is a Japanese
film director
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. He began his career working on
documentaries
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at
Iwanami Productions but, after going independent, turned to fiction film. He won the
Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for ''
Yasashii Nipponjin'' in 1971,
and then the award for Best Director at the 17th
Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded by the '' Hochi Shimbun''.
Categories
*Best Picture
*Best International Picture
*Best Animated Picture (since 2017)
*Best Actor
*Best Actress
*Best Supporting Actor
*Best Supporting Actress
*Best New Artist ...
s for ''
The River with No Bridge''.
In 1996, he won the
Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the
46th Berlin International Film Festival for the film ''
Village of Dreams''.
Filmography
* ''
Yasashii Nipponjin'' (1971)
* ''
Third Base
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'' (1978)
* ''
Mo hozue wa tsukanai'' (1979)
* ''
Shiki Natsuko
is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Higashi.
Cast
* Setsuko Karasuma as Natsuko
* Morio Kazama as Kanamori
* Hirotarō Honda as Nakagaki
* Shōhei Hino as Kawamoto
* Masumi Okada as Takahito Mori
* Nobuko Miyamoto as Mariko
Awards ...
'' (1980)
*
''Keshin'' (1986)
* ''
Ureshi Hazukashi Monogatari'' (1988)
* ''
The River with No Bridge'' (1992)
* ''
Village of Dreams'' (1996)
* ''Dareka no Mokkin'' (2016)
External links
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References
1934 births
Living people
Japanese film directors
Japanese documentary filmmakers
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