IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

      NL
      Sakamoto Junji

      Sakamoto Junji

      Still: Okiku and the World
      Award-winning filmmaker SAKAMOTO Junji (1958, Japan) worked as a set assistant and assistant director, learning the craft with directors including Ishii Sogo, Kazayuki Izutsu and Tou Kawashima, before making his debut in 1989 with Knockout. It picked up more than 10 awards, including Best Film and Best New Director at Yokohama Film Festival. Since then, he has continued to surprise and delight audiences with films including Tekken and Oute, that have also earned him critical acclaim. His films do not usually focus on their heroes, but on the losers and the outsiders.

      Filmography

      (selection) Knock Out! (1989), Tekken (1990), Ōte (1991), Tokarefu (1994), Boxer Joe (1995), Biriken (1996), Kizudarake no Tenshi (1997), Kizudarake no Tenshi 2 (1998), Face (2000), Another Battle (2000), KT (2002), Aegis (2005), Children of the Dark (2008), Zatoichi: The Last (2010), Someday (2011), A Chorus of Angels (2012), Human Trust (2013), The Projects (2016), Ernesto (2017), Another World (2019), I Never Shot Anyone (2020), My Brother, The Android and Me (2022), Fuyusōbi (2022), Okiku and the World (2023)

       

      More info: Wikipedia, Sakamoto Junji

      Sakamoto Junji at IFFR