Kunitoshi Manda

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Kunitoshi Manda (万田 邦敏, Manda Kunitoshi, born 1956 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.

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Kunitoshi Manda
Born1956
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, film critic
SpouseTamami Manda
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Biography

Kunitoshi Manda was a student at Rikkyo University, where he took Shigehiko Hasumi's filmology class.[1]

Manda directed his first feature film, Unloved, in 2001.[2] It won the Grand Rail d'Or prize and the Future Talent prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

The Tunnel, one of his television films, screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[4]

Manda's third feature film, The Kiss, premiered at the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2008.[5] Japanese film critic Inuhiko Yomota praised the film as "a fantastic film."[6]

His 2014 film, Dog's Way, premiered at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.[7]

Filmography

Feature films

  • Unloved (2001)
  • Thank You (2006)
  • The Kiss (2007)
  • Dog's Way (2014)
  • The Synchronizer (2017)
  • Love Mooning (2021)[8]

Short films

  • Spaceship Remnant 6 (1996)
  • Omokage (2010)

Television

Bibliography

  • Sairishū Tottemo Hazukashi Zemināru (2009)

References

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