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Jōji Matsuoka Born November 7, 1961
Ichinomiya, Aichi, JapanOccupation Film director Jōji Matsuoka (松岡 錠司 Matsuoka Jōji, born November 7, 1961) is a Japanese film director. After studying filmmaking in the College of Art at Nihon University,[1] he won an award for his independent short Inaka no hōsoku at the Pia Film Festival in 1984.[2] 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.[3] He won the Japan Academy Prize for best director for his film Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad.[4] 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.[1]
Contents
Director
Films
- Bataashi Kingyo (1990)
- Kirakira Hikaru (1992)
- Toire no Hanako-san (1995)
- Akashia no Michi (2001)
- Sayonara, Kuro (2003)
- Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
- Kanki no Uta (2008)
- Snow Prince (2009)
TV Dramas
- Shin'ya Shokudō (深夜食堂 Shin'ya Shokudō) (2009)
References
- ^ a b Matsuoka, Atsushi (24 July 2008). "Eiga kantoku Matsuoka Jōji ga kataru" (in Japanese). Mai Komi Jānaru. http://journal.mycom.co.jp/articles/2008/07/24/pia/001.html. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ Gerow, Aaron. "Matsuoka Joji and Tokyo Tower." Tangemania: Aaron Gerow's Japanese Film Page. 10 September 2009. Accessed 12 September 2009
- ^ "Hōchi Eigashō rekidai jushō ichiran" (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/table.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ Mark Schilling (2008-02-15). "Tokyo Tower tops Japanese awards". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117980995.html. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
External links
Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year Yoji Yamada (1978) · Yoshitaro Nomura (1979) · Shōhei Imamura (1980) · Seijun Suzuki (1981) · Kōhei Oguri (1982) · Kinji Fukasaku (1983) · Hideo Gosha (1984) · Juzo Itami (1985) · Shinichirō Sawai (1986) · Kinji Fukasaku (1987) · Juzo Itami (1988) · Junya Sato (1989) · Shōhei Imamura (1990) · Masahiro Shinoda (1991) · Kihachi Okamoto (1992) · Masayuki Suo (1993) · Yoji Yamada (1994) · Kinji Fukasaku (1995) · Kaneto Shindō (1996) · Masayuki Suo (1997) · Shōhei Imamura (1998) · Hideyuki Hirayama (1999) · Yasuo Furuhata (2000) · Junji Sakamoto (2001) · Isao Yukisada (2002) · Yoji Yamada (2003) · Yoshimitsu Morita (2004) · Yoichi Sai (2005) · Takashi Yamazaki (2006) · Lee Sang-il (2007) · Joji Matsuoka (2008) · Yōjirō Takita (2009) · Daisaku Kimura (2010)
Categories:- Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year winners
- Japanese film directors
- 1961 births
- Living people
- People from Aichi Prefecture
- Nihon University alumni
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