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 70) 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]

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Kazuyuki Izutsu at IMDb
井筒和幸 (Kazuyuki Izutsu) at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
Schilling, Mark (18 May 2007). "Unafraid of rightist rage". The Japan Times. Retrieved 20 May 2007.

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