| Genjirō Arato | |
| Birth Date: | 10 October 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Nagasaki, Japan |
| Death Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation: | Film producer, director, actor |
was a Japanese film producer, actor and director.
In 1980, Arato produced Zigeunerweisen for director Seijun Suzuki. He was unable to secure exhibitors for the film and famously exhibited it himself in a specially-built, inflatable, mobile tent. The film won four Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and was voted the best Japanese film of the 1980s by Japanese critics.[1] He also produced Tatsushi Ōmori's The Whispering of the Gods in 2005.[2]
In 1995, Arato directed The Girl of the Silence, which stars Mami Nakamura and Kaori Momoi.[3] He returned with the 2003 film, Akame 48 Waterfalls, starring Takijirō Ōnishi, Michiyo Okusu and Shinobu Terajima.[4] His 2010 film, The Fallen Angel, starred Toma Ikuta.[5]
He died of ischemic heart disease on 7 November 2016 at the age of 70.[6]
. Tony Rayns. Branded to Thrill: The Delirious Cinema of Suzuki Seijun. Institute of Contemporary Arts. 1994. 0-905263-44-8. 43. 1980: Zigeunerweisen.