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Jōji Matsuoka is a Director, Scriptwriter, Assistant Director and Art Direction Japonais born on 7 november 1961 at Ichinomiya (Japon)
Jōji Matsuoka (松岡 錠司, Matsuoka Jōji, born November 7, 1961) is a Japanese film director. After studying filmmaking in the College of Art at Nihon University, he won an award for his independent short Inaka no hōsoku at the Pia Film Festival in 1984. He directed his first commercial feature, Bataashi kingyo, in 1990 and received a number of awards for best new director, including the Hochi Film Award. He won the Japan Academy Prize for best director for his film Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad. Matsuoka is known for his delicate depictions of complicated romantic and familial relationships, including a homosexual triangle in Kirakira Hikaru, a daughter caring for an abusive but now senile mother in Akashia no Michi, and a son caring for a cancer-stricken mother in Tokyo Tower. He has also shot many television commercials.
Entre 2009 et 2016, il adapte en films ainsi qu'en plusieurs séries télévisées le seinen manga, La Cantine de minuit (深夜食堂, Shin'ya shokudō) de Yarō Abe, édité en France par Le Lézard noir.
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Jōji Matsuoka
Jōji Matsuoka (松岡 錠司, Matsuoka Jōji, born November 7, 1961) is a Japanese film director. After studying filmmaking in the College of Art at Nihon University, he won an award for his independent short Inaka no hōsoku at the Pia Film Festival in 1984. He directed his first commercial feature, Bataashi kingyo, in 1990 and received a number of awards for best new director, including the Hochi Film Award. He won the Japan Academy Prize for best director for his film Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad. Matsuoka is known for his delicate depictions of complicated romantic and familial relationships, including a homosexual triangle in Kirakira Hikaru, a daughter caring for an abusive but now senile mother in Akashia no Michi, and a son caring for a cancer-stricken mother in Tokyo Tower. He has also shot many television commercials.
Biography
Jōji Matsuoka fait des études de cinéma à l'université Nihon, son court-métrage Inaka no hōsoku (田舎の法則) obtient un prix lors de la 7e édition du Pia Film Festival en 1984. Il réalise des spots publicitaires, des séries télévisées et signe aussi à partir des années 1990 plusieurs films remarqués et primés comme Bataashi kingyo et Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad.Entre 2009 et 2016, il adapte en films ainsi qu'en plusieurs séries télévisées le seinen manga, La Cantine de minuit (深夜食堂, Shin'ya shokudō) de Yarō Abe, édité en France par Le Lézard noir.
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Filmography of Jōji Matsuoka (4 films)
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Snow Prince (2009)
, 2h31Directed by Jōji Matsuoka
Genres Drama
Actors Shintaro Morimoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Rei Dan, Maiko, Tadanobu Asano, Katsuo Nakamura
Rating67%
The film opens when Sayo Arima, a girl brought up in a wealthy family and now an elderly woman, unexpectedly receives a manuscript written by Haigo, a circus clown whom she met many years ago. It deals with the events seventy years earlier when Sayo was friends with Sota, a poor village boy who lived with his grandfather and dreamt of being a painter. The film moves back to that time, when a circus came to the town where Sayo and Sota lived. Despite Sota's grandfather warning him not to go near the circus, Sota goes with Sayo. After the performance, they sneak backstage and are caught by the circus clown Haigo, who kindly gives Sota an egg, which he had intended to buy for his grandfather. Sota believes that the clown can read his mind, and calls him Kamisama, which means "god" in Japanese.
, 2h22Directed by Jōji Matsuoka
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Joe Odagiri, Ken Takakura, Kirin Kiki, Takako Matsu, Akira Emoto, Kaoru Kobayashi
Rating73%
A young man who has inherited the irresponsible character of his father must care for his cancer-stricken mother when she moves in with him in Tokyo. Her wise and responsible nature causes him to reorganize his life.
Scriptwriter
Lesbian Harem (1987)
, 1h3Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Kyōko Hashimoto
Rating57%
Two lesbian lovers (Reika Kano and Kyōko Hashimoto) escape the city to commit a lovers-suicide deep in the forest. There they are captured by the queen (Chiemi Akimoto) of a lesbian colony who uses the two lovers for her own sex games. The couple organize a revolt against the queen.
Director
Burst City (1982)
, 1h55Directed by Gakuryū Ishii
Genres Science fiction, Action, Musical
Themes Films about computing, Films about music and musicians, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Actors Takanori Jinnai, Shigeru Izumiya, LaSalle Ishii, Michiro Endo, Tarō Suwa, Makoto Tezuka
Roles Assistant Director
Rating60%
Deux motards à l'aspect baroque débarquent dans une ville grande et laide où des adolescents punk se déhanchent en blouson de cuir. Ils rejoignent un groupe de rock qui vit dans un squat ressemblant à une usine abandonnée.
Art
Snow Prince (2009)
, 2h31Directed by Jōji Matsuoka
Genres Drama
Actors Shintaro Morimoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Rei Dan, Maiko, Tadanobu Asano, Katsuo Nakamura
Roles Art Direction
Rating67%
The film opens when Sayo Arima, a girl brought up in a wealthy family and now an elderly woman, unexpectedly receives a manuscript written by Haigo, a circus clown whom she met many years ago. It deals with the events seventy years earlier when Sayo was friends with Sota, a poor village boy who lived with his grandfather and dreamt of being a painter. The film moves back to that time, when a circus came to the town where Sayo and Sota lived. Despite Sota's grandfather warning him not to go near the circus, Sota goes with Sayo. After the performance, they sneak backstage and are caught by the circus clown Haigo, who kindly gives Sota an egg, which he had intended to buy for his grandfather. Sota believes that the clown can read his mind, and calls him Kamisama, which means "god" in Japanese.