is a Japanese film producer who is the founder, president, and chief executive officer of the Japanese production company Cine Bazar.

Life and career

Born in 1959 in Nitta, Genkai, Saga, Japan. After graduating from

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, Wadakura became a film producer and founded the production company Cine Bazar in 1994, which he currently serves as president and CEO. Wadakura has produced several live-action films in his career, including: ''Hiroshima'', ''Swallowtail Butterfly'', ''Cat's Eye'', '' Love/Juice'', '' Party 7'', '' Calmi Cuori Appassionati'', ''

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'' (2015), ''Persona Non Grata'', ''

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'', and ''Shin Kamen Rider''. Along with various other film producers, he served as executive producer for the 2019 film ''

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'', as well as for several other films including '' Key of Life'', ''Persona Non Grata'', and ''A Gambler's Odyssey 2020''. Wadakura also made a cameo as an elderly fisherman in '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'', for which he served as the line producer for the

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production crew.

Filmography

Producer

* ''The Stairway to the Distant Past'' (1995) * ''Hiroshima'' (1995) * ''Swallowtail Butterfly'' (1996) * ''The Breath'' (1996) * ''Cat's Eye'' (1997) * ''Mabui'' (1999) * '' Love/Juice'' (2000) * '' Party 7'' (2000) * '' Calmi Cuori Appassionati'' (2001) * ''Current Lover'' (2002) * ''

'' (2004) * '' Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie'' (2004) * ''Shining Boy & Little Randy'' (2005) * ''Check It Out, Yo!'' (2006) * ''Back to the Bubble Era! Time Machine Drum Style'' (2007) * ''Argentine Baba'' (2007) * '' Saiyūki'' (2007) ith Yoshihiro Suzuki and Yasushi Ogawaref name=":0" /> * ''

'' (2007) * ''My Darling of the Mountains'' (2008) * ''The Magic Hour'' (2008) * '' Suspect X'' (2008) * ''I Want to Be a Shellfish'' (2008) * '' Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess'' (2009) * ''Sideways'' (2009) * ''Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I'' (2009) * ''Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II'' (2010) * '' Andalucia: Revenge of the Goddess'' (2011) * ''

'' (2011) * ''LOVE: Masao-kun ga Iku!'' (2012) * ''Orpheus' Lyre'' (2013) * ''Maruyama, the Middle Schooler'' (2013) ith Makiko Nagasaka and Makoto Okada* ''Ataru: the First Love & the Last Kill'' (2013) * ''The Apology King'' (2013) * ''

'' (2013) * ''Hero'' (2015) * ''Galaxy Kaido'' (2015) * ''Persona Non Grata'' (2015) * ''

'' (2016) * ''The Anthem of the Heart'' (2017) * ''Bleach'' (2018) * '' Masquerade Hotel'' (2019) * ''

'' (2019) * ''Way to Find the Best Life'' (2019) * ''Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie'' (2021) * ''Masquerade Night'' (2021) * ''Radiation House: The Movie'' (2022) * ''

'' (2022) * ''Yudo'' (2023) * ''Shin Kamen Rider'' (2023)

Executive producer/production

* '' Key of Life'' (2012) * '' Pieta in the Toilet'' (2015) * ''Persona Non Grata'' (2015) * ''A Gambler's Odyssey 2020'' (2019) * ''Diner'' (2019) * ''Revolver Lily'' (2023)

Co-producer

* ''Millennium Traveler'' (1999) * ''Koi ni utaeba'' (2002)

Assistant producer

* '' Fuyajo'' (1998)

Line producer

* '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' (2006)

Actor

* ''Stereo Future SF episode 2002'' (2001) as film producer * ''The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' (2006) as elderly fisherman

Notes

References

External links

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