is a Japanese film and television director, screenwriter,

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, and novelist. Iida has worked continually in Japan's film, television, anime and manga industries since the early 1980s, predominantly in the genres of horror and science fiction.

Career

Iida was first discovered when his 8mm short ''Intermission'' (''Kyukei'') was screened at the 1980 PIA Film Festival. For the next few years, Iida found work alternating as a scriptwriter for

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s and as an

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for other productions.Joji Iida profile
subtitledonline.com. Retrieved 16, March 2013 He was subsequently given the opportunity to direct his own project, the straight-to-video production ''

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'' (1987). Iida soon followed this with his theatrical debut, '' Battle Heater'' (1989), a horror comedy about a man-eating '' kotatsu'' that terrorizes the tenants of a rundown apartment block. In the 1990s Iida branched out into television, creating the series ''

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'' (1992–1993), which would go on to spawn an entire franchise including a made-for-TV movie of the same name in 1994 as well as manga and books. An anime series, '' Night Head Genesis'', was subsequently produced in 2006. Other notable productions include the 1998 '' Rasen'', the original sequel to Hideo Nakata's film ''

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'' (before Nakata directed the better known, and otherwise unrelated, '' Ring 2'' in 1999), and the police procedural/horror ''

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'' (2000). ''Rasen'' was based on Koji Suzuki's second novel of his Ring Trilogy of the same name, also known as ''Spiral''. ''Another Heaven'' was based on one of Iida's own books. Iida's most recent theatrical production as director was ''

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'' (2003), a live-action adaptation of the

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by Minetaro Mochizuki.

Filmography

Film

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'' (1987) *''Battle Heater'' (1989) *''Tokyo Babylon 1999'' (1993) – live-action feature film adaptation of the

. *''Akagi'' (1995) – the first of two feature film adaptations of the manga of the same name. *'' Rasen'' (1998) *''Another Heaven'' (2000) *'' Jam Films'' (2002) – segment: ''Cold Sleep''. *''

'' (2003) *''

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'' (2007) (as writer)

Television

*''Tales of the Unusual'' (1992) (2 episodes) *''Night Head'' (1992–1993) *''Night Head'' (1994) – TV movie based on the series. *''

'' (1995) (as writer) – TV movie based on the 1991 novel

by Koji Suzuki. *''Another Heaven: Eclipse'' (2000) – TV spin-off series based on Iida's ''Another Heaven''. *'' Sci-Fi Harry'' (2000–2001) – anime series based on Iida and Asami Tohjoh's manga of the same name. *'' Night Head Genesis'' (2006) *'' Strangers 6'' (2012) *''

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'' (2021)

Other work

Iida wrote the storyline for his own video game ''Iida Joji Nightmare Interactive: Moon Cradle''. It was released in 1995 for the

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iida, George Horror film directors Japanese film directors 1959 births Living people