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Born in Tokyo in 1966. Film researcher, critic and film critic. Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Law, Department of Law. Author of “Hayao Miyazaki: Dream and Curse of Creativity” (Takeshobo Shinsho), and editor of “Steven Spielberg Theory” and “Tom Cruise: Career, Life, Power to Learn” (both from Filmart-sha).

Film reviews. He has contributed reviews to “Leos Carax: Eiga wo Wojo Hito” (Film Art Inc.), theater pamphlets, Kinema Junpo, DVD & Video Distribution Deuta, Soen, CINEMORE, otocoto, Real Sound, Eureka, and other publications.

After working in video production at Space Shower TV for many years, he became independent. His recent productions include the documentary film WILL, which closely follows Masahiro Higashide's hunting life, and the documentary film Shinu made ni osu no ka, about Junretsu.

Bleu et Rose” (Because You Are Here), a collection of 101 reviews of his work contributed to theater pamphlets over the past quarter century, is now on sale, and on February 7, a second printing will be published with a new nudie pink color on the cover.

Tokyo-born freelance writer with a passion for storytelling across screens and consoles. After starting out as an editor for a children's game magazine, she now writes extensively about games and film, and crafts narratives for video games. You can also catch her regularly on IGN Japan’s YouTube show Popcorn in the Silver Screen.

Born 1974 in Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Graduated from Kyushu Sangyo University, Faculty of Art, Department of Photography. Lives and works in Tokyo.
Public Collections: Shanghai Dalunlu Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Bibliothque Nationale de France.

ライター・編集者。海外映画を専門に、評論やコラム、インタビューなどを書籍・雑誌・映画パンフレット・ウェブメディアなど多数の媒体で執筆。国内舞台作品のリサーチ・コンサルティングも務める。

Born on May 24, 1997 in Hokkaido, Japan, he made his acting debut in 2017, winning the “32nd Japan Film Critics Award” for Best New Actor for the film “Futari no Sekai” in 2022. His recent major film credits include the movies “Haru ni Sasaru” (2023), “Bakanuri no Musume” (2023), “Ichigatsu no Koe ni Joy o Kakume” (2024), “Wakamusha” (2024), and the dramas “Yakushi no Yakushi” (TBS), “What did you eat yesterday? season2” (TX), “RoOT / Route, 366 Days” (CX). His waiting films include “Sisa” (Sept. 13), “Fureru” (Oct. 4), and “Sisa” (Sept. 13). (released on October 4), “Kimi no Forgotten” (starring, released on January 17, 2013), and the drama “Lion's Lair” (TBS, Oct.).

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Writer and editor. He writes film reviews and columns for Asahi Shimbun, Shukan Bunshun, CREA.web, etc. He also conducts film-related interviews and edits books and pamphlets. He also interviews film-related people and edits books and pamphlets, and interviews film directors and actors as an MC for the YouTube program “Katsuben Cinema Club. His first collection of film columns, “Intoxicating Movies: Vacation Morning Begins with a Cider” (Shunyodo Shoten) is now on sale.

Born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University, Faculty of Economics. Has interviewed more than 2,000 filmmakers and actors. Author of “Broken Girl: Beautiful Girls Who Drown” (Film Art, Inc.), which examines girls and violence in movies. He co-authored or edited “Legendary Film Art Directors x Yohei Taneda” (SPACE SHOWER BOOKS), “The Future of Shinji Somai” (Tokyo News Press), and “Shinji Somai: The Lowest Days” (Rice Press). He has also contributed to “Auteurism Rowe Yeh” and “Auteurism Shinji Somai 2023 Typhoon Club Scenario Complete Scroll” (A PEOPLE).