Katsuhito Ishii
Age: 57 | From: Niigata Prefecture , Japan
Person Details
Birthday: 1966-12-31 23:17:46
Aliases: 石井 克人 , 石井克人 , いしい かつひと
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Niigata Prefecture , Japan
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Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
Biography
Katsuhito Ishii is a Japanese film director. After graduating from Musashino Art University, Katsuhito Ishii got a job at Tohokushinsha Film and began directing commercials in 1992, receiving numerous awards in this field. His first short film The Promise of August, shot in 1995, went on to receive the Japanese Film Grand Prix in the Fantastic Video Section of the 1995 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. He made his feature debut with Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl, based on the visual novel by cult manga artist Minetaro Mochizuki and starring regular collaborator Tadanobu Asano. Ishii quickly followed his success with another box office hit, Party 7 (2000), which featured Masatoshi Nagase, Yoshio Harada and Tadanobu Asano among others. Between the years 2001 and 2002, he created a series of short films including the 3D animated dialogue piece Hal & Bons and the 2D animated space opera Trava Fist Planet. Among other commercials and select TV projects including the short Black Room which starred Takuya Kimura, and Music Power Go Go!, He collaborated with Production I.G for the animation sequence of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 1. In 2004, his fourth feature film The Taste of Tea won Best Feature Film at the Hawaii International Film Festival. In 2006, he co-directed the feature film Funky Forest with fellow Japanese film makers and old school friends Shunichiro Miki and ANIKI. He founded his own production company, Nice Rainbow, in October 2006. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most Famous Work
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
(2003) Animation Director
Redline
(2010) Writer
The Taste of Tea
(2004) Writer
世にも奇妙な物語特別編
(1990) Writer
Funky Forest: The First Contact
(2005) Screenplay
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
(1998) Writer
Party 7
(2000) Writer
Smuggler
(2011) ScreenplayActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N/A | |
| 2002 | Hal (voice) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2022 | Director | |
| 2015 | Director | |
| 2014 | Director | |
| 2013 | Director | |
| 2011 | Director | |
| 2008 | Director | |
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| 2007 | Director | |
| 2005 | Director | |
| 2004 | Director | |
| 2002 | Director | |
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| 2001 | Director | |
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| 2000 | Director | |
| 1998 | Director | |
| 1995 | Director | |
| 1990 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Writer | |
| 2013 | Story | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 2011 | Screenplay | |
| 2010 | Writer | |
| 2005 | Screenplay | |
| 2004 | Writer | |
| 2002 | Story | |
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| 2001 | Screenplay | |
| 2000 | Writer | |
| 1998 | Writer | |
| 1995 | Writer | |
| 1990 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Art
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Creative Director | |
| 2010 | Background Designer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Editor | |
| 2004 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Visual Effects
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Animation Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |