Katsuhito Ishii
1966 (57 лет)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.
茶の味
Katsuhito Ishii
Maya Banno, Takahiro Sato
A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
The Taste of Tea
鮫肌男と桃尻女
Katsuhito Ishii
Tadanobu Asano, Sie Kohinata
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a comically violent world.
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Trava: Fist Planet
Takeshi Koike, Katsuhito Ishii
Sie Kohinata, Yoshiyuki Morishita
Капитан Травастила Анистер по прозвищу Трава — лучший оператор боевых роботов, называемых Силами, в армии своей планеты. В пилотном мастерстве он настолько превзошёл сослуживцев, что начальство не нашло ничего лучшего, как просто уволить его вместе с верным механиком Синкаем. После того, как Синкай собрал из подручного материала превосходную Силу — Спидмастера, друзья решили испытать своё счастье на регулярно проводящемся межгалактическом турнире Сил по кулачному бою — так называемом Межпланетном Кулаке, победа на котором сулила огромный куш. Одна беда — для участия на соревнованиях требовался немалый взнос, и Трава с Синкаем приняли заманчивое предложение службы планетарных исследований отправиться на отдалённую планету Фейбл, где нужно было провести работы по разметке некоей Области 78.
Trava: Fist Planet
ナイスの森 The First Contact
Shunichiro Miki, Hajime Ishimine
Susumu Terajima, Tadanobu Asano
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
Funky Forest: The First Contact
山のあなた 徳市の恋
Katsuhito Ishii
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Ryô Kase
In the mountain hot springs of Izu, Japan, a love triangle is waiting to happen. It is the late 1930s when the paths of a stunning woman fleeing Tokyo, a handsome bachelor and a blind masseur cross.
My Darling of the Mountains
キューティーハニー
Hideaki Anno
Eriko Satō, Mikako Ichikawa
When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, Honey teams up with the seemingly cold police woman Natsuko Aki and hot shot journalist Seiji Hayami as well as battle the four "claws" of the Panther Claw gang to save her uncle and the rest of the city.
Cutie Honey
Party 7
Katsuhito Ishii
Masatoshi Nagase, Keisuke Horibe
Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive boyfriend, the mob soldier sent to retrieve the briefcase, another mobster sent to kill them, master voyeur Captain Banana and his new apprentice, The Mister Yellow. Who will end up with the money?
Party 7
ハロー!純一
Kanoko Kawaguchi, Atsushi Yoshioka
Hikari Mitsushima, Amon Kabe
An elementary student named Junichi is having trouble returning an eraser he borrowed from his secret crush, Maeda. With the support and encouragement of rookie teacher Anna, Junichi gets over his shyness and starts a band with his classmates.
Hello! Junichi
Hokuro Kyodai Full Throttle!!!!
Katsuhito Ishii
Shunichiro Miki, Kazuki Todoroki
One of the most wildly creative filmmakers working in Japan today, Ishii Katsuhito seems to take joy in dropping whimsical, unpredictable works onto unsuspecting audiences. His last film Nice no Mori (a.k.a. Funky Forest), an omnibus offering co-directed with Ishimine Hajime and Miki Shinichiro, was an ode to pure, unadulterated insanity. The Mole Brothers and their Beatles hairdos serve up plenty of chaos and laughter in this riotous seven-episode series that is just about required viewing for fans of the film. Ishii returns once again to his animation roots, and the results are as head-scratchingly brilliant as ever. This release comes with the seven animated shorts, Nice no Mori trailer, and Hokuro Brothers Full Throttle!!!! making of and filmography.
Hokuro Kyodai Full Throttle!!!!
ドラマレジェンドスペシャル 世にも奇妙な物語 SMAPの特別編
Masayuki Ochiai, Mamoru Hoshi
Tamori, Shingo Katori
Drama Legend Special Yo nimo Kimyou na Monogatari SMAP Special is a 2001's rerun version, consisting of 5 stories: 1. Extra Synopsis: A man decides to go against a society whose every action and exchange of dialogue has already been prewritten in the screenplay of life. 2. 13-banme no Kyaku (Guest no. 13) Synopsis: A short-tempered man gets his hair cut at a strange barber shop only to find that he cannot leave before going through a certain process. 3. Black Room Synopsis: A son returns home from America to find his hometown shrouded in black and his parents behaving very strangely. 4. Boku wa Tabi o Suru (I'm Taking a Trip) Synopsis: A man’s older sister goes on a trip without realizing the terrifying truth. 5. Otona Juken (Adult Test) Synopsis: A young man must prove that he is truly an adult through a series of real life scenario tests.
Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special
