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, pr ...

Career

Inudo began making films on his own in high school, with one of his works being selected for the 1979

Pia Film Festival The (also known as the PIA Film Festival or PFF for short) is an annual film festival established in 1977. According to film scholar Jasper Sharp, the festival "not only ranks as a vital hotbed from which the careers of some of Japan's most talen ...

. After attending

Tokyo Zokei University is a private university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1966 by Japanese art educator, fashion designer and design journalist, Yoko Kuwasawa (1910-1977). It is a four-year art college offering both bachelor's and master's degrees in studio ...

, he found work at Asahi Promotions where he began directing television commercials, including some award winning ones. He made his feature-length film debut in 1995 with ''Futari ga Shabette iru'', which earned him 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, docu ...

. ''

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish is a 1984 Japanese short story by author Seiko Tanabe. It was first published in the June 1984 issue of ''Monthly Kadokawa''. It was later included alongside various stories in the short story collection ''Josee, the Tiger and the Fish'', wh ...

'' (2003) earned him the Minister of Education New Director Award for Fine Art.

Filmography

* ''Futari ga Shabette Iru'' (1995) * ''Across a Gold Prairie'' (1999) * ''

'' (2003) * ''

Blooming Again is a 2003 novel by Ranzō Ōta. It has been adapted into a film by Isshin Inudo in 2004. Film Adaptation * ''Blooming Again'' directed by Isshin Inudo, a Toei production in 2004, it stars Tsutomu Yamazaki. Hisaya Morishige and Takuya Fujioka mad ...

'' (2004) * ''All About My Dog'' (2005) * ''Touch'' (2005) * ''

House of Himiko , also known internationally as ''La Maison de Himiko'', is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Isshin Inudo and starring Kō Shibasaki as Saori, Min Tanaka as Saori's father Himiko, and Joe Odagiri as Haruhiko, Himiko's lover. The film was shown ...

'' (2005) * ''Yellow Tears'' (2006) * ''Bizan'' (2007) * ''

Zero Focus is a 1961 Japanese mystery film directed by Yoshitaro Nomura and is based on a novel by Seicho Matsumoto. Plot One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, ad agency manager Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip to Kanazawa a ...

'' (2009) * ''

The Floating Castle is a 2012 Japanese historical-drama film directed by Shinji Higuchi and Isshin Inudo, starring Mansai Nomura, and adapts Ryō Wada's novel (2007) of the same name. Set in feudal Japan, the film is based on the Siege of Oshi and depicts the strugg ...

'' (2012) * ''The Cat In His Arms'' (2018) * ''The Bucket List'' (2019) * ''Haw'' (2022)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Inudo, Isshin Japanese film directors 1960 births Living people People from Tokyo Tokyo Zokei University alumni