Fumihiko Sori

Fumihiko Sori is one of those behind-the-scenes guys who quietly does it all — directing, producing, writing — without making a lot of noise about it, which I kind of respect. Born in Osaka in 1964, he came up through an era when Japanese cinema was reinventing itself, and the fact that he's held all three creative reins on his projects tells me he's the type who needs to own the whole vision from first draft to final cut. He's not a household name outside Japan, and honestly I'll admit my knowledge of his specific films is thin, but there's something appealing about a filmmaker who's clearly driven by the work itself rather than the spotlight. Still active into his sixties, still making things — that kind of sustained creative stubbornness is its own quiet credential.

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Fumihiko Sori is a Japanese film director, producer, and screenwriter born on May 17, 1964, in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture. He works across multiple creative roles in the filmmaking process, handling direction, production, and scripting. His surname Sori is an uncommon reading in Japanese. He remains an active figure in Japanese cinema.

Name (English)

Fumihiko Sori

Name (Japanese)

曽利文彦

Reading

そり ふみひこ

Born

May 17, 1964 (age 62)

Origin

Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dragon

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9B%BD%E5%88%A9%E6%96%87%E5%BD%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2478406

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Film Director
• Film Producer
• Screenwriter

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.