Chihiro Amano
Chihiro Amano | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 30, 1982 Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 2009 – |
| Website | http://chihiroamano.web.fc2.com/home.html |
Chihiro Amano (天野千尋, Amano Chihiro) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter who has been described as "profusely talented" by movie critic Tom Mes.[1]
Life and career
Amano was born on July 30, 1982. After five years working in the corporate world, she turned to film and made her debut with the 2009 Sayonara Muffler which was shown at the Cineastes Organization Osaka EX and other festivals.[2] Her second film Cast the Die! competed at the 2010 PIA Film Festival.[3] Amano's 2011 film Snipping Girl made its international premier at the 12th Japan Filmfest Hamburg in May 2011[4] and competed at the 2011 PIA Film Festival.[5]
In 2012, she released the short The Confessions of Figaro about four junior high school boys curious about sex. The film won the Grand Prize Award and the Audience Award at the Shitamachi Comedy Film Festival in Tokyo[2][6] and the Runnerup Prize at the 2012 Aichi International Women's Film Festival.[2][7] It was also screened at the 15th International Women's Film Festival in Seoul, South Korea.[2] Amano's 2012 short fantasy Neverland in Gamagori about an eleven-year-old boy's adventure debuted at the 4th Okinawa International Movie Festival.[8][9]
Her 2013 film depicting a family drama, All Is Vanity, was shown at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.[2][10]
Amano is one of only a handful of women directors in Japan. In a 2012 interview she said that she has had to take a part-time job to support her filmmaking but her "Striving to get ahead professionally" is probably the best way to "pave the way for more female directors in Japan."[8] Amano made her commercial film debut with the May 2014 Doushitemo Furetakunai based on Kou Yoneda's "boys' love" manga of the same name.[11][12]
Filmography
- Sayonara Muffler (さよならマフラー, Sayonara mafurā), 44 min. (2009)
- Cast the Die (賽ヲナゲロ, Sai onagero), 66 min. (2009)
- Snipping Girl (チョッキン堪忍袋, Chokkin kanninbukuro), 33 min. (2011)
- Confessions of Figaro (フィガロの告白, Figaro no kokuhaku), 22 min. (2012)
- Yuku hito, kuru hito (ゆく人、くる人), 56 min. (2012)
- Koi wa parēdo no yō ni (恋はパレードのように), 50 min. (2012)
- Neverland in Gamagori (ガマゴリ・ネバーアイランド, Gamagori nebāairando), 35 min. (2012)
- All Is Vanity (色即是空, Shikisokuzekū), 22 min. (2013)
- Doushitemo Furetakunai (どうしても触れたくない), 84 min. (May 2014)
- Hokago Lost (放課後ロスト, Hokago Rosuto), "Little Trip" segment of a 3-part film (August 2014)
References
- ^ Mes, Tom (April 24, 2013). "Return to Yubari". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ a b c d e "Asian Spectrum: The Coming of Age in Asian Women Filmmaking". WFFIS. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ "2010 Awards". PFF. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ "Snipping Girl". Japan Filmfest Hamburg. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ "2011 Awards". PFF. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ "Shita Come Grand Prize 2012". Shita Come. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ "AIWFF 2012 Short Film Awards". AIWFF. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
- ^ a b Kakuchi, Suvendrini. "A Film Festival for the Marginalised". IPS. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
- ^ "Neverland in Gamagori". OIMF. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ "Yubari Fanta Official Blog" (in Japanese). Yubarifanta. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
- ^ "VIDEO: Trailer for Live-Action Adaptation Film of Boys Love Manga "Doushitemo Furetakunai"". CrunchyRoll. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ "どうしても触れたくない" (in Japanese). MovieWalker. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
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