is a Japanese film director.
Career
Born in
Fujishima, Yamagata (now part of the city of
Tsuruoka), Togashi attended
Rikkyō University
, also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan.
Rikkyo is known as one of the six leading universities in the field of sports in Tokyo (東京六大学 "Big Six" — Rikkyo University, University of ...
, where he was inspired by the lectures on cinema by the critic
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 ...
.
After graduating, he worked as an assistant director for
pink film
in its broadest sense includes almost any Japanese theatrical film that includes nudity (hence 'pink') or deals with sexual content. This encompasses everything from dramas to action thrillers and exploitation film features. The Western equiv ...
s until he got the chance to work with his hero, the director
Shinji Sōmai.
Assisting on such films as ''
Typhoon Club'' (1984), he got his first chance to direct a section of the
omnibus film
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''Kawaii hito'' (1998), which was supervised by Sōmai.
That helped him make his feature film debut with ''
Off-Balance''.
He won the award for best New Director at the 23rd
Yokohama Film Festival
The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...
.
Filmography
*''
Off-Balance'' (2001)
*''
Sorry
Sorry is a word commonly used in apologizing. Sorry may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Sorry'' (2002 film), a 2002 Japanese film
* ''Sorry'' (2021 film), a 2021 comedy film
* '' Sorry: A Love Story'', an upcoming Pakistani film
* ''So ...
'' (2002)
*''
Tetsujin 28: The Movie'' (2005)
*''
The Angel's Egg
is a 2006 Japanese romantic melodrama film directed by Shin Togashi and based on a novel by Yuka Murayama.
Film summary
On the way to hospital to visit his father, art student Ayuta Ipponyari (Hayato Ichihara) spots and falls in love with a b ...
'' (2006)
References
External links
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1960 births
Japanese film directors
Living people
Rikkyo University alumni
People from Yamagata Prefecture
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