was a Japanese

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

and

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. He was first a director of

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before adding filmmaking to his creative activities. His most famous film outside Japan was '' Tony Takitani'', an adaptation of a short story by

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been bestsellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his ...

. He died of a

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after suddenly collapsing at a restaurant,Variety Obit.
shortly before his latest film, '' Buy a Suit'', was to premier at the

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Filmography

* '' Buy A Suit'' (2008) * '' How to Become Myself'' (2007) * '' Aogeba Tôtoshi'' (2006) * '' Tony Takitani'' (

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) * '' Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover'' (2002) * '' Tokyo Marigold'' (2001) * '' Zawa-zawa Shimo-Kitazawa'' (2000) * '' Osaka Story'' (1999) * '' Tadon to Chikuwa'' (1998) * '' Tokyo Lullaby'' (1997) * '' Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment'' (1996) * '' The Tokyo Siblings'' (1995) * '' Kurêpu'' (1993) * ''

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'' (1993) * '' Kin Chan no Cinema Jack'' (1993) (segment "Kitto Kurusa") * '' Tugumi'' (

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) * '' No Life King'' (1989) * '' Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You'' (1988) * '' Bu Su'' (1987)

References

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* * 1948 births 2008 deaths Japanese film directors People from Western Tokyo 20th-century Japanese screenwriters {{Japan-film-director-stub