Koji Fukada
Koji Fukada | |
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.jpg) Koji Fukada in 2016 | |
| Born | 1980 (age 44–45) |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Koji Fukada (深田 晃司, Fukada Kōji; born 1980 in Koganei, Tokyo) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Career
[edit]Born in Tokyo, Fukada had a father who was a film aficionado and he watched many films on VHS when he was young.[1][2] It was when he was 19 years old studying at Taisho University and discovered the Film School of Tokyo that he began taking evening classes in filmmaking. One of his teachers was Kiyoshi Kurosawa.[1][2][3] He made his first feature-length film, The Chair, in 2002.[4] He joined the Seinendan theater troupe, headed by Oriza Hirata, in 2005, and has often used their work and their actors in his films.[1][2]
Influences
[edit]Fukada has said that he was strongly influenced by the films of Eric Rohmer, particularly The Green Ray,[1] and was inspired to become a filmmaker after seeing Children of Paradise and The Spirit of the Beehive.[2]
Filmography
[edit]Feature films
[edit]| Year | English Title | Original Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Chair | 椅子 | |
| 2008 | Human Comedy in Tokyo | 東京人間喜劇 | |
| 2010 | Hospitalité | 歓待 | |
| 2013 | Au revoir l'été | ほとりの朔子 | |
| 2015 | Sayonara | さようなら | |
| 2016 | Harmonium | 淵に立つ | |
| 2018 | The Man from the Sea | 海を駆ける | |
| 2019 | A Girl Missing | よこがお | |
| 2020 | The Real Thing | 本気のしるし | compilation film of 2019 TV series |
| 2022 | Love Life | [5] | |
| 2025 | Love on Trial | 恋愛裁判 | [6] |
Awards
[edit]His film Hospitalité won the Best Picture Award in the Japanese Eyes competition of the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2010.[7] Au revoir l'été won the grand prize and the prize of the young jury at the Three Continents Festival in 2013.[8] And his 2016 film Harmonium won the Prix du Jury in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Lee, Edmund (12 April 2017). "Koji Fukada on graduating from theatre to become a Cannes winner". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Japanese winner of Cannes Jury Prize directs movies based on theater experience". Mainichi Daily News. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ Marx, René (11 May 2017). "Critique ESRA Sayonara de Kôji Fukada". Avant-Scène Cinéma (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ Domenach, Elise. "" Memento mori ". Entretien avec Koji Fukada à propos de Sayonara". Esprit (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "木村文乃、矢野顕子の名曲「LOVE LIFE」から着想を得た深田晃司監督作に主演". Cinema Cafe. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "恋愛裁判". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "23rd TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL List of Winners". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "LES TROIS CONTINENTS 2013 : le palmarès". Accréds (in French). 25 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Cannes Interview: Kôji Fukada". Film Comment. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
External links
[edit]- Koji Fukada at IMDb
