Kazuyuki Izutsu

Kazuyuki Izutsu (井筒 和幸, Izutsu Kazuyuki, born 13 December 1952) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.

Kazuyuki Izutsu
Born	(1952-12-13) 13 December 1952 (age 72) Nara Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Film director

Career

Born in Nara Prefecture, Izutsu started making 8mm films in high school,^[1] and directed his first 35mm film, a pink film, in 1975.^[1] He earned a citation from the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1981 for Gaki Teikoku,^[1][2] and his Boys Be Ambitious won the best picture award at the 1996 Blue Ribbon Awards.^[3] He received two Japanese Academy Award nominations in 2006 for writing and directing Pacchigi! and won the award for best director at the 27th Yokohama Film Festival for that film.^[4] Izutsu frequently appears on television in Japan and is known for his critical commentary.^[1] He has also directed many television commercials.^[1]

Filmography

• Iku Iku Maito Gai: Seishun no Monmon (1975)
• Nikuiro no Umi (1978)
• Bōkōma Shinju-zeme (1979)
• Shikijō Mesu-gari (1981)
• Gaki Teikoku: Akutare Sensō (1981)
• Gaki Teikoku (1981)
• Akai Fukushū: Bōkan (1982)
• Miyuki (1983)
• Hare Tokidoki Satsujin (1984)
• Nidaime wa Christian (1985)
• Inuji ni Seshi Mono (1986)
• Abunai Hanashi Mugen Monogatari (1989)
• Universal Laws (1990)
• Boys Be Ambitious (1996)
• Amateur Singing Contest (1999)
• Big Show! Hawaii ni Utaeba (1999)
• Get Up! (2003)
• Pacchigi! (2005)
• Pacchigi! Love & Peace (2007)
• The Hero Show (2010)
• Fly with the Gold (2012)
• Wiseguy (2020)^[5]