Kōki Mitani
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In an attempt to add his own character to his movies, his directorial approach follows a "one scene = one shot" system, whereby he pans the camera around as opposed to cutting. He claims this comes from his experience in theatre, where there are no cuts. Mitani does not use a computer.[1]
Early life
Mitani liked watching TV dramas and puppetries of NHK in his childhood. He was especially interested in works of puppetry such as "Shin Hakkenden" (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) and Sangokushi (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler), jidaigeki dramas such as Tenka Gomen (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) and Tenka Dōdō (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler), and Taiga dramas such as Kaze to Kumo to Niji to.[2]
Throughout his life, he has expressed interest in works starring famous detectives, such as the Sherlock Holmes series.[3][4] He has collected numerous novel volumes, pastiches, and DVDs related to Sherlock Holmes, and in 2014 adapted the story into a puppetry set in a boarding school. In his high school days, he planned to produce a film featuring a detective, loosely based on And Then There Were None, and went on location to Enoshima, Kanagawa with his friends, though this film was never finished.[3]
Mitani has also stated that he enjoys foreign cinema, and is a fan of the films 12 Angry Men, The Wages of Fear, Columbo, and the director Billy Wilder. He has mentioned how he believes Hollywood comedy films are not as funny as those in the Golden Age and as Japanese comedy improves.[1]
Career
Mitani's work has primarily comprised witty comedies which are often parodies. In production, he usually writes scripts visualizing actors and actresses as close to the characters. Mitani is the author of a weekly column in the Asahi Shimbun daily newspaper[1] in which he often discusses his favorite films, his writing process, and the actors and actresses with whom he has worked.
Works
Feature films and TV dramas
(Note: Many of Mitani's films began as successful plays.)
- 12 Nin no Yasashii Nihonjin: 12 Gentle Japanese (1991)
- Furi-kaereba Yatsu Ga Iru (TV)
- Furuhata Ninzaburō (TV series)
- Shinsengumi! (TV series)
- Sōrito Yobanaide (TV series)
- Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
- Minna no Ie aka Everyone's Home (2001)
- Warai no Daigaku: University of Laughs (2004)
- The Uchoten Hotel aka Suite Dreams (2006)
- The Magic Hour (2008)
- Gaki No Tsukai Silent Library (2008)
- Walking, Talking (2011 TV movie, post-production)
- Wagaya no Rekishi (2010 TV mini-series)
- A Ghost of a Chance (Suteki na Kanashibari, also known as Once in a Blue Moon) (2011 screenplay and direction)
- Daikūkō 2013 (2013 TV movie)
- The Kiyosu Conference (2013)
- Galaxy Turnpike (2015)
- Sanada Maru (2016 TV series)
- Fūunji tachi (2018 TV)
- Kuroido Goroshi (2018 TV)
- Hit me Anyone One More Time (2019)
- The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022 TV series)[5]
- All About Suomi (2024)[6]
Theatre
- The Show Must Go On (1991)
- Warai no Daigaku: University of Laughs (2004)
- Vamp Show (2006)
- Talk Like Singing (2009)
Puppetries
Recurring cast members
| Actor | Furuhata Ninzaburō (1994–2006) | Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) | Aikotoba wa Yūki (2000) | Minna no Ie (2001) | Shinsengumi! (2004) | The Uchōten Hotel (2006) | The Magic Hour (2008) | Wagaya no Rekishi (2010) | A Ghost of a Chance (2011) | The Kiyosu Conference (2013) | Galaxy Turnpike (2015) | Sanada Maru (2016) | Kioku ni Gozaimasen (2019) |
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| Kōichi Satō (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | |||||
| Masahiko Nishimura (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | check | ||||||||||
| Yoshimasa Kondo (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | ||||
| Kiichi Nakai (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | check | check | check | ||||||||
| Kenji Anan (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | |||||
| Toshiaki Karasawa (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | ||||||
| Susumu Terajima (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | check | check | check | ||||||||
| Zen Kajihara (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | |||
| Kyōka Suzuki (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | ||||||
| Eri Fukatsu (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | |||||||||||
| Yo Oizumi (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | check | ||||||||||
| Masato Sakai (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | |||||||||||
| Koji Yamamoto (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | check | check | check | check | |||||||
| Shingo Katori (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | check | check | check | check | check | ||||||
| Yūko Takeuchi (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | |||||||||||
| Satoshi Tsumabuki (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check | |||||||||||
| Haruka Ayase (Script error: No such module "age".) | check | check |
Honors
- Medal with Purple Ribbon (2017)
- Juzo Itami Award (2023)
Notes
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- ↑ a b c Tanaka, Nobuko, "Japan's Mr. Comedy", Japan Times, June 2, 2012, p. 7
- ↑ 三谷幸喜のありふれた生活14 いくさ上手 松村邦洋との大河フリーク対談 P.248 朝日新聞出版 Template:ISBN Template:ISBN
- ↑ a b 『ユリイカ』、青土社、2014年8月増刊、148–154頁
Eureka August 2014 Extra Edition", Tokyo: Seidosha, 2014, pp.148–154. - ↑ 岡崎信治郎・藤田健一編『シャーロックホームズ冒険ファンブック』、小学館、2014年、21頁。
Shinjirō Okazaki and Kenichi Fujita (ed.) Sharokku Hōmuzu bōken fan bukku(Guidebook of "Sherlock Holmes"), Tokyo, Shogakukan, 2014, p.21. - ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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External links
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- 1961 births
- 21st-century Japanese dramatists and playwrights
- Japanese film directors
- Japanese film producers
- Japanese essayists
- Japanese male actors
- Nihon University alumni
- Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon
- People from Tokyo
- Living people
- Juzo Itami Award winners