JÅ ji Matsuoka (æ ¾å²¡ éŒ å ¸, Matsuoka JÅ ji, born November 7, 1961)
is a Japanese film director. After studying filmmaking in the College
of Art at Nihon University, he won an award for his independent short
Inaka no hÅ soku at the Pia Film Festival in 1984. He directed his
first commercial feature, Bataashi kingyo, in 1990 and received a
number of awards for best new director, including the Hochi Film
Award. He won the Japan Academy Prize for best director for his film
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad. Matsuoka is known for his
delicate depictions of complicated romantic and familial
relationships, including a homosexual triangle in Kirakira Hikaru, a
daughter caring for an abusive but now senile mother in Akashia no
Michi, and a son caring for a cancer-stricken mother in Tokyo Tower.
He has also shot many television commercials. His best known and most
successful TV show is the Midnight Diner - Tokyo Stories.
is a Japanese film director. After studying filmmaking in the College
of Art at Nihon University, he won an award for his independent short
Inaka no hÅ soku at the Pia Film Festival in 1984. He directed his
first commercial feature, Bataashi kingyo, in 1990 and received a
number of awards for best new director, including the Hochi Film
Award. He won the Japan Academy Prize for best director for his film
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad. Matsuoka is known for his
delicate depictions of complicated romantic and familial
relationships, including a homosexual triangle in Kirakira Hikaru, a
daughter caring for an abusive but now senile mother in Akashia no
Michi, and a son caring for a cancer-stricken mother in Tokyo Tower.
He has also shot many television commercials. His best known and most
successful TV show is the Midnight Diner - Tokyo Stories.
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