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Katsuhito Ishii

Katsuhito Ishii

Director, Writer, Editor

Born December 31, 1966 in Niigata, Japan

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Katsuhito Ishii is a Japanese film director.

After graduating from Musashino Art University, Katsuhito Ishii got a job at Tohokushinsha Film and began directing commercials in 1992, receiving numerous awards in this field. His first short film The Promise of August, shot in 1995, went on to receive the Japanese Film Grand Prix in the Fantastic Video Section of the 1995 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.

He made his feature debut with Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl, based on the visual novel by cult manga artist Minetaro Mochizuki and starring regular collaborator Tadanobu Asano.

Ishii quickly followed his success with another box office hit, Party 7 (2000), which featured Masatoshi Nagase, Yoshio Harada and Tadanobu Asano among others. Between the years 2001 and 2002, he created a series of short films including the 3D animated dialogue piece Hal & Bons and the 2D animated space opera Trava Fist Planet. Among other commercials and select TV projects including the short Black Room which starred Takuya Kimura, and Music Power Go Go!, He collaborated with Production I.G for the animation sequence of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 1.

In 2004, his fourth feature film The Taste of Tea won Best Feature Film at the Hawaii International Film Festival. In 2006, he co-directed the feature film Funky Forest with fellow Japanese film makers and old school friends Shunichiro Miki and ANIKI. He founded his own production company, Nice Rainbow, in October 2006.

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10 wins and 3 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

1

Filmania: Eiga no tatsujin TV Series2008Self

Director

14

Type

Year

Gamera: 50th Anniversary Poster

Gamera: 50th Anniversary Short Film2015

Harô! Jun'ichi Poster

Harô! Jun'ichi Feature Film2014

The Higashino Keigo Mysteries Poster

The Higashino Keigo Mysteries Mini-Series2012

Smuggler Poster

Smuggler Feature Film2011

Ichigo zeminâru TV Series2009

My Darling of the Mountains Poster

My Darling of the Mountains Feature Film2008

Scenery Documentary2008

Sorasoi Feature Film2008

Funky Forest: The First Contact Poster

Funky Forest: The First Contact Feature Film2005

Cha no aji Poster

Cha no aji Feature Film2004

Trava: Fist Planet Poster

Trava: Fist Planet Video2003

Party 7 Feature Film2000

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl Poster

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl Feature Film1998

Gamera Feature Film

Writer

11

Type

Year

Combustible Poster

Combustible Short Film2012

The Higashino Keigo Mysteries Poster

The Higashino Keigo Mysteries Mini-Series2012

Smuggler Poster

Smuggler Feature Film2011

Redline Feature Film2009

Sorasoi Feature Film2008

Funky Forest: The First Contact Poster

Funky Forest: The First Contact Feature Film2005

Cha no aji Poster

Cha no aji Feature Film2004

Trava: Fist Planet Poster

Trava: Fist Planet Video2003

Frog River Poster

Frog River Video2002

Party 7 Feature Film2000

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl Poster

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl Feature Film1998

Editor

3

Smuggler Poster

Smuggler Feature Film2011

My Darling of the Mountains Poster

My Darling of the Mountains Feature Film2008

Cha no aji Poster

Cha no aji Feature Film2004

Cinematographer

2

Scenery Documentary2008

Sorasoi Feature Film2008

Animation Department

1

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Poster

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Feature Film2003

Production Designer

1

Redline Feature Film2009

Sound Department

1

Redline Feature Film2009

Thanks

1

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Poster

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Feature Film2004

Other Crew

1

Lupin the IIIrd: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline Poster

Lupin the IIIrd: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline Feature Film2025

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