Japan Institute of the Moving Image

{{short description|Japanese film school and university}}

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The {{nihongo|Japan Institute of the Moving Image|日本映画大学|Nihon Eiga Daigaku}}, formerly known as the Yokohama Broadcasting Technical School, is a Japanese film school and university. It was founded in 1975 by film director Shohei Imamura.{{cite web|url=http://www.eiga.ac.jp/about/history|script-title=ja:歴史と沿革|trans-title=History and Development|accessdate=31 December 2012|language=Japanese|publisher=Japan Academy of the Moving Image|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228155810/http://www.eiga.ac.jp/about/history|archivedate=28 December 2012}}

While a student at this school, director Takashi Miike was given his first film credit, as assistant director on Imamura's 1987 film Zegen.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/017.htm |title=Catalogue | The Masters of Cinema Series |publisher=Eurekavideo.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-12-31 |archive-date=2006-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719104033/http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/017.htm |url-status=dead }}

By 2012, the president was Tadao Sato, who served until his death a decade later.{{cite web |url=http://www.eiga.ac.jp/english |title=JIMI - Japan Institute of the Moving Image | 日本映画大学 |accessdate=2012-12-31 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121228155824/http://www.eiga.ac.jp/english |archivedate=2012-12-28 }}