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Creator

Kei Ishikawa

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
- 39th Yokohama Film Festival Yoshimitsu Morita Memorial New Director Award Gukoroku: Traces of Sin
- 2017 Kaneto Shindo Award Silver Prize Gukoroku: Traces of Sin
- 27th Japanese Professional Movie Awards Best New Director Gukoroku: Traces of Sin