Kiyoshi KUROSAWA 黒沢清
Kunitoshi MANDA
Eve Of Runaway
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About Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
黒沢清
Kiyoshi KUROSAWA, born in Kobe in 1955, started his career as an assistant director for Shinji SOMAI, among others. He had his international breakthrough with CURE (1997 / NC ’16). He received the Prix Un Certain Regard in Cannes twice: for TOKYO SONATA (NC ’16) in 2008 and for JOURNEY TO THE SHORE (NC ’16) in 2015. Since 2005, he has been teaching at the Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2016, he received the NIPPON HONOR AWARD at the Nippon Connection Film Festival.
About Kunitoshi MANDA
Kunitoshi MANDA, born in 1956, first worked as a screenwriter, among others for Kiyoshi KUROSAWA, before making his internationally acclaimed debut in 2001 with UNLOVED. He teaches at the Film School of Tokyo.