Makoto Shinozaki

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

-

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Shinozaki

Biography

Born in Tokyo, Shinozaki 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 Forgo...

Acting

1985

Bumpkin Soup

as Member of a Mysterious Group

Production

2010

Tokyo Island

as Director

2013

Since Then

as Director

2013

Since Then

as Writer

1995

Welcome Home

as Director

2000

Not Forgotten

as Writer

1995

Welcome Home

as Writer

2000

Not Forgotten

as Director

2014

Sharing

as Writer

2014

Sharing

as Director

2004

1981

Desutoraru

as Director

2002

Asakusa Kid

as Director

2003

Deka Matsuri

as Director

2003

Kaettekita! Deka Matsuri

as Production Designer

2022

HAJIKERU

as Producer

2011

2008

2011

2018

2018

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