Name Kazuyuki Izutsu | Role Film director TV shows Chichin puipui | |
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Awards Mainichi Eiga Concours Award for Best Film Nominations Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year Movies Break Through!, The Hero Show, Gaki teikoku, Get Up!, Fly with the Gold Similar People Houka Kinoshita, Kenta Kiritani, Daisuke Habara, Tadanobu Asano, Toshiyuki Nishida | ||
Kazuyuki Izutsu
Kazuyuki Izutsu (井筒 和幸, Izutsu Kazuyuki, born 13 December 1952) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.
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Kôsei Yamamoto - Empire of Kids (1981) 山本公成 - ガキ帝国
Career
Born in Nara Prefecture, Izutsu started making 8mm films in high school, and directed his first 35mm film, a pink film, in 1975. He earned a citation from the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1981 for Gaki Teikoku, and his Boys Be Ambitious won the best picture award at the 1996 Blue Ribbon Awards. He received two Japanese Academy Award nominations in 2006 for writing and directing Pacchigi! and won the award for best director at the 27th Yokohama Film Festival for that film. Izutsu frequently appears on television in Japan and is known for his critical commentary. He has also directed many television commercials.