Gen Sekiguchi (関口現, born February 10, 1968, in

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) is a Japanese

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director. Outside of TV commercials, he directed the short films ''Bus Panic!!!'' (2001) and ''Worst Contact'' (2000) and the feature film ''

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'' (2004), starring

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and

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. He also directed and wrote the segment 'Sebiro Yashiki' (''"The House of Abandoned Businessmen"'') in the compilation film '' Quirky Guys and Gals'', and music videos for band

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, and

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