Masaaki Taniguchi
Director
- Date of Birth
- July 6, 1966
- Career
- After graduating from Nihon University College of Art Cinema department, Taniguchi worked as an assistant director for numerous works. He has been directing tv drama titles and then debuted as a movie director in 2010 with the movie ”Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time”.
Outstanding works
| Category | Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2010 | Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time | |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2011 | Scattered Reflection | |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2012 | Bungo: Stories of Desire (segment ”Kokuhaku Suru Shinshitachi”) | |
| TV (Live-Action) | 2014 | Mothers | |
| TV (Live-Action) | 2016 | Aquarium Girl | |
| TV (Live-Action) | 2017 | Ai wo Kou Hito | |
| TV (Live-Action) | 2019 | Nodoka no Niwa | |
| TV (Live-Action) | 2020 | Yoru ga Dorehodo Kurakutemo | |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2021 | Musicophilia | |
| TV (Live-Action) | 2022 | Identity |
Awards List
| Year | Title of Award | Title |
|---|---|---|
| - | 32nd Yokohama Film Festival Best New Director | Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time |
| - | 55th Monte-Carlo Television Festival Prize of the Monaco Red Cross, SIGNIS Prize | Hitojichi no Roudokukai |
| - | 43rd International Emmy Award Nomination | Hitojichi no Roudokukai |
| - | 2015 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Awards Programming category TV Drama Excellence Award | Mothers |
| - | 2017 Japan Media Arts Festival Award TV/Drama category Excellence Award | Ai wo Kou Hito |