The , formerly known as the Yokohama Broadcasting Technical School, is a Japanese

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and

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. It was founded in 1975 by film director Shohei Imamura. While a student at this school, director

Takashi Miike is a Japanese film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has directed over one hundred theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. His films run through a variety of different genres, and range from violent an ...

was given his first film credit, as assistant director on Imamura's 1987 film ''

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''. , the current president is

Tadao Sato was a Japanese film critic, theorist and historian. His real name was . Overviews Born in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, He published more than a hundred books on film, and was one of Japan's foremost scholars and historians addressing ...

Notable alumni

Hito Steyerl Hito Steyerl (born 1 January 1966) is a German filmmaker, moving image artist, writer, and innovator of the essay documentary.

Kim Eung-soo Kim Eung-soo (; born February 12, 1961) is a South Korean actor. Kim lived in Japan for seven years, where he studied filmmaking at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. Filmography Film Television series Variety show Web sh ...

Kiyoshi Sasabe Kiyoshi Sasabe (佐々部清) (January 8, 1958 – March 31, 2020) was a Japanese film director. Career Born in Shimonoseki, Sasabe graduated from Meiji University before attending the Yokohama Hōsō Eiga Senmon Gakuin (now the Japan Academy o ...

Teruyoshi Uchimura , half of the Japanese comedy duo Utchan Nanchan, is one of the most famous and influential comedians in the owarai community. His nickname is ''Utchan'' ("Wutchan"), and his partner, Kiyotaka Nanbara, is known as ''Nanchan''. He was born on July ...

Tetsurō Degawa is a Japanese comedian. Character Representative of the so-called "reaction entertainers," he is known for his thick voice. His favorite phrase is "Yabaiyo, yabaiyo!" (やばいよやばいよ!, It's dangerous, dangerous!), which has been mim ...

Bakarhythm , better known for his stage name , is a Japanese comedian, narrator, actor, playwright, and lyricist. He is sometimes called . Career In 1995, while studying at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image, Masuno formed the comedy duo known as ''Bak ...

Eiko Kano is a Japanese comedian, singer, YouTuber, and ''kannushi''. He is nicknamed and . As a lyricist and composer of 50TA, he is nicknamed . He graduated from the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. He completed his ''kannushi'' training in Kokugak ...

Kosaka Daimaou , better known by his stage names and , is a Japanese comedian, television personality and entertainer. Kosaka insists that Pikotaro is another personality promoted by him, but they are considered the same person. He is currently signed with Av ...

* Kotaro Tanaka

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* Film schools in Japan Private universities and colleges in Japan Universities and colleges in Kanagawa Prefecture Kawasaki, Kanagawa Educational institutions established in 1975 1975 establishments in Japan {{film-org-stub

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