Chosei Funahara
Chosei Funahara was born in Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan, Chosei Funahara was educated in both the United States and Japan. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Nihon University College of Art's Cinema department in Tokyo. While pursuing New York University's NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science (Cinema Studies), he performed as bassist and founding member of the cult punk rock group the Plasmatics.
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Chosei Funahara
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- Name
- Chosei Funahara
- Born
- 10 December 1953
- Birthplace
- Hyogo, Japan
- Occupation
- Musician, filmmaker
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Nihon University · New York University Tisch School of the Arts
- Languages
- Japanese
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Chosei Funahara was born in Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan, Chosei Funahara was educated in both the United States and Japan. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Nihon University College of Art's Cinema department in Tokyo. While pursuing New York University's NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science (Cinema Studies), he performed as bassist and founding member of the cult punk rock group the Plasmatics.
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• Name — Chosei Funahara • Born — 10 December 1953 • Birthplace — Hyogo, Japan • Occupation — Musician, filmmaker • Instrument — Bass guitar
Producer
Producer
• Cagney Lies (2008) • Still Normal (2007) • Masabumi Kikuchi (post-production) • Dark Voices (2001) (co-producer) • Tokyo Decadence (1992) (producer)... a.k.a. Sex Dreams of Topaz (Hong Kong)... a.k.a. Topâzu (Japanese) • In the Soup (1992) (co-executive producer) • Fatal Mission (1990) (producer)... a.k.a. DeadLock (Japanese)... a.k.a. Enemy (Germany) • Raffles Hotel (1989) (associate producer) • Sons (1989) (executive producer)
Music video
Music video
• I am Siam (1984) directed by Funahara, winner of the American Video Award.
Extended play (EPs)
Extended play (EPs)
• Title — Format — Year • Meet the Plasmatics — 12" EP — 1979
Singles
Singles
• Title — Format — Year — UK Singles Chart • "Butcher Baby":b/w "Fast Food Service" & "Concrete Shoes" — 7" — 1978 • "Dream Lover":b/w "Corruption" & "Want You Baby" — 7" — 1979 • "Butcher Baby":b/w "Tight Black Pants" (live) — 7" — 1980 — 55
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1953
Chosei Funahara born at Hyōgo Prefecture.
Other film credits
Other film credits
• Dark Voices (2001) (Director) • Kyoko (2000) (production consultant) • Amerikanskaya doch (1995) (production consultant)... a.k.a. Американская дочь (Russia)... a.k.a. American Daughter • Somebody to Love (1994) (special thanks) • Hsi yen (1993) (soundtrack supervisor)... a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet (USA) In addition to these feature film credits, Chosei Funahara has produced or directed more than sixty short films, documentaries and numerous TV commercials in Japan, the United States and Europe.
Selected short films
Selected short films
• War (1999) • Widget (1999), directed by Funahara and produced by Hal Hartley • Trouble (1994), directed by Richard Edson • DEADEND (1994), directed by Miron Zownir • Cacophony, Lonesome Hitmen from Montana, for German TV ZDF (1988) • Cockroach Alarm in Spanish Harlem (1987) • New York City Marathon (1986), written by Ryu Murakami • The Houseguest (1986), featuring John Cale and Zoë Lund
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- 1.Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, , p. 116
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