Yoshida Kota

Filmmaker YOSHIDA Kota (1978, Japan) was educated at Waseda University and studied filmmaking at ENBU Seminar. His short film Coming With My Brother! (2006) received the Jury Special Award at Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Domestically and internationally, Yoshida continued to gain recognition. In 2010, he received the Special Mention Nippon Visions Award at the Nippon Connection for Yuriko’s Aroma, and Come As You Are (2011) was nominated for the International Feature Competition at Raindance Film Festival. His short film Kyojima 3rd St., Sumida City screened at IFFR in 2012. Love Disease (2018) was awarded Best Actor at Asian Film Festival Roma.

Filmography

Oneechan, otôto to iku!/Coming with My Brother! (2006, short), Shinrei shashin noroito/Ghost Photos: The Cursed Images (2006), Gakko no Toshi Densetsu Toire no Hanako-san (2007), Ren’ai shindan/Love Diagnosis (TV series, 6 episodes), Yuriko no aroma/Yuriko’s Aroma (2010), Sôrô nante kudaranai/Come as You Are (2011), Sumida-ku Kyôjima 3-chôme/Kyojima 3rd St., Sumida City (2012, short), Kuroi hôkokusho/Black Report (2012, TV), Ochiki (2012), Usotsuki paradokusu/Usotsuki Paradox (2013), Chotto kawaii aian meiden/The Torture Club (2014), Onna no ana (2014), Sukimasuki (2015), Suki demo nai kuseni/Even Though I Don’t Like It (2016), Tokuyama Daigorô wo dare ga koroshitaka?/Who Killed Daigorô Tokuyama? (2016, TV series, 2 episodes), Tôfu Pro-Wrestling (2017, TV series, 2 episodes), Ai no yamai/Love Disease (2018), Sexual Drive (2021)

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