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Makoto Shimazaki

Makoto Shimazaki

Director · Tokyo, Japan

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Biography

Born in Tokyo, Shimazaki attended Rikkyo University where he studied under Shigehiko Hasumi, made 8mm films, and appeared in the then amateur works of other Rikkyo graduates such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After graduating, he worked at the film company Cine Saison and starting writing about film and doing long interviews of directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Takeshi Kitano for magazines. While working as a projectionist for the Athénée Français Cultural Center in Tokyo, he saved up enough money to make his first 35mm film, Okaeri, for which he won the Wolfgang Staudte Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1995. His next feature film, Not Forgotten, was screened at the Three Continents Film Festival, where its stars, Tomio Aoki, Tatsuya Mihashi, and Minoru Oki, shared the best actor award. Having developed a close relationship with Takeshi Kitano, Shinozaki has made a documentary on the filming of Kikujiro as well as a TV movie based on Kitano's autobiographical novel Asakusa Kid. He has also produced the Cop Festival series featuring short films by directors such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Aoyama, Akihiko Shiota, and Hirokazu Koreeda. Continuing to write on film, he has published a…

Directed

  1. Welcome Home (1995) — Director
  2. Jam Session (The Official Bootleg of Kikujiro) (1999) — Director
  3. Sharing (2014) — Director
  4. Not Forgotten (2000) — Director
  5. Kai-Ki: Tales of Terror from Tokyo (2010) — Director
  6. Asakusa Kid (2002) — Director
  7. Tokyo Island (2010) — Director
  8. Walking With The Dog (2004) — Director
  9. Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Kaiki Tsukimono (2010) — Director
  10. Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Kaiki Nozomi (2010) — Director
  11. Tales of Terror: 100 Stories (2010) — Director
  12. Since Then (2013) — Director
  13. I’m still dreaming of your face (2022) — Director
  14. Desutoraru (1981) — Director
  15. Deka Matsuri (2003) — Director
  16. Die! Directors, Die! (2011) — Director
  17. The Soup of Heaven (2008) — Director
  18. 0093: Masao Kusakari On Her Majesty's Secret Service (2007) — Director
  19. Wish We Were Here (2018) — Director
  20. Masters of Killing (2006) — Director
  21. 突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験 (2003) — Director
  22. Tengoku no Soup (2008) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Guard from Underground (1992) — Man Drinking Coffee on a Roof/Policeman Removing a Hanging Banner
  2. Bumpkin Soup (1985) — Member of a Mysterious Group
  3. The Giant Slalom (1990)
  4. Jiyuuna Fanshii (2025)