Yuya Ishii | |
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Born | 石井裕也 1983 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Movie director & writer |
Years active | 2005-present |
Spouses |
Yuya Ishii (石井裕也, Ishii Yūya) is a Japanese film director, writer, editor, producer and actor best known for his 2013 movie The Great Passage for which he won best director at the 2013 Japanese Academy Awards. [1]
Yuya Ishii won best director at the 2010 Blue Ribbon Awards, [2] [3] and the movie also resulted in his marriage in late 2010 to the lead actress Hikari Mitsushima, a former member of the J-pop group member Folder 5 and actress in such films as Death Note (2006) and Love Exposure (2008). [3] They divorced in 2016. [4]