Favourite Screenwriters / Directors and their works :)

I will watch everything these masters have written / directed. My evaluation of best / underwhelming is subjective.

[A list still in progress; in no order]

chillingindoors Apr 1, 2021
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  • Abe Kobo

    Japanese

    Best work: Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another

  • Adachi Naoko

    Japanese

    Best work: Okaeri Mone, Owakare Hospital, Rich Man Poor Woman, 

    Decent work: Kinou Nani Tabeta, Daytime Shooting Star

    Underwhelming work:

  • Ang Lee

    Taiwanese

    Best work: Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Lust Caution

    Underwhelming work:

  • Bakarhythm

    Japanese

    Best work: Brush Up Life, Trespassers, Sukina Sen Taxi,  Shinnyushatachi no Bansan, Satsui No Michinori, 

    Decent work: Jigoku-no-Hanazono: Office Royale

    Underwhelming work:

  • Beat Takeshi

    Japanese

    Best work: A Scene at the Sea, Sonatine

    Decent work:

    Underwhelming work:

  • Chu Yu Ning

    Taiwanese

    Best work: The Rose, It Started with a Kiss, They Kiss Again, MoMo Love

    Decent work: In Time With You

    Underwhelming work: You Light Up My Star

  • Fukuda Yuichi

    Japanese

    Best work: Mr Nietzsche In the Convenience Centre, Kyou Kara Ore Wa, 1 Pound No Fukuin, 

    Decent work: Tokyo DOGS,  Yuusha Yoshihiko to Maou no Shiro, Once Upon a Crime

    Underwhelming work: Wotakoi

  • Iwai Shunji

    Japanese

    Best work: Love Letter, PIcnic, A Bride for Rip Wan Vinkle, All About Lily Chou

    Decent work: April Story, Hana & Alice

    Underwhelming work:

  • Jin Soo Wan

    South Korean

    Best work: Kill Me Heal Me, Chicago Typewriter

    Decent work: Moon Embracing the Sun

    Underwhelming work:

  • Jung Sung Joo

    South Korean

    Best work: Heard it Through the Grapevine, Secret Love Affair

    Decent work: A Wife's Credentials

    Underwhelming work:

  • Kaneko Shigeki

    Japanese

    Best work: Ore No Hanashi Wa Nagai, Konto Ka Hajimaru,

    Decent work: Hachimitsu to Clover, Sekai Ichi Muzakashii Koi, Boku Unmei No Hito Desu,

    Underwhelming work: Koi Wa Kaisha Yasumimasu

  • Kitagawa Eriko

    Japanese

    Best work: Uchi No Musume Wa Kareshi Ga Dekinai, Aishiteiru to Ittekure, One Million Stars Falling From the Sky, Long Vacation, Over Time, Orange Days,

    Decent work:  Tatta Hitotsu No Koi, Beautiful Life, Destiny-like Love, Yugure ni Te wo Tsunagu

    Underwhelming work: Saigo No Koi, Chance

  • Kobayashi Masaki

    Japanese

    Best work: The Inheritance

    Underwhelming work:

  • Koreeda Hirokazu

    Japanese

    Must watch movies: Air Doll, Monster, Maborosi

    Must watch dramas : Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san

    Dramas / Movies that were underwhelming:

  • Kudo Kankuro

    Japanese

    Best work: Ore No Ie No Hanashi, Gomenne Seishun, Tiger & Dragon, Go, Ikebukuro West Gate Park, 

    Decent work: Ryusei No Kizuna, Kisarazu Cat's Eye

    Underwhelming work: Rikon Shiyou Yu

  • Kurosawa Akira

    Japanese

    Best work: Ikiru, Ran, High and Low, Rashomon, Dreams, The Bad Sleep Well, 

    Underwhelming work: Drunken Angel

  • Mag Hsu

    Taiwanese

    Best work: MARS, Imperfect Us

    Decent work: In Time With You, Q Series: Life Plan A and B

    Underwhelming work:

  • Morishita Yoshiko

    Japanese

    Best work: Dakara Watashi Wa Oshimashita, Watashi wo Hanasanaide, Byakuyako, JIN, Tenno no Ryoriban, Tengoku to Jigoku: Psychona Futari, Tonbi, 

    Decent work: Gibo to Musume no Blues, Sekai no Chuushin de Ai wo Sakebu, Mr Brain

    Underwhelming work:

  • Naruse Mikio

    Japanese

    Best work: Two In the Shadow, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Yearning, 

    Decent work: Floating Clouds, 

    Underwhelming work:

  • Nogi Akiko

    Japanese

    Best work: Fence, Soratobu Kouhoushitsu, Juhan Shuttai!, 

    Decent work: Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu, Unnatural, Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku, My Love Story!

    Underwhelming work: Kemono ni Narenai Watashitachi

  • Nojima Shinji

    Japanese

    Best work: Kono Yo No Hate, Kou Kou Kyoushi (1993),  Nanyobi ni Umareta No, Lipstick, Golden Bowl, Ningen Shikkaku, Algernon Ni Hanataba O

    Decent work: Love Shuffle, Takane No Hana, Strawberry on the Shortcake, Pride, 49, Ai to Iu Nano Moto Ni

    Underwhelming work: Utsukushii Hito, 101st Marriage Proposal, Seija no Koushin, Bara No Nai Hanaya

  • Obayashi Nobuhiko

    Japanese

    Best work: Sabishibindo

    Underwhelming work:

  • Okada Yoshikazu

    Japanese

    Best work: Nijiro Karute, In This Corner of the World, Zeni Geba, Kimi No Te Ga Sasayaite Iru, Neechan No Koibito, Beach Boys, Be With You, 

    Decent work: Iguana No Musume, The Last 10 Years, Fight Song, 

    Underwhelming work: Chance

  • Ozu Yasujiro

    Japanese

    Best work: Tokyo Story

    Underwhelming work:

  • Park Hae Young

    South Korean

    Best work: My Liberation Notes

    Decent work: Another Miss Oh

    Underwhelming work:

  • Sakamoto Yuji

    Japanese

    Best work: Soredemo Ikite Yuku, Omameda Towako To Sannin no Motootto, Quartet, Mother, We Made a Beautiful Bouquet, Monster, 

    Decent work: Mondai No Aru Restaurant, Tokyo Love Story (1991), Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien

    Underwhelming work: Love That Makes You Cry, Mosaic Japan, In Love and Deep Water

  • Shinozaki Eriko

    Japanese

    Best work: Unmet, Saka no Tochu no Ie

    Decent work: Ryu to Michi: Futatsu no Kao no Fukushusha, Influence, Nemureru Mori no Jukujo

    Underwhelming work:

  • Song Jae Jung

    South Korean

    Best work: Queen In Hyun's Man, Nine: Nine Times Time Travel, Yumi's Cells

    Decent work: W, Unstoppable High Kick

    Underwhelming work: Coffee House

  • Teshigahara Hiroshi

    Japanese

    Best work: Woman in Dunes

    Underwhelming work:

  • Wong Kar Wai

    Hong Konger

    Best work: In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels

    Underwhelming work:

  • Zhang Yi Mou

    Chinese

    Best work: Under the Hawthorne Tree, The Road Home, Raise the Red Lantern

    Underwhelming work:

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