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Ryota Nakano<\/a><\/strong>
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Kyoto-born Ryota Nakano studied filmmaking at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image before directing several short films, including The Sparkling Amber<\/em>. His feature film debut Capturing Dad<\/em>… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sang-il Lee<\/a><\/strong>
\nDirector<\/p>\n

Sang-il Lee, a Japan-born Korean film director and writer, is probably most well-known as the director of Hula Girls<\/em>, based on the true story of coal miners’ daughters in a small village in northern Japan… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nRage<\/em><\/a>
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Kaori Momoi<\/a><\/strong>
\nDirector \/ Actress<\/p>\n

As the leading actor of Japan, Kaori Momoi has appeared in over 60 films, and is the most awarded actress in Japan, including an Academy Award of Japan. She has appeared in Akira Kurosawa\u2019s Kagemusha<\/em>… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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Shunji Iwai<\/a><\/strong>
\nDirector<\/p>\n

Iwai was born in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture in 1963, and began directing TV, Music Videos and Film in 1988. His distinct directing style has since been coined the \u201cIwai Aesthetic.\u201d In 1995, his film, Love Letter<\/em> became a huge hit… read More<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi<\/a><\/strong>
\nDirector<\/p>\n

Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi was born on Dec 16, 1978. After graduating from the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor of Art in Aesthetics in March 2003, he had been working as an assistant directors for film and TV industry for three years… read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tadanobu Asano<\/a><\/strong>
\nActor<\/p>\n

In 2003, he received the Upstream Prize for Best Actor at the 60th Annual Venice Film Festival for his role in the arthouse film Last Life In The Universe directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. He later portrayed a young Genghis Khan in Sergei Bodrov… read more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ken Ishii<\/a><\/strong>
\nDJ<\/p>\n

Pioneering producer, world-renowned DJ and true Nippon national treasure, Ken Ishii needs no introduction. With no more than a demo and a string of 12\u2033es under his belt, the Japanese techno originator played his firstever live set in front of… read more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Koji Morimoto<\/a><\/strong>
\nAnimator<\/p>\n

Born December 26, 1959 in Wakayama Prefecture. Supervisor and founder of Creative Team \uff50\uff48\uff59\u03a6. He is best known for his works, MAGNETIC ROSE<\/em> from anime trilogy MEMORIES<\/em>, EXTRA <\/em>, Animatrix<\/em>, and Dimension Bomb<\/em>. He received… read more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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TOKYO GIRLS’ STYLE<\/a><\/strong>
\nDance & Vocal Group<\/p>\n

Formed in 2010, TOKYO GIRLS\u2019 STYLE is a dance and vocal group consisting of 5 teenagers, Aya Konishi, Miyu Yamabe, Hitomi Arai, Yuri Nakae and Mei Shoji. In 2011, only one year after their debut, this young girls\u2019 group (average age 15) held… read more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mitsutoshi Tanaka<\/a><\/strong>
\nFilm Director<\/p>\n

Born in 1958 in Hokkaido, he joined Dentsu Eigasha (now Dentsu Tec) upon graduation from Osaka University of Arts, making TV commercials for TV Man Union before establishing Creators\u2019 Union Co. in 1984. As a director of TV commercials… read more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Y\u00fbki Furukawa <\/a><\/strong>
\nActor<\/p>\n

Born in 1987 Tokyo, Y\u00fbki moved to Canada at the age of 7. After graduating junior high school, he moved to America to enter a high school in New York and return to Japan at the age of 19. Y\u00fbki was a student at Keio University, faculty of Science… read more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Kyohei Sakaguchi<\/a><\/strong>
\nArchitect, Writer, and Artist<\/p>\n

Born 1978 in Kumamoto, Japan. He studied architecture and graduated from Waseda University. While a student at Waseda, he began to question the ways of modern architecture and researched buildings and gardens created by… read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Miwa Nishikawa<\/a><\/strong>
\nDirector of Dreams for Sale<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Born 1974 in Hiroshima, Japan. While attending college, she worked as a production staff for Director Hirokazu Koreeda\u2019s Wonderful Life<\/em> (1999). In 2002, she made her directorial debut with the film Wild Berries (Hebiichigo)<\/em>. In 2006… read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Shinsuke Sato<\/a><\/strong>
\nDirector of Library Wars<\/em><\/p>\n

Born 1970 in Hiroshima, Japan. In 1993, while attending Musashino Art University, he wrote the screenplay and directed the 16mm short film Ryonai Genshuku, which won the Pia Film Festival 1994 (PFF94) Grand Prize. This led to… read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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