158 results found for: Jury Duty
Matsushima Hatsune
Matsushima Hatsune is a Japanese talent, former gravure idol, actress, and YouTuber, originally from Tokyo, Japan. She is affiliated with G Office. In 2004, while still a high school student, Matsushima won the Special Jury Prize at "Miss Magazine 2004," marking her official debut in the gravure industry.…
Mikuni Rentaro
Rentarō Mikuni was a Japanese film actor from Gunma Prefecture. He appeared in over 150 films since making his screen debut in 1951, and won three Japanese Academy Awards for Best Actor, and a further seven nominations. He also won two Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor, in 1960 and in 1989. The 1987…
Lu Chuan
Lu Chuan (born 8 February 1971) is a Chinese filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. He is the son of novelist Lu Tianming. He was born in Xinjiang, China. Hailed as a major new voice in Chinese cinema, Lu's first two films were small-budget productions which garnered both Chinese and international acclaim:…
Omori Tatsushi
Omori Tatsushi is a Japanese film director and actor. Omori was born in Tokyo as the eldest son of Maro Akaji, an actor and butoh dancer. His younger brother, Omori Nao, is also an actor. While in college, he began making 8 mm films but started working as an actor after graduation. While acting in Junji…
Imagawa Aoi
Imagawa Aoi, commonly referred to as "Aoi", is a Japanese idol, dancer and actor born in Tokyo. He is a member of an idol-group MeseMoa. and belongs to mitt management, a talent agency. In 2015, he won the Jury's Special Award in JUNON Superboy Contest.
Imamura Shohei
Shohei Imamura was a Japanese film director. Imamura is the only Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards. Imamura was born to a comfortably upper-middle-class doctor's family in Tokyo in 1926. For a short time after 1945, when Japan was in a devastated condition following the war, Imamura participated…
Umebayashi Shigeru
Umebayashi Shigeru is a Japanese composer. Once the leader and bass player of Japan's new wave rock band EX, composer Shigeru Umebayashi began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up. He has more than 30 Japanese and Chinese film scores to his credit[1] and is perhaps best known in the West for…
Nagahisa Makoto
Born August 2, 1984 in Tokyo, Nagahisa directed films and music videos while working at a major ad agency as a commercial planner. In 2017, he wrote and directed the short film "And so we put goldfish in the pool.", and was the first Japanese to win the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the 33rd Sundance…
Matsumoto Soushi
Matsumoto Soushi is a Japanese screenwriter & director, who was born in Saitama Prefecture in 1988. His video directing work includes commercials, music videos, and dramas. He has directed major dramas such as "Around the Table and Girl wa Friend" (The Girl is a Friend). The music video, EMOTO Yusuke…
Tomita Miki
Tomita Miki is a Japanese director and screenwriter. Born in Kanagawa, Tomita’s short film "The Sky Is Not Always Blue" (2018) was selected for the Foreign Language Short Film section, at the Madrid International Film Festival. Her film "Beats per MIZU" won both the Special Jury Prize and the award…
