Kishu Izuchi (井土紀州, Izuchi Kishū, born 1968[1]) is a film director and screenwriter from Japan. He has often collaborated with Takahisa Zeze.

Career

edit

Izuchi began making films while a student at Hosei University, winning an award at the Tokyo Student Film Festival.[2] He began writing screenplays for pink films while starting his own independent production company, Spiritual Movies.[1][3] His 8mm directorial film Jesus in Nirvana[4] was released commercially in theaters.[2] His films have been introduced at Frankfurt's Nippon Connection film festival.[5]

His works

edit

As director

edit
  • Jesus in Nirvana (Hyakunen no zesshō), 1998
  • Mole’s Festival (Mogura no matsuri), 2010
  • Muddy Planet (Doro no wakusei), 2010
  • Naomi, 2024[6]

As screenwriter

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "井土紀州 Izuchi Kishu". 映画美学校. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Interview #17: Izuchi Kishū". Hogaholic. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ^ "『行旅死亡人』 井土紀州(監督)インタビュー: 映画芸術". Eiga Geijutsu. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. ^ Gerow, Aaron. "Jesus in Nirvana". Kinema Club. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. ^ Nippon Connection
  6. ^ "痴人の愛". eiga.com. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  7. ^ trailer of the film in YouTube[1]
edit