Born in 1958 in Hidaka, Hokkaido, director Mitsutoshi Tanaka has won many awards directing television commercials, including the All Japan Radio & Television Commercial Confederation (ACC) Award and the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Award. His first theatrical feature "KEWAISHI" (2001) received the award for Best Screenplay at the Tokyo International Film Festival, and "THE BOAT TO HEAVEN" (2003) won a citation from the Directors Guild of Japan. Mitsutoshi Tanaka gained international recognition with the release of "CASTLE UNDER FIERY SKIES" (2009), which was nominated for the Japan Academy Film Prize Association's award for Best Art Direction. "ASK THIS OF RIKYU" (2013) won the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the Montreal World Film Festival and was nominated in nine categories for the Japan Academy Film Prize, including Best Film, winning the award for Best Art Direction. "BLOSSOMS BLOOM" (2014) received the awards for Best Director, Best Actress and Best Music at the Asia International Film Festival in Taipei. "125 YEARS MEMORY" (2015) was nominated for VFX-JAPAN's Best Motion Picture Award and for Japan Academy Film Prizes in ten categories, including Best Film and Best Director, and won the awards for Best Sound Recording and Best Art Direction.

• 利休にたずねよ (2013)

  
• 海難1890 (2015)