Tetsuya Nakashima (中島哲也) (born 1959) is a Japanese

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and

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. He was born in

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, attending high school in

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. His 2010 film '' Confessions'' was awarded

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at the

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, where Nakashima was also awarded Director of the Year and Screenplay of the Year. At the

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, the film was nominated for Best Film and Best Director, among other categories. ''Confessions'' was also selected as the Japanese entry for

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at the 83rd Academy Awards and made the final shortlist in January 2011. Nakashima was given the Best Director award at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for his film ''

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'', which also won Best Film. For ''Kamikaze Girls'', he also won Best Film and Best Director at the

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. His 2006 film ''

Memories of Matsuko is a 2006 Japanese musical film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada. It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian Fi ...

'' received 14 nominations at the 30th Japanese Academy Awards, including Picture of the Year and Director of the Year. In 2014, he was nominated for the Audience Choice Award at the

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, for his film '' The World of Kanako.'' He was originally slated to direct an adaptation of the hit

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'', but in December 2012 he left the project due to differences with the rest of the production team.

Filmography

* '' Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad'' (1988) (segment 2) * ''Happy-Go-Lucky'' (1997) * ''Beautiful Sunday'' (1998) * ''

'' (2004) * '' Rolling Bomber Special'' (2005) * ''

'' (2006) * '' Paco and the Magical Picture Book'' (2008) * '' Confessions'' (2010) * '' The World of Kanako'' (2014) * ''

It Comes is a 2018 Japanese supernatural horror film, based on the original novel of the same name, directed by Tetsuya Nakashima and starring Junichi Okada, Haru Kuroki, Nana Komatsu, Takako Matsu, and Satoshi Tsumabuki. Plot A couple must protect ...

'' (2018)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakashima, Tetsuya 1959 births Living people Japanese film directors People from Fukuoka Prefecture