Katsuhito Ishii

Director

December 31, 1966 (59 years)

Niigata, Japan

Biography

Katsuhito Ishii is a Japanese film director. After graduating from Musashino Art University, Katsuhito Ishii got a job at Tohokushinsha Film and began directing commercials in 1992, receiving numerous awards in this field. His first short film The Promise of August, shot in 1995, went on to receive the Japanese Film Grand Prix in the Fantastic Video Section of the 1995 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. He made his feature debut with Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl, based on the v…

Filmography

9.5

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

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7.5

The Taste of Tea

A spell of time in the life of the five-piece Haruno family in rural Tochigi Prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.

6.7

Trava: Fist Planet

Ace pilot Trava and his personal mechanic buddy Shinkai, on their way to mark an out-of-the-way planet, pick up Mikuru, a girl with no memory. The three are about to discover that the planet is more than it seems.

6.8

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a comically violent world.

6.7

PARTY7

Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive boyfriend, the mob soldier sent to retrieve the briefcase, another mobster sent to kill them, master voyeur Captain Banana and his new apprentice, The Mister Yellow. Who will end up with the money?

6.4

Smuggler

To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.

6.4

Funky Forest: The First Contact

An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.

N/A

Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special

To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the popular omnibus drama "Tales of the Unusual," in which Tamori serves as the storyteller, "Tales of the Tales of the Unusual 35th Anniversary Special: Legendary Masterpieces One Night Only Revival Edition" will be broadcast on Fuji TV's "Saturday Premium" slot (Saturday 9pm) on May 31st. The program will feature five of Tamori's most famous works from the series' past. The programs that will be broadcast on the 31st are as follows: "BLACK ROOM" (broadcast in 2001, starring Takuya Kimura) "The Night Train Man" (broadcast in 2002, starring Ren Osugi) "Locker" (broadcast in 1990, starring Yuji Oda) "Bijokan" (broadcast in 2005, starring Satoshi Tsumabuki) "Memories of Love, Don't Stop" (broadcast in 2019, starring Yuki Saito)

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Hal & Bons

Hal and Bons are a pair of beer-drinking slacker dogs. They are joined on their sofa by an anthropomorphic rice cake by the name of Mochi, who first interviews them and then decides to give up being an interviewer and move in with them instead.

6.1

Hello! Junichi

An elementary student named Junichi is having trouble returning an eraser he borrowed from his secret crush, Maeda. With the support and encouragement of rookie teacher Anna, Junichi gets over his shyness and starts a band with his classmates.

6.0

Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special

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6.4

My Darling of the Mountains

In the mountain hot springs of Izu, Japan, a love triangle is waiting to happen. It is the late 1930s when the paths of a stunning woman fleeing Tokyo, a handsome bachelor and a blind masseur cross.

8.0

Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special

Consisting of 5 stories: 1. Extra Synopsis: A man decides to go against a society whose every action and exchange of dialogue has already been prewritten in the screenplay of life. 2. 13-banme no Kyaku (Guest no. 13) Synopsis: A short-tempered man gets his hair cut at a strange barber shop only to find that he cannot leave before going through a certain process. 3. Black Room Synopsis: A son returns home from America to find his hometown shrouded in black and his parents behaving very strangely. 4. Boku wa Tabi o Suru (I'm Taking a Trip) Synopsis: A man’s older sister goes on a trip without realizing the terrifying truth. 5. Otona Juken (Adult Test) Synopsis: A young man must prove that he is truly an adult through a series of real life scenario tests.

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Smap Short Films

Short films by top CM directors and CG creators: MUSIC POWER GO! GO! ダモン君の巻; BUS PANIC!!!; GAME SHINGO; 治療; Good-bye, cruel world; ROLLING BOMBER SPECIAL; 菅原さん・コンセント・トイレ・のれない・脱出不可能. Produced for and aired together as TV special of SMAPxSMAP

6.0

Sorasoi

A group of college students staying in a hostel close to a beach, practice their dance routine in a training camp for an upcoming dance competition.

N/A

Norioka Workshop

The story set in the "house" designed by director Ishii is an unpredictable development with tricks drawn into the unique Ishii world everywhere

8.0

Promise of August

Three college girls arrive in the countryside in search of an area where marijuana grows. Hitchhiking, they stop the car of a suicidal man, who falls in love with one of the girls at first sight.

9.8

Gamera

GAMERA is a kaiju short film first released as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Gamera's debut film.

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NEW HAL&BONS

A theatrical version of the laid-back CG animated series HAL & BONS, which gained attention through its serialization in the DVD magazine Grasshoppa! beginning in 2001. Hal and Bons, a pair of dogs living on the planet Himadama, spend their days happily drinking beer and enjoying a carefree life. One day, a talking piece of mochi named Mochi-kun arrives to interview them and ends up staying as an unwanted houseguest, leading to a series of unusual events.

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