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'' (2005-2007) *'' Kurokami'' (2009) *'' The Last: Naruto the Movie'' (2014)

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* * https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462076/ (all pre-1996 films listed in this page at IMDB is a mistake) 1965 births 2015 deaths Anime directors People from Kanagawa Prefecture {{Anime-bio-stub