Shunichi Kajima
Shunichi Kajima is a Japanese film director. After working for a publishing company, he joined Toei in 1970. He studied under Shunya Itō, Kinji Fukasaku, and Junya Sato, and was also involved in labor union activities.
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Shunichi Kajima
- Name
- Shunichi Kajima
- Born
- 2 January 1944
- Birthplace
- Ibaraki, Japan
- Occupation
- Film director
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Waseda University
- Languages
- Japanese
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Shunichi Kajima is a Japanese film director. After working for a publishing company, he joined Toei in 1970. He studied under Shunya Itō, Kinji Fukasaku, and Junya Sato, and was also involved in labor union activities.
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In 1983, he made his directorial debut with Praying Mantis. Kajima won the award for Best Director at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for Chōchin.
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• Name — Shunichi Kajima • Born — 2 January 1944 • Birthplace — Ibaraki, Japan • Occupation — Film director
Filmography
Filmography
• The Return of the Sister Street Fighter, also known as Kaettekita onna hissatsu ken (帰って来た女必殺拳) (1975) (assistant director) • Praying Mantis, also known as Akujo kamakiri (悪女かまきり) (1983) • Chōchin, also known as Paper Lantern (ちょうちん) (1987) • Kizu, also known as Scar or Scarface (疵) (1988) • Firefly, also known as Hotaru or Ver Luisant (螢) (1989) • Fûsen, also known as Balloon (1990) (screenplay only) • Ryakudatsu ai, also known as Stealing Love or The Plunderer (略奪愛) (1991) • The Anthropology of a Fight Scene, also known as Shuraba no ningengaku or Humanity in the Battlefield (修羅場の人間学) (1993) • Lifetime Insecurity, also known as Shudan-sasen or Everyone's Demoted (集団左遷) (1994) • Firefly 2: Red Scar (螢II 赤い傷痕) (1995) • Kizu: Blood Apocalypse, also known as Scar: Blood Apocalypse (疵(きず) 血の黙示録) (1998) • Kizu: Blood Apocalypse 2, also known as Scar: Blood Apocalypse 2 (疵(きず) 血の黙示録2) (1998) • Kizu: Blood Apocalypse 3, also known as Scar: Blood Apocalypse 3 (疵(きず) 血の黙示録3) (1998) • Kizu: Blood Apocalypse 4, also known as Scar: Blood Apocalypse 4 (疵(きず) 血の黙示録4) (1998) • Kunoichi Financial Road (九ノ一金融道) (1999) • Osamu's Morning (オサムの朝) (1999) • Kizu: Blood Apocalypse 5, also known as Scar: Blood Apocalypse 5 (疵(きず)5 血の黙示録) (2000) • Lone Wolf and Cub (TV series) (2002) • True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules, also known as Jitsuroku Andô-gumi gaiden: Garô no okite (2002) • Odd Detective 1 (TV movie) (2003) • Playgirl, also known as Pureigâru (プレイガール 映画) (2003) – Feature film remake of the TV series of the same name • Shibuya Story, also known as Shibuya monogatari (渋谷物語) (2005) • Shinbun Kisha Tsurumaki Goro 1, also known as The Journalist Goro Tsurumaki 1 (TV miniseries, 4 episodes) (2006) • Lay Judges: Chosen and Discovered (2007) – Documentary about the lay judge system in Japan • Danzetsu (TV movie) (2009) • Tokudane maruhi kisha! Kamon Kohei no Satsujin Shuzai (TV movie) (2009) • Okashina Keiji 8 (TV movie) (2011) • Okashina Keiji 9 (TV movie) (2012) • Senjô Parser Himuro Natsuko: Gôka ferry satsujin jiken (TV movie) (2012) • Okashina Keiji 10 (TV movie) (2013) • Odd Detective 14 (TV movie) (おかしな刑事14) (2016) • Odd Detective 15 (TV movie) (おかしな刑事15) (2017) • Muhyo to Rouji no Mahouritsu Soudan Jimusho (anime TV series, 1 episode) (2018)
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