DAISHI MATSUNAGA
- BIRTH
- 1974
PROFILE
He made his debut as a film director by the documentary film "Pyuupiru 2001-2008" (2011) which records 8 years of his old friend, contemporary artist Pyuupiru who has a gender identity disorder. The film was officially invited to the 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam, the 11th Jeonju International Film Festival, the Paris International Film Festival and many other film festivals.
His first feature film "Pieta in the Toilet" (2015 / Cast: Yojiro Noda & Hana Sugisaki) was screened in Shinjuku Piccadilly and other movie theaters in Japan and created a sensation soon afterwards. This work was an official selection of the International Competition category of the 16th Jeonju Film Festival, the Japan Now category of the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival and the Voices category of the 45th International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Moreover, many documentary films and fictional works were released in sequence, including the documentary film "Vibration: THE YELLOW MONKEY" (2017) which records a year of activities of THE YELLOW MONKEY, film "Hanalei Bay" (2018) adapted from Haruki Murakami's original work "Hanalei Bay" and "Pure Japanese" (2022).
His latest work "Egoist" (2023 / Cast: Ryohei Suzuki and Hio Miyazawa) received high praise and became a huge hit as soon as it was released. At the same time, it was decided to be screened in movie theatres in overseas countries and regions, such as Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand and North America. Moreover, at the Asian Film Awards which is said to be Asian Film Awards Academy, Ryohei Suzuki was nominated for Best Actor Award and Hio Miyazawa for Best Supporting Actor Award and the movie was also nominated for Best Costume Design Award. In addition, Hio Miyazawa won Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in this work.
WORKS
Filmography
Film
＜Feature Films＞
2015"Pieta in the Toilet"【Scriptwriter & Director】
Cast: Yojiro Noda & Hana Sugisaki
2018"Hanalei Bay"【Scriptwriter, Director & Editor】
Cast: Yo Yoshida, Reo Sano & Nijiro Murakami
2022"Pure Japanese" 【Director】
Cast: Dean Fujioka, Aju Makita
2023"Egoist"【Scriptwriter & Director】
Cast: Ryohei Suzuki, Hio Miyazawa & Sawako Agawa
＜Documentary＞
2011"Pyuupiru"【Director, Cameraman & Editor】
Cast: Pyuupiru
2013"MMA Documentary - HYBRID"【Director】
2014"GOSPEL"【Director】
2017"Vibration: THE YELLOW MONKEY"【Director】
Cast: THE YELLOW MONKEY
2023"[The documentary] 180 days of Heat PSYCHIC FEVER"【Director】
Cast: PSYCHIC FEVER from EXILE TRIBE
2023"6th SINGLE ‛Ding Ding Dong' The documentary - 180 days of Heat"【Director】
Cast: BALLISTIK BOYZ from EXILE TRIBE
＜Short Film＞
2011"Otokonoko"【Scriptwriter & Director】
Cast: Naoya Shimizu, Takuya Yoshihara
2012"Kazoku"【Scriptwriter, Director & Editor】
Cast: Haruki Takano, Masato Nanbu
2015"Shi to Koi to Nami to"【Scriptwriter & Director】
Cast: Mugi Kadowaki, Amane Okayama
2018"Canaria" from "Utamonogatari -CINEMA FIGHTERS project-"【Scriptwriter & Director】
Cast: TAKAHIRO, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kaho
2018"HEKISHU" from "Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: Journey"【Scriptwriter & Director】
Cast: Hiroki Hasegawa
2019"On The Way" from "That Moment, My Heart Cried -CINEMA FIGHTERS project-"【Scriptwriter & Director】
Cast: Ryuji Imaichi
TV Drama
2012NHK BS Premium "Hadaka ni Shitai Otoko Takenouchi Yutaka"【Director】
2020WOWOW "Love in May 2020"【Director】
Cast: Yo Yoshida, Yo Oizumi
2021FOD&CX "VACATION OF IMAI"【Director】
Cast: Tsubasa Imai
Movie appearance
2001Movie "WATER BOYS"【Director: Shinobu Yaguchi】
2002Movie "Hush!"【Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi】
2017Movie "MATSUMOTO TRIBE" as himself【Director: Ken Ninomiya】
Awards
"Pyuupiru"
"2011 The New Horizons International Film Festival" Special Mention
"Pieta in the Toilet"
The 56th Directors Guild of Japan - New Directors Award
The 20th Shindo Kaneto Awards - Silver Award
The 37th Yokohama Film Festival - Yoshimitsu Morita Memorial Best New Director Award
The 25th Japan Movie Critics Awards - New Director Award
The 13th Cinema Yume Club - Recommendation Committee Special Award
The 14th Chiba City Arts and Culture Newcomer Award
"Love in May 2020"
The 1st WOWOW Creator Award - Grand Prize
Tokyo Drama Awards 2020 - Single Drama Excellent Award
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