Kunitoshi Manda | |
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Born | 1956
Tokyo, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, film critic |
Spouse | Tamami Manda |
Kunitoshi Manda (万田 邦敏, Manda Kunitoshi, born 1956 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.
Kunitoshi Manda was a student at Rikkyo University, where he took Shigehiko Hasumi's filmology class. [1]
Manda directed his first feature film, Unloved, in 2001. [2] It won the Grand Rail d'Or prize and the Future Talent prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. [3]
The Tunnel, one of his television films, screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. [4]
Manda's third feature film, The Kiss, premiered at the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2008. [5] Japanese film critic Inuhiko Yomota praised the film as "a fantastic film." [6]
His 2014 film, Dog's Way, premiered at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. [7]