is a Japanese
film producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...
and a
critic
A critic is a person who communicates an assessment and an opinion of various forms of creative works such as art, literature, music, cinema, theater, fashion, architecture, and food. Critics may also take as their subject social or governmen ...
, and also as known as , a
music producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...
.
[ :ja:木村立哉, 17:41, 2 November 2008]
Biography
Tatsuya Kimura was born in 1964 in
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...
,
Kyoto Prefecture,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. Debuted as a critic in his high school days. He graduated
Waseda University
, abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902.
The university has numerou ...
in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
in 1987.
In 1993, he joined in and wrote for ''
Cahiers du cinéma Japon'' with
Shinji Aoyama
was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, composer, film critic, and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his film ''Eureka (2000 film), Eureka''.
Biography
Shinji Aoyama was b ...
,
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific ...
and
Makoto Shinozaki
(born 1963 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film director.
Career
Born in Tokyo, Shinozaki attended Rikkyo University, where he studied under Shigehiko Hasumi, made 8mm films, and appeared in the then amateur works of other Rikkyo graduates such as Kiy ...
. During 2003 - 2007, he nominated newcomers for
Kido Award and found new
scenarist
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.
T ...
s,
Ryō Wada
is a Japanese screenwriter and historical novelist. Two of his novels have been adapted to films, ''The Floating Castle'' and ''Mumon: The Land of Stealth, Land of Stealth''.
Life
He was born in Osaka but raised in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima, Asami ...
,
Tomonori Ozaki and
Sachiko Tanaka
is a feminine Japanese given name that means "''child of bliss''." It also means "''happiness''" when it is written with the kanji characters 幸子. One common short form of the name is ''Sachi''.
People
* Sachiko, Princess Hisa (久宮祐子 ...
(later, a writer for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's ''
Tokyo Sonata
is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It won the award for Best Film at the 3rd Asian Film Awards and received 2008 Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations for Achievement in Directing and Best Screenplay. At the 2008 Cannes Film Fe ...
'').
He worked for The 49th
Asia Pacific Film Festival
The Asia-Pacific Film Festival (abbreviated APFF) is an annual film festival hosted by the Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific. The festival was first held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1954.
History
The festival was first held in Tok ...
as a director in 2004.
In December 2005, Jury for The 9th Scenario Award in Hakodate Port Illumination Film Festival 2005, with
Yoichi Sai
was a Japanese film director. He was the president of the Directors Guild of Japan.
Life and career
Sai was born on 6 July 1949 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. His mother was Japanese and his father was Zainichi Korean.
Sai won the Best Screenp ...
,
George Iida
is a Japanese film and television director, screenwriter, manga author, and novelist. Iida has worked continually in Japan's film, television, anime and manga industries since the early 1980s, predominantly in the genres of horror and science f ...
and
Hiroshi Aramata
is a Japanese author, polymath, critic, translator and specialist in natural history, iconography and cartography. His most popular novel was ''Teito Monogatari'' (''Tale of the Capitol''), which has sold over 5 million copies in Japan alone.
...
. In February 2006, he acted with his friends and artists like
Ay-O,
Genpei Akasegawa and
Ryuichi Sakamoto
is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto i ...
in
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
The is a contemporary art museum in Koto, Tokyo, Japan. The museum is located in Kiba Park. It was opened in 1995.
Collections
*''Marilyn Monroe'' by Andy Warhol (1967)
*'' Girl with Hair Ribbon'' by Roy Lichtenstein (1965)
*''Honey-pop'' by ...
for the first event in the world for
Nam June Paik
Nam June Paik (; July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "electronic super hi ...
's death.
(ja)
Selected filmography
* ''The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses'' ('' ザ・ヒットマン 血はバラの匂い'', 1991) as an assistant director
* '' J movie wars: Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru'' ('' 月はどっちに出ている'', 1993) - Japanese Professional Movie Award
The are an annual Japanese film award. The first awards were given to films made in 1991. This award is hosted by Hiroo Ōtaka.
Categories
*Best Film
*Best Director
*Best Actor
*Best Actress
Editions
* 1st (1991)
*2nd (1992)
* 3rd (1993)
* 4th ...
1994
* ''Mechanical Violator Hakaider
is a 1995 Japanese tokusatsu film directed by Keita Amemiya. Based on the television series '' Android Kikaider'', the film features Hakaider in the role of an anti-hero as opposed to his typical portrayal as a villain.
Production
''Mechanical V ...
'' ('' 人造人間ハカイダー'', 1995)
* '' Blooming Again'' ('' 死に花'', 2004)
* ''Taitei no Ken
(aka: The Sword of Alexander) is a series of novels by Baku Yumemakura. They blend samurai action with sci-fi elements. The first novel was adapted into a 2007 movie directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.
Cast
* Hiroshi Abe as Yorozu Genkurou
*Kyōko H ...
'' ('' 大帝の剣'', 2007)
* '' God's Puzzle'' ('' 神様のパズル'', 2008)
* ''The Harimaya Bridge
''The Harimaya Bridge'' is a 2009 film written and directed by American filmmaker Aaron Woolfolk. It was filmed in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan and San Francisco, California, U.S.A.See an article in IMDb, External links, below. The film had a nationwi ...
'' ('' The Harimaya Bridge はりまや橋'', 2009)
* ''Boku to mama no kiiroi jitensha'' ('' ぼくとママの黄色い自転車'', 2009)
References
External links
*
Tatsuya Kimura works
- Bibliography (ja)
Picture Yourself Sound School
- Picture Yourself Sound School Official Weblog (ja)
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Japanese film producers
Japanese record producers
Japanese DJs
Japanese screenwriters
Japanese music critics
Japanese film critics
Japanese art critics
1964 births
Living people
People from Kyoto
Waseda University alumni