Atsushi Funahashi
Atsushi Funahashi is a Japanese film director.
Atsushi Funahashi
- Name
- Atsushi Funahashi
- Born
- 1974
- Birthplace
- Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Occupation
- Film director Atsushi Funahashi is a Japanese film director.
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- University of Tokyo
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Atsushi Funahashi • Born — 1974 • Birthplace — Osaka Prefecture, Japan • Occupation — Film director Atsushi Funahashi is a Japanese film director.
Early life
Early life
After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Funahashi studied directing at the School of Visual Arts.
Career
Career
Funahashi directed Echoes in 2002. He returned with the 2005 road movie, Big River, starring Joe Odagiri, Chloe Snyder, and Kavi Raz. His documentary film, Nuclear Nation, screened at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in 2012. He also directed Cold Bloom, a drama film set in Hitachi, Ibaraki, in 2013. In 2015 he directed Nuclear Nation 2.
Filmography
Filmography
• Echoes (2002) • Big River (2005) • Deep in the Valley (2009) • Nuclear Nation (2012) • Cold Bloom (2013) • Nuclear Nation II (2015) • Raise Your Arms and Twist! Documentary of NMB48 (2016) • Lovers on Borders (2018) • Company Retreat (2020)
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- 1.Shoji, Kaori. A Japanese Jim Jarmusch. The Japan Times. May 19, 2006.
- 2.Schilling, Mark. Funahashi: 'Good stories don't need happy endings'. The Japan Times. April 12, 2013.
- 3.Holden, Stephen. FILM REVIEW; Fleeing Urban Anomie for Elusive Country Comforts. The New York Times. April 10, 2002.
- 4.Edwards, Russell. Review: "Big River". Variety. October 21, 2005.
- 5.Clark, Brian. Berlin 2012 Review: NUCLEAR NATION. Twitch Film. February 10, 2012.
- 6.Schilling, Mark. 'Sakura Namiki no Mankai no Shita ni (Cold Bloom)'. The Japan Times. April 12, 2013.
- 7.Gallagher, Chris. A year on, Japan nuclear film shows lives in limbo. Reuters. March 7, 2012.
- 8.Nuclear Nation - official site. nuclearnation.jp.
- 9.Futaba kara toku hanarete dainibu — Cinéma du Réel. 2015-04-14.
- 10.Raise Your Arms and Twist, Documentary of NMB48 – Films. Visions du Réel.
- 11.Deutsch-Japanischer Wirtschaftskreis. Highlights des 21. Nippon Connection Filmfestivals vom 1. bis 30. November 2021 erneut online zu sehen. DJW. 2021.
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