is a Japanese
film director,
screenwriter and
film critic
Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outl ...
.
Career
Born in
Nara Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the northwest, Wakayam ...
, Izutsu started making
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** Single-8 film
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s in high school,
and directed his first
35mm film, a
pink film, in 1975.
He earned a citation from 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 ...
in 1981 for ''Gaki Teikoku'',
and his ''
Boys Be Ambitious'' won the best picture award at the 1996
Blue Ribbon Awards
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan.
The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanes ...
. He received two
Japanese Academy Award
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nominations in 2006 for writing and directing ''
Pacchigi!'' and won the award for best director at the 27th
Yokohama Film Festival for that film. Izutsu frequently appears on television in Japan and is known for his critical commentary.
He has also directed many television commercials.
Filmography
* ''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)
References
External links
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1952 births
Living people
Japanese film directors
Japanese television personalities
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