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Koji Fukada

Koji Fukada

Director · Born January 5, 1980 · Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

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Biography

Koji Fukada (深田 晃司, born 1980) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Born in Tokyo, Fukada had a father who was a film aficionado and he watched many films on VHS when he was young. When he was 19 years old studying at Taisho University and discovered the Film School of Tokyo, he began taking evening classes in filmmaking. One of his teachers was Kiyoshi Kurosawa. He made his first feature-length film, The Chair, in 2002. He joined the Seinendan theater troupe, headed by Oriza Hirata, in 2005, and has often used their work and their actors in his films. His film Hospitalité won Best Picture in the Japanese Eyes competition of the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2010. Au revoir l'été won the grand prize and the prize of the young jury at the Three Continents Festival in 2013 and his 2016 film Harmonium won the Prix du Jury in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Koji Fukada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 19

2020s

  1. 2026

    Nagi Notes

    Director

  2. 2022
  3. 2020

    The Real Thing

    Director

  4. The Yalta Conference Online

    Director

2010s

  1. 2019

    The Real Thing

    Director

  2. 2018

    East of Jefferson

    Director

  3. The Man from the Sea

    Director

  4. 2017

    Birds (Working Title)

    Director

  5. 2016

    Harmonium

    Director

  6. 2015
  7. 2014

    Au revoir l'été

    Director

  8. 2013

    Inabe

    Director

  9. 2011

    Human Comedy in Tokyo

    Director

  10. Hospitalité

    Director

  11. 2010

    Hospitalité 1.1

    Director

2000s

  1. 2006

    La Grenadière

    Director

  2. 2004

    Chair

    Director

Wrote 17

2020s

  1. 2026

    Nagi Notes

    Writer

  2. 2022
  3. 2020

    The Real Thing

    Screenplay

  4. The Yalta Conference Online

    Screenplay

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2018

    East of Jefferson

    Screenplay

  3. The Man from the Sea

    Screenplay

  4. 2017

    Birds (Working Title)

    Screenplay

  5. 2016

    Harmonium

    Screenplay

  6. 2015
  7. 2014

    Au revoir l'été

    Screenplay

  8. 2013

    Inabe

    Screenplay

  9. 2011

    Human Comedy in Tokyo

    Screenplay

  10. Hospitalité

    Screenplay

2000s

  1. 2006

    La Grenadière

    Writer

  2. 2004

    Chair

    Screenplay

Edited 6

2020s

  1. 2022
  2. 2020

    The Yalta Conference Online

    Editor

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. 2016

    Harmonium

    Editor

  3. 2014

    Au revoir l'été

    Editor

  4. 2013

    Inabe

    Editor

Acted in 2

2020s

  1. 2025

    Sadness and Anger

    Movie

2010s

  1. 2012

    Odayaka

    Movie

Produced 2

2020s

  1. 2020

    The Yalta Conference Online

    Producer

2010s

  1. 2015

Art department 1

2000s

  1. 2005

    Look of Love

    Production Design

Sound 1

2000s

  1. 2004

    Chair

    Music

Other crew 1

2010s

  1. 2018

    East of Jefferson

    Cinematography

Appearances1

2010s

  1. 2012

    Theatre 1

    Himself