| 2006 | Love and Honor Nezu no Ban | Takashi Sasano |
| 2007 | Talk Talk Talk | Yutaka Matsushige |
| 2008 | After School Climber's High Jersey no Futari | Masato Sakai |
| 2009 | Ōsaka Hamlet | Ittoku Kishibe |
| 2010 | 13 Assassins | Goro Inagaki |
| 2011 | Cold Fish | Denden |
| 2012 | Beyond Outrage | Ryo Kase |
| 2013 | The Devil's Path | Pierre Taki |
| 2014 | Wood Job! | Hideaki Itō |
| 2015 | Nagasaki: Memories of My Son | Kenichi Katō |
| 2016 | Creepy | Teruyuki Kagawa |
| 2017 | The Third Murder | Kōji Yakusho |
| 2018 | Killing | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| 2019 | Sea of Revival | Ken Yoshizawa |
| 2020 | The Voice of Sin | Shōhei Uno |
| 2021 | Under the Open Sky | Taiga Nakano |
| 2022 | A Man | Masataka Kubota |
| 2023 | Egoist | Hio Miyazawa |