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Makoto Shimazaki
Tokyo, Japan
Born in Tokyo, Shimazaki attended Rikkyo University where he studied under Shigehiko Hasumi, made 8mm films, and appeared in the then amateur works of other Rikkyo graduates such…
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Born in Tokyo, Shimazaki attended Rikkyo University where he studied under Shigehiko Hasumi, made 8mm films, and appeared in the then amateur works of other Rikkyo graduates such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After graduating, he worked at the film company Cine Saison and starting writing about film and doing long interviews of directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Takeshi Kitano for magazines. While working as a projectionist for the Athénée Français Cultural Center in Tokyo, he saved up enough money to make his first 35mm film, Okaeri, for which he won the Wolfgang Staudte Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1995. His next feature film, Not Forgotten, was screened at the Three Continents Film Festival, where its stars, Tomio Aoki, Tatsuya Mihashi, and Minoru Oki, shared the best actor award. Having developed a close relationship with Takeshi Kitano, Shinozaki has made a documentary on the filming of Kikujiro as well as a TV movie based on Kitano's autobiographical novel Asakusa Kid. He has also produced the Cop Festival series featuring short films by directors such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Aoyama, Akihiko Shiota, and Hirokazu Koreeda. Continuing to write on film, he has published a history of horror cinema with Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
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2025
Jiyuuna Fanshii
Movie
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2022
I’m still dreaming of your face
Movie Director
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2022
HAJIKERU
Movie Producer
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2018
Wish We Were Here
Movie Writer
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2014
Sharing
Movie Director
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2013
Since Then
Movie Director
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2011
Die! Directors, Die!
Movie Director
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2010
Kai-Ki: Tales of Terror from Tokyo
Movie Director
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2010
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Kaiki Tsukimono
Movie Director
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2010
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Kaiki Nozomi
Movie Director
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2010
Tokyo Island
Movie Director
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2010
Tales of Terror: 100 Stories
Movie Director
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2010
Yakuza-Busting Girls: Duel in Hell
Movie Story
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2010
Yakuza-Busting Girls: Final Death-Ride Battle
Movie Story
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2008
Tengoku no Soup
TV show Director
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2008
The Soup of Heaven
Movie Director
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2007
0093: Masao Kusakari On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Movie Director
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2006
Masters of Killing
Movie Director
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2004
Walking With The Dog
Movie Director
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2003
突貫ジジイ 第5話 ある実験
Movie Director
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2003
Kaettekita! Deka Matsuri
Movie Production Designer
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2003
Deka Matsuri
Movie Director
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2002
Asakusa Kid
Movie Director
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2000
Not Forgotten
Movie Director
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1999
Jam Session (The Official Bootleg of Kikujiro)
Movie Director
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1995
Welcome Home
Movie Director
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1992
The Guard from Underground
Movie Man Drinking Coffee on a Roof/Policeman Removing a Hanging Banner
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1990
The Giant Slalom
Movie
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1985
Bumpkin Soup
Movie Member of a Mysterious Group
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1981
Desutoraru
Movie Director
