Izo Hashimoto
{{short description|Japanese screenwriter and film director (born 1954)}}
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| birth_place = Shimane Prefecture, Japan
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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter
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{{Nihongo|Izo Hashimoto|橋本 以蔵|Hashimoto Izō|born February 21, 1954}} is a Japanese screenwriter and film director.{{cite web|url=http://www.dgj.or.jp/essay/article/000384.html|title=Jiko Seiritsu|work=Directors Guild of Japan|language=Japanese|access-date=2013-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005001847/http://www.dgj.or.jp/essay/article/000384.html|archive-date=2011-10-05|url-status=dead}}
Biography
In 1984, Hashimoto made his directorial debut with the independent film Pasokon Wars Isami, after which he began writing for television with the hit drama series Sukeban Deka.{{cite web|title=Eiga "Shamo" Kōkai!!|url=http://forest.kinokuniya.co.jp/interview/021/|work=Forest Plus|publisher=Kinokuniya|language=Japanese|accessdate=20 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530144718/http://forest.kinokuniya.co.jp/interview/021/|archivedate=30 May 2009}}
He co-wrote the screenplays for Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira and Shinji Aoyama's EM Embalming.{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/akira,17809/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410132057/http://www.avclub.com/articles/akira,17809/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 10, 2013|title=Akira - DVD - HomeVideo Review - The A.V. Club|work=The A.V. Club|publisher=Onion, Inc.|first=Tasha|last=Robinson|date=19 April 2002}}{{cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/features/1605/|title=Film Threat - Film Phonics: "em Embalming"|work=Film Threat|publisher=Hamster Stampede LLC|first=Stina|last=Chyn|date=20 October 2005}}
Filmography
=As director=
- Meimon Takonishi Oendan (1987)
- CF Girl (1989)
- Lucky Sky Diamond (1990)
- Evil Dead Trap 2 (1992)
- Driving High (1993)
- Puru-puru: Tenshi Teki Kyujitsu (1993)
- Teito Monogatari Gaiden (1995)
- Kagerō 2 (1996)
=As screenwriter=
- Barrow Gang BC (1985)
- Sukeban Deka (1985-1987)
- Sukeban Deka The Movie (1987)
- The Drifting Classroom (1987)
- To-y (1987)
- Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack from the Kazama Sisters (1988)
- Akira (1988)
- Spirit Warrior (1988)
- CF Girl (1989)
- Aoki Densetsu Shoot! (1994)
- Kagerō 2 (1996)
- Black Jack (1996)
- Kenka Ramen (1996)
- Onna Horishi Azami (1998)
- EM Embalming (1999)
- Rinjin wa Hisoka ni Warau (1999)
- The Guys from Paradise (2001)
- Ah! Ikkenya Puroresu (2004)
- Jitensha Shounenki (2006)
- Shamo (2007)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0368051}}
- {{jmdb name|0085080}}
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Category:Writers from Shimane Prefecture