is a Japanese

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. After studying filmmaking in the College of Art at Nihon University, he won an award for his independent short '' Inaka no hōsoku'' at the Pia Film Festival in 1984. He directed his first commercial feature, ''Bataashi kingyo'', in 1990 and received a number of awards for best new director, including the Hochi Film Award. He won the Japan Academy Prize for best director for his film '' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad''. Matsuoka is known for his delicate depictions of complicated romantic and familial relationships, including a

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triangle in ''Kirakira Hikaru'', a daughter caring for an abusive but now senile mother in ''Akashia no Michi'', and a son caring for a cancer-stricken mother in ''Tokyo Tower''. He has also shot many television commercials. His best known and most successful TV show is the '' Midnight Diner - Tokyo Stories''.

Director

Films

* '' Bataashi Kingyo'' (1990) * '' Kirakira Hikaru'' (1992) * '' Toire no Hanako-san'' (1995) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' Sayonara, Kuro'' (2003) * '' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' Snow Prince'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2014) *'' Midnight Diner 2'' (2016)

TV Dramas

* ''Midnight Diner - Tokyo Stories'' (2009 - 2019)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuoka, Joji Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year winners Japanese film directors 1961 births Living people People from Ichinomiya, Aichi Nihon University alumni