Yuya Ishii (director)
Yuya Ishii | |
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| Born | 石井裕也 1983 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Movie director & writer |
| Years active | 2005-present |
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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.[1]
Personal life[]
Yuya Ishii won best director at the 2010 Blue Ribbon Awards,[2][3] 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).[3] They divorced in 2016.[4]
Filmography[]
Films[]
- Rebel, Jiro's Love (2006)
- Girl Sparks (2007)
- Of Monster Mode (2007)
- Bare-assed Japan (2007)
- To Walk Beside You (2009)
- Sawako Decides (2010)
- Mitsuko Delivers (2011)
- Azemichi no dandi (2011)
- The Great Passage (2013)
- The Vancouver Asahi (2014)
- Our Family (2014)
- The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)
- Almost a Miracle (2019)
- All the Things We Never Said (2020)
- The Asian Angel (2021)
- A Madder Red (2021)[5]
Television[]
- When a Tree Falls (2018)
Awards[]
- 2008 - Edward Yang New Talent
- 2018 - "Best Director" - The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
- 2011 - "Best Director" - Sawako Decides
- Japanese Academy Awards
- 2013 - "Best Director" - The Great Passage
- Mainichi Film Award
- 2013 - "Best Director" - The Great Passage
- 2013 - "Best Director" - The Great Passage
References[]
- ^ "'The Great Passage' Wins Best Picture at Japan's Academy Awards".
- ^ "Rekidai jushō ichiranhyō". Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "53rd Blue Ribbon Awards: Tetsuya Nakashima's "Kokuhaku" named Best Picture". TokyoGraph. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ "Hikari Mitsushima announces divorce, dating Kento Nagayama". 21 May 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "石井裕也×尾野真千子「茜色に焼かれる」公開、生きにくい時代に翻弄される母子描く". Crank-in!. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
External links[]
- Yûya Ishii at IMDb
- 'Bare-Assed Japan' (2005) - Edward Yang New Talent at the 2nd Asian Film awards http://www.lovehkfilm.com/panasia/bare_assed_japan.html
- Yuya Ishii marries actress Hikari Mitsushima http://www.tokyograph.com/news/hikari-mitsushima-marries-director-yuya-ishii
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1983 births
- People from Saitama Prefecture
- Japanese film directors
- Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year winners
- Best Director Asian Film Award winners
- Japanese editors