is a Japanese

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. After studying filmmaking in the College of Art at

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, he won an award for his independent short '' Inaka no hōsoku'' at the

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in 1984. He directed his first commercial feature, ''Bataashi kingyo'', in 1990 and received a number of awards for best new director, including the

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. He won the Japan Academy Prize for best director for his film '' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad''. Matsuoka is known for his delicate depictions of complicated romantic and familial relationships, including a

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triangle in ''Kirakira Hikaru'', a daughter caring for an abusive but now

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mother in ''Akashia no Michi'', and a son caring for a cancer-stricken mother in ''Tokyo Tower''. He has also shot many television commercials. His best known and most successful TV show is ''

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Director

Films

* ''

Bataashi Kingyo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minetarō Mochizuki. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1985 to 1988. A live-action film adaptation, directed by Joji Matsuoka, pre ...

'' (1990) * ''

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'' (1992) * '' Toire no Hanako-san'' (1995) * '' Akashia no Michi'' (2001) * '' Sayonara, Kuro'' (2003) * '' Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

Snow Prince is a 2009 Japanese film. This film is adapted from the 1872 novel '' A Dog of Flanders'' and is inspired by the 1971 film '' A Small Love Melody''. Directed by Joji Matsuoka and written by Kundō Koyama—the scriptwriter for the film '' Depart ...

'' (2009) * ''

'' (2014) *''

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'' (2016)

TV Dramas

* ''Midnight Diner'' (2009 - 2019)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuoka, Joji Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year winners Japanese film directors 1961 births Living people People from Ichinomiya, Aichi Nihon University alumni