Director

Kenji Kanesaka

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 1687885

IMDb ID: nm12151722

Known for: Directing

Born: September 22, 1934

Died: July 2, 1999

Age: 64

Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1966 - 1968

Years active: 3

Wikidata: Q22118329

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Biography

Filmmaker, critic, and photographer. Graduated in 1957 from Keio University, Faculty of Literature, Department of English Literature. Hired by the International Department of Shochiku Film, and assigned to be interpreter for the president, Shirō Kido. He became acquainted with underground filmmakers while participating in Harvard University international seminars, then took a sabbatical from Shochiku to attend Northwestern University for one year as a Fulbright scholar. He left school after finishing the film “America, America, America”, then returned to Japan, and in 1966 finished the film “Hopscotch”. In 1964, he collaborated with Takahiko Iimura, Kōichirō Ishizaki, Nobuhiko Ōbayashi, Yōichi Takabayashi, Shigechika Satō, Donald Richie, and Masao Adachi to found the experimental film group “Film Independent”.

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