Yoshihiro Nakamura (ä¸æ '義洋, Nakamura Yoshihiro) is a Japanese
film director and screenwriter, known for his 2009 film Fish Story,
which premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival, and A Boy and His
Samurai, which won the Audience Award at the 2011 New York Asian Film
Festival.He was born on 25 August 1970 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
He went to Seijo University Department of Arts and Literature. While
there he joined the Film Research Club and started 8 mm film making,
and in 1993 won the PIA Film Festival Grand Prix with "Summer Rain
Kitchen". After graduating he worked as assistant director on films
with Yoichi Sai, Hideyuki Hirayama and Juzo Itami. In 1999 he made his
debut as an independent director with "Local News". That year he
worked to direct, organise and produce many films that Broadway
Co.(ブãƒãƒ¼ãƒ‰ã‚¦ã‚§ã‚¤) made into the "It's True! Cursed Films"
series. In 2004 together with scriptwriter Ken'ichi Suzuki and editor
Tooru Hosokawa he formed the conte unit "Assembly of Little Pigeons".
In 2007 he won the Kaneto ShindÅ Prize given to the most promising
new director by the Japan Film Makers' Association. In 2010 he worked
as a narrator on the "It's True! Cursed Films" series.
film director and screenwriter, known for his 2009 film Fish Story,
which premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival, and A Boy and His
Samurai, which won the Audience Award at the 2011 New York Asian Film
Festival.He was born on 25 August 1970 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
He went to Seijo University Department of Arts and Literature. While
there he joined the Film Research Club and started 8 mm film making,
and in 1993 won the PIA Film Festival Grand Prix with "Summer Rain
Kitchen". After graduating he worked as assistant director on films
with Yoichi Sai, Hideyuki Hirayama and Juzo Itami. In 1999 he made his
debut as an independent director with "Local News". That year he
worked to direct, organise and produce many films that Broadway
Co.(ブãƒãƒ¼ãƒ‰ã‚¦ã‚§ã‚¤) made into the "It's True! Cursed Films"
series. In 2004 together with scriptwriter Ken'ichi Suzuki and editor
Tooru Hosokawa he formed the conte unit "Assembly of Little Pigeons".
In 2007 he won the Kaneto ShindÅ Prize given to the most promising
new director by the Japan Film Makers' Association. In 2010 he worked
as a narrator on the "It's True! Cursed Films" series.
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