Kei Ishikawa
Director
- Date of Birth
- June 20, 1977
- Career
- After studying physics at Tohoku University, Ishikawa went to Poland to study direction at the Lodz Film School. His feature-length debut work was ”Gukoroku” in 2017 which was selected for the Orizzonti Competition at the 73th Venice Film Festival.
Outstanding works
| Category | Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2017 | Gukoroku: Traces of Sin | |
| TV (Live-Action) | 2018 | Innocent Days | |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2018 | Ten Years Japan (segment ”Utsukushii Kuni”) | |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2019 | Honeybees and Distant Thunder | |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2021 | Arc | |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2022 | A Man |
Awards List
| Year | Title of Award | Title |
|---|---|---|
| - | 2017 Kaneto Shindo Award Silver Prize | Gukoroku: Traces of Sin |
| - | 27th Japanese Professional Movie Awards Best New Director | Gukoroku: Traces of Sin |
| 2019 | 第74回毎日映画コンクール 監督賞 | 蜂蜜と遠雷 |
| 2020 | 第41回ヨコハマ映画祭 監督賞 | 蜂蜜と遠雷 |
| 2023 | 第46回日本アカデミー賞 最優秀監督賞 | ある男 |