is a Japanese

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

. He began his career working on

documentaries A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in ter ...

Iwanami Productions was a Japanese film production company. Founded in 1950 by people associated with the Iwanami Shoten publisher, it mainly focused on producing educational films and public relations documentaries. Iwanami, however, "allowed its filmmakers the (rel ...

but, after going independent, turned to fiction film. He won the

Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award The is given annually by the Directors Guild of Japan to a new director of a film released that year who is considered the most "suitable" for the award. The winner is selected by a committee formed of DGJ members. All formats—feature film, docum ...

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 The 46th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1996. The Golden Bear was awarded to British-American film ''Sense and Sensibility'' directed by Ang Lee. The retrospective dedicated to American film director ...

for the film '' Village of Dreams''.

Filmography

* '' Yasashii Nipponjin'' (1971) * ''

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'' (1978) * '' Mo hozue wa tsukanai'' (1979) * '' Shiki Natsuko'' (1980) * ''Keshin'' (1986) * ''

Ureshi Hazukashi Monogatari is a 1988 Japanese film directed by Yōichi Higashi. Awards 10th Yokohama Film Festival The is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The fir ...

'' (1988) * '' The River with No Bridge'' (1992) * '' Village of Dreams'' (1996) * ''Dareka no Mokkin'' (2016)

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1934 births Living people Japanese film directors Japanese documentary filmmakers {{Japan-film-director-stub