About

Known credits:
44
Birthday:
1966-12-31
Place of birth:
Niigata, Japan
Website:
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Katsuhito Ishii

Overview

Katsuhito Ishii is a Japanese film director.

After graduating from Musashino Art University, Katsuhito Ishii got a job at Tohokushinsha Film and began directing commercials in 1992, receiving numerous awards in this field. His first short film The Promise of August, shot in 1995, went on to receive the Japanese Film Grand Prix in the Fantastic Video Section of the 1995 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.

He made his feature debut with Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl, based on the visual novel by cult manga artist Minetaro Mochizuki and starring regular collaborator Tadanobu Asano.

Ishii quickly followed his success with another box office hit, Party 7 (2000), which featured Masatoshi Nagase, Yoshio Harada and Tadanobu Asano among others. Between the years 2001 and 2002, he created a series of short films including the 3D animated dialogue piece Hal & Bons and the 2D animated space opera Trava Fist Planet. Among other commercials and select TV projects including the short Black Room which starred Takuya Kimura, and Music Power Go Go!, He collaborated with Production I.G for the animation sequence of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 1.

In 2004, his fourth feature film The Taste of Tea won Best Feature Film at the Hawaii International Film Festival. In 2006, he co-directed the feature film Funky Forest with fellow Japanese film makers and old school friends Shunichiro Miki and ANIKI. He founded his own production company, Nice Rainbow, in October 2006.

Known for

Acting
2004 Cutie Honey Actor 59
Average
2002 Hal & Bons Actor Hal (voice) N/A
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Directing
2022 Norioka Workshop Directing Director N/A
N/A
2015 Gamera Directing Director 60
Fair
2014 Hello! Junichi Directing Director 58
Average
2013 Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special Directing Director 59
Average
2011 Smuggler Directing Director 59
Average
2008 Sorasoi Directing Director 58
Average
2008 My Darling of the Mountains Directing Director 59
Average
2007 Hokuro Kyodai Full Throttle!!!! Directing Director N/A
N/A
2005 Funky Forest: The First Contact Directing Director 59
Average
2004 The Taste of Tea Directing Director 62
Fair
2002 Hal & Bons Directing Director N/A
N/A
2002 Trava: Fist Planet Directing Director 69
Fair
2001 Smap Short Films Directing Director N/A
N/A
2001 Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special Directing Director 58
Average
2000 Party 7 Directing Director 59
Average
1998 Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl Directing Director 59
Average
1995 Promise of August Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
2022 Norioka Workshop Writing Writer N/A
N/A
2013 Short Peace Writing Original Story 59
Average
2013 GAMBO Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2013 GAMBO Writing Story 59
Average
2013 Short Peace Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2011 Smuggler Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2009 Redline Writing Original Story 66
Fair
2005 Funky Forest: The First Contact Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2004 The Taste of Tea Writing Writer 62
Fair
2002 Frog River Writing Story N/A
N/A
2002 Hal & Bons Writing Writer N/A
N/A
2002 Trava: Fist Planet Writing Writer 69
Fair
2001 Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special Writing Screenplay 58
Average
2000 Party 7 Writing Writer 59
Average
1998 Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl Writing Writer 59
Average
1995 Promise of August Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
2002 Hal & Bons Production Producer N/A
N/A

Art
2013 SHORT PEACE Art Original Series Design N/A
N/A
2013 GAMBO Art Creative Director 59
Average
2009 Redline Art Background Designer 66
Fair

Crew
LUPIN THE IIIRD THE MOVIE Crew Creative Consultant N/A
N/A

Editing
2008 My Darling of the Mountains Editing Editor 59
Average
2004 The Taste of Tea Editing Editor 62
Fair
1998 Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl Editing Editor 59
Average

Visual Effects
2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Visual Effects Animation Director 79
Good