Shusuke Kaneko

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-06-08 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Shusuke Kaneko

Biography

Shusuke Kaneko (born June 8, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter. Kaneko began his career at Nikkatsu and would serve as a writer for film and anime. Establishing himself as an up and coming director, Kaneko would win accolades at various film festivals. His film Summer Vacation 1999, would garner him his first award for best director at the Yokohama Film Festival. As a lifelong fan of the original Godzilla films, Kaneko would be chosen as the director for Daiei's revival of the Gamera franchise. Kaneko's work on the Gamera films were met with unprecedented critical acclaim. He would be honored with the Director's Award at the 17th...

Production

2005

1993

Necronomicon

as Director

2006

Death Note

as Director

2000

Crossfire

as Director

2000

Crossfire

as Screenplay

1985

I'm All Yours

as Director

1988

2009

Pride

as Director

2024

Gold Boy‎

as Director

2022

2014

Danger Dolls

as Director

1989

Why Do I Choose?

as Director

1983

Uno Koichiro no nurete manabu

as Assistant Director

1982

Zeccho shimai ochiru

as Assistant Director

1997

Haunted School 3

as Director

2002

2006

The iDol

as Producer

1984

Main Theme

as Assistant Director

2010

The Idiots

as Director

1987

2013

Jellyfish

as Director

1997

1991

1991

2013

2017

2017

Matchmaking Cruise

as Screenplay

2017

Linking Love

as Screenplay

1978

Panic in High School

as Assistant Director

2017

Linking Love

as Director

-

Siberia

as Director

1983

1990

1982

Female Teacher Hunting

as Assistant Director

1998

F

as Screenplay

1998

F

as Director

1988

Rasuto kyabaree

as Director

1983

The Family Game

as Assistant Director

1983

1982

Gigolo: A Docu-Drama

as Assistant Director

1982

1983

1984

Eve-chan no hime

as Director

2011

Messiah

as Director

2016

Scanner

as Director

1982

Oh! Takarazuka

as Assistant Director

1988

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