Toshiro Mifune
三船敏郎
Japanese actor, film director, and producer
Film Producer 32 profiles
Riki Takeuchi
竹内力
Iconic V-cinema action star, singer, and film producer from Oita
Takashi Miike
三池崇史
Prolific Japanese director known for fearless genre-crossing filmmaking
Kinji Fukasaku
深作欣二
Pioneering Japanese director of raw, visceral crime cinema
Nobuhiko Obayashi
大林宣彦
Visionary Japanese filmmaker known for lyrical fantasy and the Onomichi trilogy
Eiji Tsuburaya
円谷英二
Pioneer of Japanese special effects filmmaking
Nobuo Kawakami
川上量生
Internet entrepreneur and film producer who shaped Japan's online video culture
Kon Ichikawa
市川崑
Master Japanese filmmaker and visual stylist
Naomi Kawase
河瀨直美
Cannes-acclaimed Japanese filmmaker rooted in Nara
Sanjugo Naoki
直木三十五
Japanese author and filmmaker whose name lives on in Japan's Naoki Prize for popular fiction
Kanjūrō Arashi
嵐寛寿郎
Kabuki-trained actor and producer who defined Japanese period cinema
Shinya Tsukamoto
塚本晋也
Japanese auteur filmmaker, actor, and editor
Takashi Shimizu
清水崇
Japanese horror film director and screenwriter from Gunma
Kaneto Shindō
新藤兼人
Century-spanning Japanese director and screenwriter honored with the Order of Culture
Shigeru Okada
岡田茂
Postwar Japanese film producer and University of Tokyo graduate
Hideo Nakata
中田秀夫
Japanese horror film director and author
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
米林宏昌
Studio Ghibli animator-turned-director known for intimate, character-driven animated films
Brian Tee
ブライアン・ティー
Japanese-born American actor and film producer
Takako Irie
入江たか子
Pioneer actress and film producer of Japanese prewar cinema
Masao Maruyama
丸山正雄
Veteran animation and film producer from Miyagi
Kaoru Osanai
小山内薫
Pioneer of modern theater in Japan
Kei Kumai
熊井啓
Acclaimed Japanese director known for human-centered, award-winning cinema
Hiroshi Inagaki
稲垣浩
Versatile Showa-era Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor
Matsunosuke Onoe
尾上松之助
Pioneer of Japanese silent cinema and kabuki-trained screen actor
Kazunori Yamauchi
山内一典
Game designer and racing driver, creator of Gran Turismo
Kazuhiro Soda
想田和弘
Japanese documentary filmmaker known for his narration-free observational style
Fumihiko Sori
曽利文彦
Osaka-born film director, producer, and screenwriter
Kiki Sugino
杉野希妃
Actress, director, and producer bridging Japanese and Asian cinema
Kenji Yoshida
吉田健二
Versatile postwar Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and visual artist
Ethan Suplee
イーサン・サプリー
American actor
Ruben Fleischer
ルーベン・フライシャー
American film director
Lloyd Kaufman
ロイド・カウフマン
American independent filmmaker