Seijirō Kōyama

Seijirō Kōyama (神山征二郎, Kōyama Seijirō) (born 16 July 1941^[1]) is a Japanese film director.

Seijirō Kōyama
Born	(1941-07-16) 16 July 1941 (age 82) Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	film director

Career edit

Born in Gifu Prefecture, Kōyama attended Nihon University but quit midway to join the independent production company Kindai Eiga Kyokai, where he worked as an assistant director under such directors as Kaneto Shindō, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, and Tadashi Imai.^[1]^[2] He made his directorial debut in 1971 with the children's film Koi no iru mura.^[1] His second film, Futatsu no hāmonika (1976), earned him a New Directors Citation from the Directors Guild of Japan.^[3] His 1983 film Hometown was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.^[4] His 1987 film, Hachiko Monogatari, about the faithful dog Hachikō, was the top Japanese film at the box office that year.^[5] He is known for his humanistic perspective.^[2]

Kōyama was given the Chūnichi Culture Award in 2000 for "producing films that scrutinize the age and the region."^[6]

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^ ^a ^b "Kōyama Seijirō kantoku tandoku intabyū". Cinema Factory (in Japanese). 28 December 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
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