is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.

Biography

Kunitoshi Manda was a student at Rikkyo University, where he took

Shigehiko Hasumi (born 29 April 1936 in Roppongi, Tokyo) is a film critic and an academic researcher on French literature from Japan. He was president of the University of Tokyo from 1997 to 2001. Life and work Hasumi's father Shigeyasu was a professor at Kyot ...

's filmology class. Manda directed his first feature film, ''

Unloved ''Unloved'' is a 2001 Japanese romance film directed by Kunitoshi Manda, starring Yoko Moriguchi, Shunsuke Matsuoka and Tōru Nakamura. It won the Grand Rail d'Or prize and the Future Talent prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Mitsuko ...

'', in 2001. It won the Grand Rail d'Or prize and the Future Talent prize at the

2001 Cannes Film Festival The 54th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film ''The Son's Room'' by Nanni Moretti. The festival opened with ...

. ''The Tunnel'', one of his television films, screened at the

2004 Cannes Film Festival The 57th Cannes Film Festival started on 12 and ran until 23 May 2004 in film, 2004. The Palme d'Or went to the United States, American film ''Fahrenheit 9/11'' by Michael Moore. The festival opened with ''Bad Education (2004 film), La mala educa ...

. Manda's third feature film, '' The Kiss'', premiered at the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2008. Japanese film critic

Inuhiko Yomota is a Japanese author, cultural essayist, translator and film historian. His real name is . Biography Inuhiko Yomota was born on February 20, 1953, in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, but grew up in Tokyo. He graduated from the University of To ...

praised the film as "a fantastic film." His 2014 film, ''Dog's Way'', premiered at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.

Filmography

Feature films

*''

'' (2001) *''Thank You'' (2006) *'' The Kiss'' (2007) *''Dog's Way'' (2014) *''The Synchronizer'' (2017) *''Love Mooning'' (2021)

Short films

*''Spaceship Remnant 6'' (1996) *''Omokage'' (2010)

Television

*''The Tunnel'' (2003) *'' Tokyo Girl'' (2008, episode 3)

Bibliography

*''Sairishū Tottemo Hazukashi Zemināru'' (2009)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Manda, Kunitoshi Japanese film directors Japanese screenwriters Japanese film critics 1956 births Rikkyo University alumni Living people