Kunitoshi Manda
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|name = Kunitoshi Manda
|birth_date = 1956
|birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
|death_date =
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|nationality = Japanese
|occupation = Film director, screenwriter, film critic
|spouse = Tamami Manda
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{{nihongo|Kunitoshi Manda|万田 邦敏|Manda Kunitoshi|born 1956 in Tokyo}} is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.
Biography
Kunitoshi Manda was a student at Rikkyo University, where he took Shigehiko Hasumi's filmology class.{{cite book|title=Opening Bazin|publisher=Oxford University Press|editor-first=Dudley|editor-last=Andrew|first=Kan|last=Nozaki|year=2011|pages=327}}
Manda directed his first feature film, Unloved, in 2001.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/unloved-1117798071/|title=Unloved|work=Variety|first=David|last=Stratton|date=2001-05-14|accessdate=2017-12-29}} It won the Grand Rail d'Or prize and the Future Talent prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/parallel-section-and-other-prizes/405770.article|title=Parallel section and other prizes|work=Screen Daily|date=2001-05-22|accessdate=2017-12-29}}
The Tunnel, one of his television films, screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/the-tunnel-3-1200533135/|title=The Tunnel|work=Variety|first=Leslie|last=Felperin|date=2004-05-26|accessdate=2017-12-29}}
Manda's third feature film, The Kiss, premiered at the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/jeonju-to-kick-off-ninth-edition-with-kunitoshis-the-kiss/4038065.article|title=Jeonju to kick off ninth edition with Kunitoshi's The Kiss|work=Screen Daily|first=Jean|last=Noh|date=2008-04-02|accessdate=2017-12-29}} Japanese film critic Inuhiko Yomota praised the film as "a fantastic film."{{cite web|url=http://www.midnighteye.com/interviews/inuhiko-yomota/|title=Inuhiko Yomota|publisher=Midnight Eye|first=Rea|last=Amit|date=2009-02-05|accessdate=2017-12-29}}
His 2014 film, Dog's Way, premiered at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://screenanarchy.com/2014/02/watch-the-first-trailer-for-quirky-japanese-picture-dogs-way.html|title=Watch The First Trailer For Quirky Japanese Dramedy DOG'S WAY|website=Screen Anarchy|first=Patryk|last=Czekaj|date=2014-02-25|accessdate=2017-12-29}}
Filmography
=Feature films=
- Unloved (2001)
- Thank You (2006)
- The Kiss (2007)
- Dog's Way (2014)
- The Synchronizer (2017)
- Love Mooning (2021){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/news/20200919/3/|title= 万田邦敏監督新作「愛のまなざしを」に仲村トオル×杉野希妃×斎藤工×中村ゆり|accessdate= September 23, 2020|work= eiga.com}}
=Short films=
- Spaceship Remnant 6 (1996)
- Omokage (2010)
=Television=
Bibliography
- Sairishū Tottemo Hazukashi Zemināru (2009)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0541589}}
- {{jmdb name|0355990}}
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Category:Japanese film directors
Category:Japanese screenwriters
Category:Japanese film critics