Akihiko Shiota (å¡©ç"° 明彦, Shiota Akihiko) (born 11 September
1961, Maizuru, Kyoto) is a Japanese film director and
screenwriter.Shiota attended Rikkyo University, where he was in a film
club with other students such as Makoto Shinozaki and Shinji Aoyama
and began making 8mm films in the tradition of other Rikkyo students
like Kiyoshi Kurosawa. His independently made films were recognized at
the Pia Film Festival and he began writing film criticism and working
as an assistant for Kurosawa and other filmmakers. He also studied
screenwriting under Atsushi Yamatoya, who wrote scenarios for Seijun
Suzuki, and worked as the cinematographer for films by Takayoshi
Yamaguchi.His first two films as a director, Moonlight Whispers and
Don't Look Back, were both released in 1999 and earned Shiota the
Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. Don't Look Back also won
the Jury Prize at the Three Continents Festival. Harmful Insect (2002)
screened at the Venice Film Festival and earned two more awards at the
Three Continents Festival. His first major commercial film, Yomigaeri,
was the fourth biggest grossing Japanese film of 2003. Canary, his
2005 film inspired by the killings of Aum Shinrikyo in 1995, won the
top prize at the Raindance Film Festival. Dororo, based on a manga by
Osamu Tezuka, was the eighth top-grossing Japanese film of 2007.
1961, Maizuru, Kyoto) is a Japanese film director and
screenwriter.Shiota attended Rikkyo University, where he was in a film
club with other students such as Makoto Shinozaki and Shinji Aoyama
and began making 8mm films in the tradition of other Rikkyo students
like Kiyoshi Kurosawa. His independently made films were recognized at
the Pia Film Festival and he began writing film criticism and working
as an assistant for Kurosawa and other filmmakers. He also studied
screenwriting under Atsushi Yamatoya, who wrote scenarios for Seijun
Suzuki, and worked as the cinematographer for films by Takayoshi
Yamaguchi.His first two films as a director, Moonlight Whispers and
Don't Look Back, were both released in 1999 and earned Shiota the
Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. Don't Look Back also won
the Jury Prize at the Three Continents Festival. Harmful Insect (2002)
screened at the Venice Film Festival and earned two more awards at the
Three Continents Festival. His first major commercial film, Yomigaeri,
was the fourth biggest grossing Japanese film of 2003. Canary, his
2005 film inspired by the killings of Aum Shinrikyo in 1995, won the
top prize at the Raindance Film Festival. Dororo, based on a manga by
Osamu Tezuka, was the eighth top-grossing Japanese film of 2007.
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