Yuya Ishii (director)

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Full Name 石井裕也 Role Film director Name Yuya Ishii		Years active 2005-present Nationality Japanese


Born 1983 Saitama Prefecture, Japan Occupation Movie director & writer Spouse Hikari Mitsushima (m. 2010) Awards Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year Movies The Great Passage, The Vancouver Asahi, Sawako Decides, Our Family, Mitsuko Delivers Similar People Hikari Mitsushima, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Sosuke Ikematsu, Joe Odagiri, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Education Osaka University of Arts

Yuya Ishii (石井裕也, Ishii Yūya) is a Japanese film director, writer, editor, producer and actor best known for his 2013 movie The Great Passage for which he won best director at the 2013 Japanese Academy Awards.

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Personal life

Yuya Ishii (director) Director Ishii brings style to family drama The Japan Times

Yuya Ishii won best director at the 2010 Blue Ribbon Awards, and the movie also resulted in his marriage in late 2010 to the lead actress Hikari Mitsushima, a former member of the J-pop group member Folder 5 and actress in such films as Death Note (2006) and Love Exposure (2008). Since 2016, they are divorced.