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Name
  
Chosei Funahara

Movies
  
Enemy

Education
  
New York University

Role
  
Musician


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Born
  
December 10, 1953 (age 70) (
1953-12-10
)
Hyogo, Japan

Albums
  
New Hope for the Wretched, Meet The Plasmatics

Similar People
  
Richie Stotts, Wes Beech, Rod Swenson, Chris Romanelli, Jean Beauvoir

Music group
  
Plasmatics (1978 – 1980)

at your Mercy - Chosei Funahara behind the scene


Osao Chosei Funahara (born December 10, 1953) is a musician and film director and producer. Born in Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan, Chosei Funahara was educated in both United States and Japan. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Nihon University College of Art's Cinema Department in Tokyo. While pursuing New York University's NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science (Cinema Studies), he performed as bassist and founding member of the cult punk rock group the Plasmatics.

Contents

Mickey Leigh - When The Truth Is On Trial


Producer

  • Cagney Lies (2008)
  • Still Normal (2007)
  • Masabumi Kikuchi (post-production)
  • Dark Voices (2001) (co-producer)
  • Tokyo Decadence (1992) (producer) ... a.k.a. Sex Dreams of Topaz (Hong Kong) ... a.k.a. Topâzu ( Japanese )
  • In the Soup (1992) (co-executive producer)
  • Fatal Mission (1990) (producer) ... a.k.a. DeadLock (Japanese) ... a.k.a. Enemy (Germany)
  • Raffles Hotel (1989) (associate producer)
  • Sons (1989) (executive producer)

    • Other film credits

  • Dark Voices (2001) (Director)
  • Kyoko (2000) (production consultant)
  • Amerikanskaya doch (1995) (production consultant) ... a.k.a. Американская дочь (Russia) ... a.k.a. American Daughter
  • Somebody to Love (1994) (special thanks)
  • Hsi yen(1993) (soundtrack supervisor) ... a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet (USA)

    • In addition to these feature film credits, Chosei Funahara has produced or directed a total of more than sixty short films, documentaries and numerous TV commercials in Japan, the United States and Europe.

    Selected short films

  • War (1999)
  • Widget (1999), directed by Funahara and produced by Hal Hartley
  • Trouble (1994), directed by Richard Edson
  • DEADEND (1994), directed by Miron Zownir
  • Cacophony, Lonesome Hitmen from Montana, for German TV ZDF (1988)
  • Cockroach Alarm in Spanish Harlem (1987)
  • New York City Marathon (1986), written by Ryu Murakami
  • The Houseguest (1986), featuring John Cale and Zoe Lund

    • Music video

  • I am Siam (1984) directed by Funahara, winner of the American Video Award.

    • References

    Chosei Funahara Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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