Kunitoshi Manda
Kunitoshi Manda was born 1956 in Tokyo is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.
Kunitoshi Manda
- Name
- Kunitoshi Manda
- Born
- 1956
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter, film critic
- Spouse
- Tamami Manda
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Rikkyo University
- Languages
- Japanese
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Kunitoshi Manda was born 1956 in Tokyo is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.
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Kunitoshi Manda (born 1956) is a Japanese director, film critic and journalist, among other activities. The director was born in Tokyo.
Kunitoshi Manda studied at Rikkyo University. The director worked for Rikkyo University. Languages used include Japanese.
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• Name — Kunitoshi Manda • Born — 1956 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter, film critic • Spouse — Tamami Manda
Biography
Biography
Kunitoshi Manda was a student at Rikkyo University, where he took Shigehiko Hasumi's filmology class. Manda directed his first feature film, Unloved, in 2001. It won the Grand Rail d'Or prize and the Future Talent prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The Tunnel, one of his television films, screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Manda's third feature film, The Kiss, premiered at the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2008. Japanese film critic Inuhiko Yomota praised the film as "a fantastic film." His 2014 film, Dog's Way, premiered at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.
Television
Television
• The Tunnel (2003) • Tokyo Girl (2008, episode 3)
Feature films
Feature films
• Unloved (2001) • Thank You (2006) • The Kiss (2007) • Dog's Way (2014) • The Synchronizer (2017) • Love Mooning (2021)
Short films
Short films
• Spaceship Remnant 6 (1996) • Omokage (2010)
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- 1.Nozaki, Kan. Opening Bazin. Oxford University Press. 327. 2011.
- 2.Stratton, David. Unloved. Variety. 2001-05-14.
- 3.Parallel section and other prizes. Screen Daily. 2001-05-22.
- 4.Felperin, Leslie. The Tunnel. Variety. 2004-05-26.
- 5.Noh, Jean. Jeonju to kick off ninth edition with Kunitoshi's The Kiss. Screen Daily. 2008-04-02.
- 6.Amit, Rea. Inuhiko Yomota. Midnight Eye. 2009-02-05.
- 7.Czekaj, Patryk. Watch The First Trailer For Quirky Japanese Dramedy DOG'S WAY. Screen Anarchy. 2014-02-25.
- 8.万田邦敏監督新作「愛のまなざしを」に仲村トオル×杉野希妃×斎藤工×中村ゆり. eiga.com.
- 9.水沢エレナ 第3話「一日限りのデート」. BS-TBS.
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- Sairishū Tottemo Hazukashi Zemināru (2009)
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