is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.

Biography

Kunitoshi Manda was a student at

Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan. Rikkyo is one of the five MARCH (Japanese universities), MARCH universities, the group of private universities in the Kantō region, Kanto region, toge ...

, where he took

Shigehiko Hasumi Shigehiko Hasumi (蓮實重彥, aka Hasumi Shiguéhiko; born April 29, 1936 in Tokyo) is a Japanese literary critic, film critic, French literature scholar, and novelist. He was a professor at the University of Tokyo (Cultural Studies, or the "St ...

's filmology class. Manda directed his first feature film, '' Unloved'', in 2001. It won the Grand Rail d'Or prize and the Future Talent prize at the

2001 Cannes Film Festival The 54th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was named Jury President for the main competition. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti won the ''Palme d'Or'' for the drama film '' The Son's ...

. ''The Tunnel'', one of his television films, screened at the

2004 Cannes Film Festival The 57th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 2004. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino served as jury president for the main competition. While American filmmaker Michael Moore won the Palme d'Or for the documentary film '' Fahrenh ...

. Manda's third feature film, '' The Kiss'', premiered at the

Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, ) is an Asian film festival based in South Korea. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival seeking to introduce independent and experimental films to the general public and focusing ...

in 2008. Japanese film critic

Inuhiko Yomota is a Japanese author, cultural essayist, translator, film historian, and critic. His real name is . Biography Inuhiko Yomota was born on February 20, 1953, in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, but grew up in Tokyo. He graduated from the Univers ...

praised the film as "a fantastic film." His 2014 film, ''Dog's Way'', premiered at the

Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival The , also sometimes called YIFFF, is held in a resort-like environment in the small town of Yūbari on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaidō. From 1990 to 1999, the festival was known as the Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Fil ...

Filmography

Feature films

*'' Unloved'' (2001) *''Thank You'' (2006) *'' The Kiss'' (2007) *''Dog's Way'' (2014) *''The Synchronizer'' (2017) *''Love Mooning'' (2021)

Short films

*''Spaceship Remnant 6'' (1996) *''Omokage'' (2010)

Television

*''The Tunnel'' (2003) *'' Tokyo Girl'' (2008, episode 3)

Bibliography

*''Sairishū Tottemo Hazukashi Zemināru'' (2009)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Manda, Kunitoshi Japanese film directors Japanese screenwriters Japanese film critics 1956 births Rikkyo University alumni Living people