is a Japanese scriptwriter and film director from

Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the ...

. In 2011, his film ''

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'' was awarded the Japanese Academy Prize for best picture.

Filmography

As Director

* ''The Hunter and the Hunted'' (2004) * ''Fly, Daddy, Fly'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''Love Fight'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Isoroku'' (2011) * ''

'' (2011) * ''A Chair on the Plains'' (2013) * '' Cape Nostalgia'' (2014) * '' Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion'' (2015) * '' Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment'' (2015) * ''To Each His Own'' (2017) * ''Good-Bye'' (2020) * ''A Morning of Farewell'' (2021) * ''Familia'' (2023) * ''Father of the Milky Way Railroad'' (2023)

References

Japanese film directors People from Yamanashi Prefecture 1961 births Living people Japanese screenwriters Writers from Yamanashi Prefecture {{Japan-film-director-stub