Yuya Ishii (director)

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
Born
石井裕也

1983
Saitama Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationMovie director & writer
Years active2005-present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2010; div. 2016)​

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(m. 2018)​

Personal life

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]

Filmography

Films

Television
  • When a Tree Falls (2018)

Awards
Asian Film Awards
  • 2008 - Edward Yang New Talent
  • 2018 - "Best Director" - The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
Blue Ribbon Awards
Japanese Academy Awards
Mainichi Film Award
Kinema Junpo Award

References
  1. "'The Great Passage' Wins Best Picture at Japan's Academy Awards".
  2. "Rekidai jushō ichiranhyō". Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  3. "53rd Blue Ribbon Awards: Tetsuya Nakashima's "Kokuhaku" named Best Picture". TokyoGraph. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  4. "Hikari Mitsushima announces divorce, dating Kento Nagayama". 21 May 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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