is a Japanese film director. He started creating independent films while he was a student at Sophia University in Tokyo. His early work was screened at various film festivals, including the
Akiruno Film Festival, the
Sotsuseisai,
Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival, the
Tsutaya Indies Movie Festival,
Planet Film Festival, and
Mito Short Film Festival. In 2002, he made his debut as a film director with “Swan's Song,” which was based on
SATO Sakichi’s screenplay. He has since been active in various genres, directing: TV drama series, such as “
Ganso: Shonan-wara-yane Monogatari”
it. The Original Shonan Tiled Roof Stories starring
TERAJIMA Susumu
is a Japanese actor. Though he has played a wide range of characters, he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of ''yakuza'' figures, most notably in the films of Takeshi Kitano.
Terajima made his acting debut in 1986's ''A Homansu''. He ...
and
TSUDA Kanji; music videos for artists such as
HAYASHIBARA Megumi and
Seikima-II; stage plays, such as his modern version of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” starring
ASANO Tadanobu
, better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in '' Electric Dragon 80.000 V'', Kakihara in ''Ichi the Killer'', Mamoru Arita in '' Bright Future'', Hattori Genosuke in ''Zatoichi'', Ken ...
and
AIKAWA Sho; and films, such as “Tokyo Real” based on the Shueisha Publishing Company's bestselling cell phone novel. In 2019, he directed the drama comedy film “Bullet Trip,” bringing home a Special Jury Award and Japan's first ever Best Foreign Language Film Award at the
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
The WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, founded in 1968, is an annual film festival held annually in April in Houston, Texas. Notable festival alumni include John Lee Hancock, who wrote and directed the Oscar-winning film '' The Blind ...
.
Filmography
*''Kimi no Jaaji wa Doko''
it: Where is your tracksuit?(2001)
*Swan's Song (2002)
*Tokyo Real (2007)
*
Tokyo Species (2012)
*
Kekko Kamen
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Go Nagai. It was serialized in ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' from September 1974 to February 1978, with the chapters collected into five ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shueisha.
It f ...
(2012)
*Top (2014)
*''Cherī Fujin''
it. Lady Cherry(2015)
*Bullet Trip (2019)
(2021)
References
External links
1974 births
Living people
Japanese film directors
People from Hokkaido
Date of birth missing (living people)
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