Kazuyuki Izutsu
Born (1952-12-13) 13 December 1952 (age 71)
Nara Prefecture, Japan
OccupationFilm director

Kazuyuki Izutsu (井筒 和幸, Izutsu Kazuyuki, born 13 December 1952) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.

Career

Born in Nara Prefecture, Izutsu started making 8mm films in high school,[1] and directed his first 35mm film, a pink film, in 1975.[1] He earned a citation from the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1981 for Gaki Teikoku,[1][2] and his Boys Be Ambitious won the best picture award at the 1996 Blue Ribbon Awards.[3] 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.[4] Izutsu frequently appears on television in Japan and is known for his critical commentary.[1] He has also directed many television commercials.[1]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Izutsu Kazuyuki". Tarento dētabanku (in Japanese). Talent Databank. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Burū Ribon-shō historī" (in Japanese). Shinema Hōchi. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  4. ^ 第27回ヨコハマ映画祭 2005年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  5. ^ "無頼". eiga.com. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

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Films directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu
Yokohama Film Festival Award for Best Director
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