# Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

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

## Award Winners

| Year | Film | Actress |
| 1951 | Jiyū Gakkō Shōnenki | Akiko Tamura |
| 1952 | Oka wa Hanazakari Mother Lightning | Chieko Nakakita |
| 1953 | An Inlet of Muddy Water Tokyo Story | Haruko Sugimura |
| 1954 | The Garden of Women Kono Hiroi Sora no Dokokani Aku no Tanoshisa Okuman Chōja | Yoshiko Kuga |
| 1955 | Jinsei Tonbo Gaeri Ofukuro | Sachiko Hidari |
| 1956 | Street of Shame Taiyō to Bara Gendai no Yokubō A Wife's Heart | Sadako Sawamura |
| 1957 | Stepbrothers Nyotai wa Kanashiku Chijō | Kinuyo Tanaka |
| 1958 | Akujo no Kisetsu | Mariko Okada |
| 1959 | Saijo Kishitsu My Second Brother | Kazuko Yoshiyuki |
| 1960 | Her Brother | Kinuyo Tanaka |
| 1961 | The End of Summer Minami no Kaze to Nami | Michiyo Aratama |
| 1962 | The Broken Commandment An Autumn Afternoon Shinobi no Mono | Kyōko Kishida |
| 1963 | Echizen Take Ningyō | Tamao Nakamura |
| 1964 | Unholy Desire Onna no Uzu to Fuchi to Nagare | Yuko Kusunoki |
| 1965 | Shōnin no Isu | Tomoko Naraoka |
| 1966 | The Pornographers | Sumiko Sakamoto |
| 1967 | Onna no Isshō Harubiyori | Sachiko Hidari |
| 1968 | The House of the Sleeping Beauties Onna to Misoshiru Kamo to Negi | Hisano Yamaoka |
| 1969 | Boy | Akiko Koyama |
| 1970 | Chi no Mure Dodes'ka-den | Tomoko Naraoka |
| 1971-1982 | N/A | N/A |
| 1983 | The Family Game | Saori Yuki |
| 1984 | Jo no Mai W's Tragedy | Yoshiko Mita |
| 1985 | Usugeshō | Mariko Fuji |
| 1986 | A Promise | Sachiko Murase |
| 1987 | Chōchin | Eri Ishida |
| 1988 | The Discarnates | Kumiko Akiyoshi |
| 1989 | Dotsuitarunen Harasu no Ita Hi | Haruko Sagara |
| 1990 | Sakura no Sono | Miho Tsumiki |
| 1991 | Munō no Hito | Jun Fubuki |
| 1992 | Bokutō Kigan | Nobuko Otowa |
| 1993 | Moving | Junko Sakurada |
| 1994 | Ghost Pub | Shigeru Muroi |
| 1995 | The Stairway to the Distant Past Tokyo Deluxe The House of the Sleeping Beauties | Haruko Wanibuchi |
| 1996 | Shall We Dance? | Reiko Kusamura |
| 1997 | Tokyo Lullaby The Eel | Mitsuko Baisho |
| 1998 | A Class to Remember A, Haru | Kimiko Yo |
| 1999 | Atsumono | Hijiri Kojima |
| 2000 | Sakuya Yōkaiden Honjitsu Matamata Kyūshin Nari | Keiko Matsuzaka |
| 2001 | By Player | Keiko Oginome |
| 2002 | The Twilight Samurai Utsutsu | Rie Miyazawa |
| 2003 | Akame 48 Waterfalls Zatoichi | Michiyo Okusu |
| 2004 | The Hidden Blade Blood and Bones | Tomoko Tabata |
| 2005 | A Stranger of Mine | Yuka Itaya |
| 2006 | Hula Girls Rainbow Song Honey and Clover | Yū Aoi |
| 2007 | Fumiko no Umi | Keiko Takahashi |
| 2008 | Grave of the Fireflies | Keiko Matsuzaka |
| 2009 | Dear Doctor | Kaoru Yachigusa |
| 2010 | Kokō no Mesu | Yui Natsukawa |
| 2011 | Rebirth | Hiromi Nagasaku |
| 2012 | Ai to Makoto | Sakura Ando |
| 2013 | A Story of Yonosuke | Yuriko Yoshitaka |
| 2014 | The Light Shines Only There | Chizuru Ikewaki |
| 2015 | Our Little Sister | Masami Nagasawa |
| 2016 | Shin Godzilla | Mikako Ichikawa |
| 2017 | Dear Etranger | Rena Tanaka |
| 2018 | Shoplifters | Kirin Kiki |
| 2019 | Another World | Chizuru Ikewaki |
| 2020 | True Mothers | Aju Makita |
| 2021 | In the Wake | Kaya Kiyohara |
| 2022 | Missing | Aoi Itō |
| 2023 | Kyrie | Suzu Hirose |