Isao Yukisada
Isao Yukisada is a Japanese film director from Kumamoto. He served as assistant director on Shunji Iwai's Love Letter, April Story, and Swallowtail Butterfly.
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Isao Yukisada
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- Name
- Isao Yukisada
- Born
- 3 August 1968
- Birthplace
- Kumamoto, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter
- Honours
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director · Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director
- Languages
- Japanese
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Isao Yukisada is a Japanese film director from Kumamoto. He served as assistant director on Shunji Iwai's Love Letter, April Story, and Swallowtail Butterfly.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Isao Yukisada • Born — 3 August 1968 • Birthplace — Kumamoto, Japan
Television
Television
• Shiritsu tantei Hama Maiku (2002) • Kanon (2003) • Rōdoku kikō: Nippon no meisaku (2003, 1 episode) • Women Play Twice (2010) • Pātī wa owatta (2011) • Monkey and Crab: Battle of the Heisei Era (Heisei sarukani gassenzu) (2014, 6 episodes) • Perfect Family (2024)
Wins
Wins
• 2000: FIPRESCI Prize: Himawari • 2001: Hochi Film Award: Best Film Go! • 2001: Nikkan Sports Film Award: Best Director Go! • 2002: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Director for Go! • 2002: Blue Ribbon Award: Best Director for Go! • 2002: Kinema Junpo Award: Best Director and Film for Go! • 2002: Golden Star: Go! • 2002: FIPRESCI Prize: Go! - Palm Springs International Film Festival • 2002: Festival Prize: Best Director for Go! • 2010: "Fipresci Prize" - 2010 (60th) Berlin International Film Festival
Nominations
Nominations
• 2005: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Director for Crying Out Love in the Center of the World • 2006: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Director for Kita no Zeronen
Film
Film
• Open House (1998) • Himawari (Sunflower) (2000) • Enclosed Pain, aka A Closing Day (閉じる日) (2000) • Luxurious Bone (贅沢な骨) (2001) • Go! (2001) • Rock 'n' Roll Missing (2002) • Justice (2002) • Sinking into the Moon (2002) • Seventh Anniversary (2003) • A Day on the Planet (Kyō no dekigoto) (2003) • Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) • Kita no Zeronen (Year One in the North) (2005) • Spring Snow (2005) • Yubisaki (2006) • Toku no Sora ni Kieta (Into the Faraway Sky) (2007) • Closed Note (2007) • A Good Husband (2009) • Parade (2009) • Camellia (2010) • Before the Vigil (2013) • The Round Table (Entaku: Kokko, hito natsu no imajin) (2014) • Five Minutes to Tomorrow (2014) • Pink and Gray (2016) • Aroused by Gymnopedies (2016) • Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections (2016; segment: "Pigeon") • Utsukushii hito saba? (2017) • Narratage (2017) • River's Edge (2018) • That Moment, My Heart Cried (2019; segment: "Sea Breeze") • The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (2020) • Theatre: A Love Story (2020) • Revolver Lily (2023) • Kaede (2025)
Film
Film
• Side by Side (2023)
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Isao Yukisada received Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Director and Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director.
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