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石井 克人 , いしい かつひと
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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1966-12-31
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Directing
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- info Birth Place Niigata, Japan
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Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005-10-25
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Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005-10-25
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Party 7
2000-09-27
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Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
2002-09-26
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Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
2002-09-26
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The Taste of Tea
2004-07-17
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The Taste of Tea
2004-07-17
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Smap Short Films
2001-04-09
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Smuggler
2011-10-22
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special
2013-10-12
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My Darling of the Mountains
2008-05-24
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Frog River
2002-12-04
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Hokuro Kyodai Full Throttle!!!!
2007-05-25
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Hello! Junichi
2014-02-15
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Sorasoi
2008-11-30
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My Darling of the Mountains
2008-05-24
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003-10-10
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Redline
2009-08-14
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Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
2002-09-26
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Promise of August
1995-08-26
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Promise of August
1995-08-26
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Norioka Workshop
2022-05-27
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The Taste of Tea
2004-07-17
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Norioka Workshop
2022-05-27
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Party 7
2000-09-27
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Gamera
2015-10-08
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Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special
2001-01-01
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Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special
2001-01-01
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Smuggler
2011-10-22
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GAMBO
2013-07-20
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GAMBO
2013-07-20
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Redline
2009-08-14
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Short Peace
2013-07-20
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Short Peace
2013-07-20
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GAMBO
2013-07-20
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LUPIN THE IIIRD THE MOVIE Fujimi no Ketsuzoku
2025-06-27
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Lupin the Third: Zenigata and the 2 Lupins
2025-06-20
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世にも奇妙な物語 35周年SP ～伝説の名作 一夜限りの復活編～
2025-05-31
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世にも奇妙な物語 35周年SP ～伝説の名作 一夜限りの復活編～
2025-05-31
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Trava: Fist Planet
2002-03-02
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Trava: Fist Planet
2002-03-02
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Hal & Bons
2002-03-02
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Hal & Bons
2002-03-02
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Hal & Bons
2002-03-02
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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990-10-04
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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990-10-04
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SHORT PEACE
2013-07-30
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SHORT PEACE
2013-07-30