About

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Birthday:
1937-05-24
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Tonkô Horikawa

Overview

Horikawa Tonko was a Japanese TV drama director, producer, and movie director from Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture. His wife is screenwriter Takagi Rin. He studied at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters.

In 1958, he won the Ginkgo Namiki Award for his novel "Suna no Toei". He joined TBS after graduating from university.

His representative work as a producer is "Kishibe no Album". In 1984, he won the Newcomer Award for Art Award. After that, he became a movie director and directed "Sennen no Koi: Hikaru Genji Monogatari" in 2001.

After retiring from TBS, he belonged to the TV production company "Kazumo" represented by his senior Ohyama Katsumi, but became independent in 2006.

He died at his home in Yugawara Town, Kanagawa Prefecture at the age of 82 on March 28, 2020, due to lung cancer.

Known for

Directing
2014 Time Never Stops Directing Director 59
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2007 Ri Kôran Directing Director N/A
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2005 For the coming day Directing Director N/A
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2001 Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji Directing Director 59
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Production
1995 Yesterday Enemy is Still Enemy Today Production Producer N/A
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1994 On the Far Side of Twilight Production Executive Producer N/A
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1987 松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ Production Producer N/A
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1983 Kawasaki Vice Squad Production Producer N/A
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