TAKAHASHI Izumi (1973, Saitama, Japan) taught himself scriptwriting and in 1998 founded the film production unit Gunjo-iro (Armenian Blue), together with Hirosue Hiromasa, lead actor in The Soup, One Morning and director of Sayonara, Sayo-nara.<br />

Takahashi Izumi

Hirosue Hiromasa

Sensitive and refined drama in which experiences from the puberty of a female teacher and a piano student reflected in the world of the younger generation they have contact with.

IFFR 2007

Fourteen, 

VPRO Tiger Awards Competition

Fourteen

A man approaches people on suicide websites to take his own life with them.

IFFR 2005

Sayonara sayo-nara, 

Short!

Sayonara sayo-nara

Kitigawa suffers panic attacks. His girlfriend Shizu tries to get through to him, but Kitigawa seems to seek help from a suspect source. The lengthy silences are eloquent. A painful statement about the demise of a relationship.

Soup, One Morning, The

tiger competition

The Soup, One Morning

Intense and unheimische digital film by the illustrious duo Takahashi Izumi and Hirosue Hiromasa. A woman kidnapped her sister's murderer and uses her website to attract strange visitors to the apartment where she is holding him.

IFFR 2006

Lost Hum, The

Sturm und Drang

The Lost Hum

Shiraishi Kazuya

Unconventional trio - the serious Mikio, his mentally handicapped brother and a lively call girl - seek happiness through thick and thin. Laconic tragicomedy with crazy twists finally plumbs unexpected emotional depths.

IFFR 2010

Lost Paradise in Tokyo, 

Bright Future

Lost Paradise in Tokyo

Scenario presentation. Takahasi Izumi is one of the most striking Japanese film writers of his generation. The present young generation. He wrote the screenplay for Tiger candidate Fourteen and directed the sensational The Soup, One Morning.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Takahashi Izumi

Filmography

Takahashi Izumi at IFFR

Sayonara sayo-nara

The Soup, One Morning

The Lost Hum

Fourteen

Script Stage: Takahashi Izumi

Lost Paradise in Tokyo