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| Born in Fukuoka, Hirayama (Sword of Desperation [14thJFF], Out and The Laughing Frog) is an internationally acclaimed director. In 1992, he won the New Director Award for The Games Teachers Play at the Directors Guild of Japan. Another of his films, Begging for Love, won the International Critics Prize at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1998 and Director of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards in 1999. At this year’s JFF, Hirayama presents his most recent films – Oba, the Last Samurai and Shinsan: A Serenade in a Coalmine Town, which won both the Audience Award and Best Cinematography Award at the 2010 Kinotayo Film Festival in France. |
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| Yutaka Takenouchi is one of the most popular actors in Asia. No stranger to the spotlight, he has appeared in a vast number of Japanese dramas and films including Oba, the Last Samurai and A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr & Mrs Oki’s Fabulous Trip from this year’s JFF line-up. He was the winner of Best New Actor at the 33rd Golden Arrow Awards for Heaven’s Coins and Best Actor at the 25th Japan Academy Awards for Between Calm and Passion. |
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| Early in his career, Hirotaka Matsune assisted the production of numerous documentaries under the wing of acclaimed cinematographers Yasuhiro Hotta and Shigeru Kobayashi. Now a fully fledged cinematographer himself, Matsune has since worked on titles such as My Wife is Filipino (dir. Yasunori Terada), as well as Horumaika [9thJFF] and Yamakoshi: The Recovery of a Tiny Japanese Village, directed by the late Shinichi Hashimoto. |
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| Tsuyoshi Inoue began his career in Drama Programming at NHK in 1993, and is known for his involvement in programs such as Vulture, as well as the renowned NHK TV drama series Teppan. His highly acclaimed ficto-documentary project, The Town’s Children, was originally conceived as a TV drama to be broadcast on the 15th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake (Kobe, 1995). Inoue later adapted and released The Town’s Children as a full-length feature film in response to overwhelming messages of thanks from viewers, and especially quake survivors. |
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| Mitsuhiro Kyota was born in 1962. In 1986, he began his career at NHK, where he planned and produced numerous documentary and information programs including ETV Tokushu and Close-up Gendai. He was transferred to Osaka in 2006, where he has since worked on several projects (including The Town’s Children) documenting the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake which struck Kobe in 1995. His current project is a documentary that follows Kobe volunteers working in the Tohoku region, which was affected by the earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. |
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| Andrew Cornell is an associate editor, senior writer and columnist with the Australian Financial Review (AFR), where he has worked for the past 18 years. His ties to Japan date back to 1995, and include a Tokyo-based stint as the AFR’s North Asia Bureau chief between 1998 and 2002. Cornell is a multi-award winning journalist, his most recent honour being the 2010 Walkey Award for commentary and analysis, and has contributed to several books about Australia-Japan relations. With 5 years as a film reviewer also under his belt, Andrew stood out as a perfect candidate to join our “Finding Hope through Film” panel discussions in Sydney and Melbourne. |
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