Tadasuke KOTANI

小谷忠典

Tadasuke KOTANI


Tadasuke KOTANI, born in Osaka in 1977, first studied painting and then film at Visual Arts College Osaka. His directorial debut LULLABY (2002) was awarded at the Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival. In 2008, he made his first feature-length documentary film LINE, which won the Cult Award at the 2009 Torino Film Festival. His second documentary THE CAT THAT LIVED A MILLION TIMES (2012) premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. In 2020, Nippon Connection screened his experimental feature film TAMARAN HILL (2019).

Films shown at Nippon Connection

Origami, Japan 2022 (Director) NC22
Origami, Japan 2022 (Cinematography) NC22
Where Bibi Went, Japan 2020 (Director) NC21
Tamaran Hill, Japan 2019 (Director) NC20

Guest at Nippon Connection

Origami, NC22