Kazuyuki Izutsu
Kazuyuki Izutsu | |
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| Born | 13 December 1952 Nara Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Film director |
Kazuyuki Izutsu (井筒 和幸, Izutsu Kazuyuki, born 13 December 1952) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.
Career
[edit]Born in Nara Prefecture, Izutsu started making 8mm films in high school,[1] and directed his first 35mm film, a pink film, in 1975.[1] He earned a citation from the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1981 for Gaki Teikoku,[1][2] and his Boys Be Ambitious won the best picture award at the 1996 Blue Ribbon Awards.[3] He received two Japanese Academy Award nominations in 2006 for writing and directing Pacchigi! and won the award for best director at the 27th Yokohama Film Festival for that film.[4] Izutsu frequently appears on television in Japan and is known for his critical commentary.[1] He has also directed many television commercials.[1]
Filmography
[edit]- Iku Iku Maito Gai: Seishun no Monmon (1975)
- Nikuiro no Umi (1978)
- Bōkōma Shinju-zeme (1979)
- Shikijō Mesu-gari (1981)
- Gaki Teikoku: Akutare Sensō (1981)
- Gaki Teikoku (1981)
- Akai Fukushū: Bōkan (1982)
- Miyuki (1983)
- Hare Tokidoki Satsujin (1984)
- Nidaime wa Christian (1985)
- Inuji ni Seshi Mono (1986)
- Abunai Hanashi Mugen Monogatari (1989)
- Universal Laws (1990)
- Boys Be Ambitious (1996)
- Amateur Singing Contest (1999)
- Big Show! Hawaii ni Utaeba (1999)
- Get Up! (2003)
- Pacchigi! (2005)
- Pacchigi! Love & Peace (2007)
- The Hero Show (2010)
- Fly with the Gold (2012)
- Wiseguy (2020)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Izutsu Kazuyuki". Tarento dētabanku (in Japanese). Talent Databank. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ "Burū Ribon-shō historī" (in Japanese). Shinema Hōchi. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ^ 第27回ヨコハマ映画祭 2005年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ "無頼". eiga.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Kazuyuki Izutsu at IMDb
- 井筒和幸 (Kazuyuki Izutsu) at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
- Schilling, Mark (18 May 2007). "Unafraid of rightist rage". The Japan Times. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
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