is a Japanese

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and director for television and film.

Career

Kimizuka first entered the Japanese television industry by working on

variety show Variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is normally introduced by a comp� ...

s under Kin'ichi Hagimoto. He then began writing screenplays for television dramas, including such hits as '' Zutto anata ga suki datta'' and ''

Bayside Shakedown is a Japanese police comedy-drama television series originally broadcast by the Fuji Television group in 1997. The series was developed by Ryoichi Kimizuka and stars Oda Yūji, Toshirō Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Chosuke Ikariya, Miki Mizuno, ...

''. He has branched out into screenplays for film, including the hit ''Bayside Shakedown'' films, as well as directing.

Awards

Kimizuka won the award for best screenplay for '' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' at the 1998

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 first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics. In 1994, ...

, and for '' Nobody to Watch Over Me'' at the 2008

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (), commonly abbreviated MWFF in English or FFM in French, was an annual film festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1977 to 2019.Zutto anata ga suki datta'' (1992) *'' Toki o Kakeru Shōjo'' (時をかける少女) (1994) *''

'' (1997)

Film screenplays

*'' Parasite Eve'' (1997) *'' Bayside Shakedown: The Movie'' (踊る大捜査線 THE MOVIE 湾岸署史上最悪の3日間! Odoru Daisōsasen za Mūbī Wangansho Shijōsaiaku no Mikkakan!) (1998) *''

Tales of the Unusual is a 2000 Cinema of Japan, Japanese horror film, horror anthology film directed by Mamoru Hoshi, Masayuki Ochiai (film director), Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura and Masayuki Suzuki. Each story is of a different genre - "One Snowy Night" (horror) ...

'' (世にも奇妙な物語 - 映画の特別編 Yo ni mo kimyō na monogatari - Eiga no tokubetsuhen) (2000) *''

Bayside Shakedown 2 is the second film based on the popular Bayside Shakedown TV series, known for its unique and humorous depiction of the Japanese police force while avoiding the conventions that define most police dramas. The movie was released in the summer of ...

'' (踊る大捜査線 THE MOVIE 2 レインボーブリッジを封鎖せよ! Odoru Daisōsasen za Mūbī Tsū Reinbōburizzi o Fūsaseyo!?) (2003) *''

Infection An infection is the invasion of tissue (biology), tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host (biology), host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmis ...

'' (感染 Kansen) (2004) *'' Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust'' (バブルへGO!!～タイムマシンはドラム式～ Baburu e go!! Taimu mashin wa doramu-shiki) (2007)

Films directed

*'' Makoto'' (2005) (also screenplay) *'' Nobody to Watch Over Me'' (誰も守ってくれない Dare mo mamotte kurenai) (2008) (also screenplay)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimizuka, Ryoichi 1958 births Japanese screenwriters Japanese television writers Mass media people from Tokyo Japanese film directors Living people