Kazuyuki Izutsu Explained

Kazuyuki Izutsu
Birth Date:	1952 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Nara Prefecture, Japan
Occupation:	Film director

is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.

Career

Born in Nara Prefecture, Izutsu started making 8mm films in high school,^[1] and directed his first 35mm film, a pink film, in 1975.^[1] He earned a citation from the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1981 for Gaki Teikoku,^{[1] [2]} and his Boys Be Ambitious won the best picture award at the 1996 Blue Ribbon Awards.^[3] He received two Japanese Academy Award nominations in 2006 for writing and directing Pacchigi! and won the award for best director at the 27th Yokohama Film Festival for that film.^[4] Izutsu frequently appears on television in Japan and is known for his critical commentary.^[1] He has also directed many television commercials.^[1]

Filmography

• Iku Iku Maito Gai: Seishun no Monmon (1975)
• Nikuiro no Umi (1978)
• Bōkōma Shinju-zeme (1979)
• Shikijō Mesu-gari (1981)
• Gaki Teikoku: Akutare Sensō (1981)
• Gaki Teikoku (1981)
• Akai Fukushū: Bōkan (1982)
• Miyuki (1983)
• Hare Tokidoki Satsujin (1984)
• Nidaime wa Christian (1985)
• Inuji ni Seshi Mono (1986)
• Abunai Hanashi Mugen Monogatari (1989)
• Universal Laws (1990)
• Boys Be Ambitious (1996)
• Amateur Singing Contest (1999)
• Big Show! Hawaii ni Utaeba (1999)
• Get Up! (2003)
• Pacchigi! (2005)
• Pacchigi! Love & Peace (2007)
• The Hero Show (2010)
• Fly with the Gold (2012)
• Wiseguy (2020)^[5]

External links

• • • News: Mark. Schilling. Mark Schilling. Unafraid of rightist rage. The Japan Times. 18 May 2007. 20 May 2007.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Izutsu Kazuyuki. Tarento dētabanku. Talent Databank. ja. 1 November 2010.
2. Web site: Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō. Directors Guild of Japan. ja. 11 December 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101122022302/http://dgj.or.jp/award_g/. 22 November 2010.
3. Web site: Burū Ribon-shō historī . Shinema Hōchi . ja . 1 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005192430/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1996/ . 5 October 2011 .
4. Web site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/27-2005/27_2005_shou.html. ja:第27回ヨコハマ映画祭 2005年日本映画個人賞. 1 March 2010. Yokohama Film Festival. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20070904005735/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/27-2005/27_2005_shou.html. 4 September 2007. dead.
5. Web site: 無頼. April 21, 2021. eiga.com.