Tengai Amano (born 1960) is a playwright, director and the leader of
the drama group called "Shonen-oja-kan". He was born in Ichinomiya,
Aichi prefecture, and graduated from the Department of History in
Aichi Gakuin University. In 1982, he founded "Shonen-oja-kan" in
Nagoya. The group started performing all over Japan, including Tokyo,
Osaka and Nagoya since 1984.As one of the busiest directors in the
country, Amano has been active nationwide and has directed in numerous
other drama groups as a guest, as well as writing and directing for
his own theatre group for almost 25 years. Besides drama, he has also
produced dance, puppet shows, concerts, and fashion shows. He has been
involved in various kinds of stage arts for a long time. He directs
and writes the play "Yaji and Kita" for Kudan Project Production
theatrical company.Another of his life works is illustration;
designing of posters, CD covers and book covers, and writing comics,
and they are highly appreciated in all fields. The flyer for "Yaji and
Kita" was also designed by him.Amano's creativity has extended in
filmmaking. In 1994, his directorial debut short film called
"TWILIGHT" won the grand prize of the International Short Film
Festival Oberhausen and the Melbourne International Film Festival
(Short Film Programme) and with this movie he drew worldwide attention
in the filmmaking field. In 2006, he plans to make 2 movies from
stories by Japanese writers, "Neji-shiki" by Yohiharu Tsuge and
"Nigyo-no-nageki" by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki.
the drama group called "Shonen-oja-kan". He was born in Ichinomiya,
Aichi prefecture, and graduated from the Department of History in
Aichi Gakuin University. In 1982, he founded "Shonen-oja-kan" in
Nagoya. The group started performing all over Japan, including Tokyo,
Osaka and Nagoya since 1984.As one of the busiest directors in the
country, Amano has been active nationwide and has directed in numerous
other drama groups as a guest, as well as writing and directing for
his own theatre group for almost 25 years. Besides drama, he has also
produced dance, puppet shows, concerts, and fashion shows. He has been
involved in various kinds of stage arts for a long time. He directs
and writes the play "Yaji and Kita" for Kudan Project Production
theatrical company.Another of his life works is illustration;
designing of posters, CD covers and book covers, and writing comics,
and they are highly appreciated in all fields. The flyer for "Yaji and
Kita" was also designed by him.Amano's creativity has extended in
filmmaking. In 1994, his directorial debut short film called
"TWILIGHT" won the grand prize of the International Short Film
Festival Oberhausen and the Melbourne International Film Festival
(Short Film Programme) and with this movie he drew worldwide attention
in the filmmaking field. In 2006, he plans to make 2 movies from
stories by Japanese writers, "Neji-shiki" by Yohiharu Tsuge and
"Nigyo-no-nageki" by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki.
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