is a Japanese
documentary
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film director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...
. After dropping out of university to work at a special education school, he made his 1972 debut work ''Goodbye CP'' about a group of individuals with cerebral palsy.
He won the award for Best Director at the 12th
Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded by the '' Hochi Shimbun''.
Categories
*Best Picture
*Best International Picture
*Best Animated Picture (since 2017)
*Best Actor
*Best Actress
*Best Supporting Actor
*Best Supporting Actress
*Best New Artist ...
and at the 9th
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, ...
for ''
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On''. That film also earned him the
Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award.
In 2017 he released the documentary ''Sennan Asbestos Disaster'' which received the 2017 Audience Award at the
Tokyo Filmex International Film Festival and the 2017 BIFF Mecenat Award at the
Busan International Film Festival
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.
His documentary works often depict people who push against the boundaries of propriety and obedience in Japanese society.
Filmography
As director
* 1972:
* 1974: ''Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974''
* 1987: ''
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On''
* 1994: ''
A Dedicated Life'' (Zenshin shÅsetsuka)
* 1999:
* 2005: (fictional film)
* 2017:
* 2019:
As actor
* 2016: ''
Shin Godzilla''
Bibliography
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External links
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References
1945 births
Living people
Japanese film directors
Japanese documentary film directors
People from Yamaguchi Prefecture
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