| Yuya Ishii | |
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| Born | 石井裕也 1983 Saitama Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Movie director & writer |
| Years active | 2005-present |
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Yuya Ishii (石井裕也, Ishii Yūya) is a Japanese film director, writer, editor, producer and actor best known for his 2013 movie The Great Passage for which he won best director at the 2013 Japanese Academy Awards.
Personal life
Yuya Ishii won best director at the 2010 Blue Ribbon Awards, and the movie also resulted in his marriage in late 2010 to the lead actress Hikari Mitsushima, a former member of the J-pop group member Folder 5 and actress in such films as Death Note (2006) and Love Exposure (2008). They divorced in 2016.
Filmography
Films
- Rebel, Jiro's Love (2006)
- Girl Sparks (2007)
- Of Monster Mode (2007)
- Bare-assed Japan (2007)
- To Walk Beside You (2009)
- Sawako Decides (2010)
- Mitsuko Delivers (2011)
- Azemichi no dandi (2011)
- The Great Passage (2013)
- The Vancouver Asahi (2014)
- Our Family (2014)
- The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)
- Almost a Miracle (2019)
- All the Things We Never Said (2020)
- The Asian Angel (2021)
- A Madder Red (2021)
- Masked Hearts (2023)
- The Moon (2023)
- The Real You (2024)
Television
- When a Tree Falls (2018)
Awards
- 2008 - Edward Yang New Talent
- 2018 - "Best Director" - The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
- 2011 - "Best Director" - Sawako Decides
- 2013 - "Best Director" - The Great Passage
- 2013 - "Best Director" - The Great Passage
References
- "'The Great Passage' Wins Best Picture at Japan's Academy Awards".
- "Rekidai jushō ichiranhyō". Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ "53rd Blue Ribbon Awards: Tetsuya Nakashima's "Kokuhaku" named Best Picture". TokyoGraph. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- "Hikari Mitsushima announces divorce, dating Kento Nagayama". 21 May 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- "生きちゃった". eiga.com. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- "石井裕也×尾野真千子「茜色に焼かれる」公開、生きにくい時代に翻弄される母子描く". Crank-in!. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- "松岡茉優と窪田正孝のW主演作「愛にイナズマ」今秋公開、監督・脚本は石井裕也". Natalie. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- "月". eiga.com. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- "本心". eiga.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- "妻夫木聡×井上真央『乱反射』9月21日劇場公開決定 石井裕也監督「悲願でした」". Real Sound. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
External links
- Yuya Ishii at IMDb
- 'Bare-Assed Japan' (2005) - Edward Yang New Talent at the 2nd Asian Film awards http://www.lovehkfilm.com/panasia/bare_assed_japan.html
- Yuya Ishii marries actress Hikari Mitsushima http://www.tokyograph.com/news/hikari-mitsushima-marries-director-yuya-ishii
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