is a Japanese film director, writer, editor, producer and actor best known for his 2013 movie ''

The Great Passage is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Yuya Ishii, starring Ryuhei Matsuda as a dictionary editor. It is based on the best-selling novel by Shion Miura. The film won several awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, ...

'' for which he won best director at the 2013

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Personal life

Yuya Ishii won best director at the 2010

Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan. The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanes ...

, and the movie also resulted in his marriage in late 2010 to the lead actress

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, a former member of the

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group member

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and actress in such films as ''

Death Note ''Death Note'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to May ...

'' (2006) and ''

Love Exposure is a 2008 Japanese comedy-drama film written and directed by Sion Sono. The film gained a considerable amount of notoriety in film festivals around the world for its four-hour runtime and themes including love, family, lust, religion and the crim ...

'' (2008). They divorced in 2016.

Filmography

Films

*''Rebel, Jiro's Love'' (2006) *''Girl Sparks'' (2007) *''Of Monster Mode'' (2007) *''Bare-assed Japan'' (2007) *''To Walk Beside You'' (2009) *''

Sawako Decides is a 2009 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Yuya Ishii. The film stars Hikari Mitsushima as Sawako. ''Sawako Decides'' premiered at Tokyo at the PIA Film Festival in 2009. At the Fantasia Film Festival, the film won the award for Best Feat ...

'' (2010) *''

Mitsuko Delivers is a 2011 Japanese comedy film directed by Yuya Ishii. Cast * Riisa Naka as Mitsuko * Aoi Nakamura * Shigeyuki Totsugi is a Japanese actor, TV personality, voice actor, screenwriter, theatre director, and singer. His real name and former sta ...

'' (2011) *''Azemichi no dandi'' (2011) *''

'' (2013) *''

The Vancouver Asahi is a 2014 Japanese-Canadian coproduced baseball drama film directed by Yuya Ishii, based on the true story of a Vancouver-based baseball team called the Vancouver Asahi which existed before the Second World War. It was released to Japanese theat ...

'' (2014) *''

Our Family is a 2014 Japanese drama film directed by Yuya Ishii. Cast * Satoshi Tsumabuki - Kosuke Wakana * Sosuke Ikematsu - Kousuke Wakana * Mieko Harada - Reiko Wakana * Kyōzō Nagatsuka is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the ...

'' (2014) *'' The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue'' (2017) *''

Almost a Miracle is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Andō. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2015 to 2018. The manga received a live-action film adaptation directed by Yuya Ishii and released on June 7, 2019, ...

'' (2019) *''All the Things We Never Said'' (2020) *''

The Asian Angel ''The Asian Angel'' (Japanese: アジアの天使, Hepburn: Ajia no Tenshi) is a 2021 Japanese-South Korean film written and directed by Yuya Ishii and starring Sosuke Ikematsu and Choi Hee-seo. The storyline follows a Japanese man seeking a new ...

'' (2021) *''A Madder Red'' (2021)

Television

*''When a Tree Falls'' (2018)

Awards

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Asian Film Awards Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

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- Edward Yang New Talent *

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- "Best Director" - The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue ;

*2011 - "Best Director" -

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- "

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;

Mainichi Film Award The are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan. History The origins of the contest date back to 1935, ...

*2013 - "Best Director" -

;

Kinema Junpo Award , commonly called , is Japan's oldest film magazine and began publication in July 1919. It was first published three times a month, using the Japanese ''Jun'' (旬) system of dividing months into three parts, but the postwar ''Kinema Junpō'' ha ...

*2013 - "Best Director" -

References

External links

* * 'Bare-Assed Japan' (2005) - Edward Yang New Talent at the 2nd Asian Film awards http://www.lovehkfilm.com/panasia/bare_assed_japan.html * Yuya Ishii marries actress

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/hikari-mitsushima-marries-director-yuya-ishii {{DEFAULTSORT:Ishii, Yuya Living people 1983 births People from Saitama Prefecture Japanese film directors Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year winners Best Director Asian Film Award winners Japanese editors