is a Japanese

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and director for television and film.

Career

Kimizuka first entered the Japanese television industry by working on

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s under

Kin'ichi Hagimoto is a Japanese comedian. He is active as a stage performer, emcee, and manager of the amateur Ibaraki Golden Golds (''ibaraki goruden gōruzu'') of the Japanese Baseball Association (''nippon yakyuu renmei''). Born in the Taitō ward of Tōky� ...

. He then began writing screenplays for television dramas, including such hits as '' Zutto anata ga suki datta'' and ''

Bayside Shakedown is a Japanese police comedy-drama television series originally broadcast by the Fuji Television group in 1997. The series was developed by Ryoichi Kimizuka and stars Oda Yūji, Toshirō Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Chosuke Ikariya, Miki Mizuno, and Y ...

''. He has branched out into screenplays for film, including the hit ''Bayside Shakedown'' films, as well as directing.

Awards

Kimizuka won the award for best screenplay for '' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' at the 1998

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, and for '' Nobody to Watch Over Me'' at the 2008

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Internat ...

Selected works

Television screenplays

* '' Zutto anata ga suki datta'' (1992) * ''

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'' (時をかける少女) (1994) * ''

'' (1997)

Film screenplays

* ''

Parasite Eve Parasite Eve may refer to: * ''Parasite Eve'' (novel), a 1995 Japanese science fiction horror novel by Hideaki Sena * ''Parasite Eve'' (film), a 1997 Japanese science fiction film based on the novel * ''Parasite Eve'' (video game), a 1998 action ...

'' (1997) * '' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' (踊る大捜査線 THE MOVIE 湾岸署史上最悪の3日間! Odoru Daisōsasen za Mūbī Wangansho Shijōsaiaku no Mikkakan!) (1998) * ''

Tales of the Unusual is a 2000 Japanese horror anthology film directed by Mamoru Hoshi, Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura and Masayuki Suzuki. Each story is of a different genre - "One Snowy Night" (horror), "Samurai Cellular" (comedy-drama), "Chess" (thriller) and ...

'' (世にも奇妙な物語 - 映画の特別編 Yo ni mo kimyō na monogatari - Eiga no tokubetsuhen) (2000) * ''

Bayside Shakedown 2 is the second film based on the popular Bayside Shakedown TV series, known for its unique and humorous depiction of the Japanese police force while avoiding the conventions that define most police dramas. The movie was released in the summer of ...

'' (踊る大捜査線 THE MOVIE 2 レインボーブリッジを封鎖せよ! Odoru Daisōsasen za Mūbī Tsū Reinbōburizzi o Fūsaseyo!?) (2003) * ''

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'' (感染 Kansen) (2004) * '' Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust'' (バブルへGO!!～タイムマシンはドラム式～ Baburu e go!! Taimu mashin wa doramu-shiki) (2007)

Films directed

* ''

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'' (2005) (also screenplay) * '' Nobody to Watch Over Me'' (誰も守ってくれない Dare mo mamotte kurenai) (2008) (also screenplay)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimizuka, Ryoichi 1958 births Japanese screenwriters Japanese television writers People from Tokyo Japanese film directors Living people