Shinsuke SATO 佐藤信介
Gantz
Nippon Cinema ª
Death is not the end. Kei and Masaro get run over by a train and find themselves in a surreal purgatory where they have to fight strange aliens. But just because you’re dead doesn’t mean you can’t die again. This visual tour de force is the first part of two films based on the popular cult manga-series "Gantz".
Japan 2011
130 minutes
Director
Shinsuke SATO
Script
Yusuke WATANABE based on a manga by Hiroya OKU
Cinematography
Taro KAWAZU
Music
Kenji KAWAI
Production
"Gantz" Film Partners
Distribution
Tiberius Film
Cast
Kazunari NINOMIYA, Kenichi MATSUYAMA, Yuriko YOSHITAKA, Kanata HONGO, Tomorowo TAGUCHI
About Shinsuke SATO
佐藤信介
Shinsuke SATO, born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1970, began his career as a short film director and screenwriter while still studying at Musashino Art University. After distinguishing himself as a screenwriter for films by Jun ICHIKAWA and Isao YUKISADA in the late 1990s, he had his international breakthrough as a director with THE PRINCESS BLADE (2001). Since then, he has gained recognition for the realization of numerous successful live-action adaptations of popular mangas, such as GANTZ (2011 / NC ’11), I AM A HERO (2016 / NC ’17) and DEATH NOTE: LIGHT UP THE NEW WORLD (2016 / NC ’17). He also directed the animated feature OBLIVION ISLAND: HARUKA AND THE MAGIC MIRRORS (2009) which won the NIPPON CINEMA AWARD in 2010.