Akinori Kikuchi
Screenwriter
- Date of Birth
- July 30, 1947
- English level
- n/a
- Career
- After graduating from Chuo University, Akinori Kikuchi learned scenario writing in Scenario Institute and studied under Kaneto Shindo and Shigeki Chiba--both are playwrights and film directors. In his late thirties he started writing novels and non-fictions. Since his forties he has been planning and writing scripts mainly for special programs and documentaries in TV stations all around the country, making Sendai and Tokyo his base. He has been involved in planning and production of events and festivals, and developed Jozenji Street Jazz Festival into the biggest street music festival in Japan, which had a total attendance of seven hundred thousand. He established Totteoki no Ongakusai (Very Special Music Festival) and expanded it to eighteen cities nationwide. He also took the role of overall director of Sendai Tanabata Hoshi no Yoi Matsuri (Sendai Tanabata Star Night Festival), Yamaha Otomachi (Music City) Project and Berlin International Film Festival in Sendai.
Outstanding works
| Category | Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| screenplay (live action) | 2007 | Documentary Film "OHAIE!: Music Breaks Barriers" | Producer and Director |
| screenplay (live action) | 2013 | Documentary Film "OHAIE!: Music Breaks Barriers 2" | Producer and Director |
| screenplay (live action) | 1984 | Uindī (Races) | Distributed by Toho-Towa, Joint Production Between Japan and Germany |
| screenplay (live action) | 1984 | Yomigaeru Hīrō Katayama Takazumi (Hero Comes Back: Takazumi Katayama) | Distributed by Nippon Herald Films |
| screenplay (live action) | 1981 | Chōkō (Changjiang) | Distributed by Toho, Joint Production Between Japan and China |
| screenplay (live action) | 1995 | Gokudō no Mon (The Gate of Yakuza) | Distributed by Taki Corporation |
| teleplay (live action) | 1985 | KHB 10th Anniversary Special Program: Masamune no Yabō (Masamune's Ambition) | |
| teleplay (live action) | 1982 | TBC 30th Anniversary Special Program: Boku no Hosomichi (My Narrow Road) | |
| teleplay (live action) | 1989 | TV Asahi 20th Anniversary Special Program: Doraemon Yōroppa Tetsudō no Tabi (Doraemon's Europe Railway Trip) | Animation Synthesis |
| teleplay (live action) | 1991 | Harukanaru Damoi Shūyōjo kara Kita Tegami (Faraway Domoy: A Letter from Labor Camps) | Television Nishinippon Corporation |
Awards List
| Year | Title of Award | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Education Minister Award at the Educational Film Festival | Okāsan Ganbatte (Go for It, Mother) |
| 1991 | Art Festival Prize by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Minister of Posts and Communications Award in ATP Award TV Grand Prix | Harukanaru Damoi Shūyōjo kara Kita Tegami (Faraway Domoy: A Letter from Labor Camp) |
| 2013 | Best Program for Japan FM Network Awards | Ashita ga Arusa Shima no Kizuna wa Kiezu (Tomorrow is Another Day: The Island Bonds Never Disappeared) |
| 2008 | Grand Prix and Social Action Award for Japan Event Contest | Planning Producer of Totteoki no Ongakusai (Very Special Music Festival) |
| 2017 | Bank Mikkelsen Prize | Planning Producer of Totteoki no Ongakusai (Very Special Music Festival) |