Shinji Sōmai
Shinji Sōmai | |
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| Born | 13 January 1948 |
| Died | 9 September 2001 (aged 53) |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1980-2000 |
Shinji Sōmai (相米 慎二, Sōmai Shinji, 13 January 1948 – 9 September 2001) was a Japanese film director. He directed 13 films between 1980 and 2000.
Career
His film Moving was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.[1] His 1998 film, Wait and See, won the FIPRESCI prize at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival in 1999.[2]
Style and influences
The Edinburgh International Film Festival artistic director Chris Fujiwara noted that American film director Nicholas Ray and French film director Jean Vigo shared Somai's sensibilites.[3]
Filmography
- Tonda Couple (1980)
- Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
- P.P. Rider (1983)
- The Catch (1983)
- Love Hotel (1985)
- Typhoon Club (1985)
- Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion (1985)
- Luminous Woman (1987)
- Tokyo Heaven (1990)
- Moving (1993)
- The Friends (1994)
- Wait and See (1998)
- Kaza-hana (2000)
Further reading
- Kimura, Tatsuya; Nakamura, Hideyuki; Fujii, Jinshi, eds. (2011). 甦る相米慎二 [Shinji Somai: A Film Director in the Japanese Post-Studio Era] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Inscrpit. ISBN 978-4-900997-32-5.
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Moving". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
- ^ Elley, Derek (21 February 1999). "'Line' best in Berlin - Variety". Variety.
- ^ Dunn, Jamie (28 May 2012). "Forgotten Man: EIFF director Chris Fujiwara on Shinji Somai". The Skinny.
External links
- Shinji Sōmai at IMDb
- Shinji Sōmai at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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