Overview
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was first a director of television commercials before adding filmmaking to his creative activities. His most famous film outside Japan is Tony Takitani, an adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage after suddenly collapsing at a restaurant, shortly before his latest film, Buy a Suit, was to premier at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Filmography
Buy A Suit (2008)
How to Become Myself (2007)
Aogeba Tôtoshi (2006)
Tony Takitani (2004)
Ryoma's Wife, Her Husband and Her Lover (2002)
Tokyo Marigold (2001)
Zawa-zawa Shimo-Kitazawa (2000)
Osaka Story (1999)
Tadon to Chikuwa (1998)
Tokyo Lullaby (1997)
Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment (1996)
The Tokyo Siblings (1995)
Kurêpu (1993)
Dying at a Hospital (1993)
Kin Chan no Cinema Jack (1993) (segment "Kitto Kurusa")
Tugumi (1990)
No Life King (1989)
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You (1988)
Bu Su (1987)
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