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.

ニッポン・コネクション上映作品

いぬやしき, 日本 2018 (監督) NC19
デスノート, 日本 2016 (監督) NC17
アイアムアヒーロー, 日本 2016 (監督) NC17
寮内厳粛, 日本 1994 (監督) NC13
寮内厳粛, 日本 1994 (脚本) NC13
Gantz, 日本 2011 (監督) NC11
ホッタラケの島 春香と魔法の鏡, 日本 2009 (監督) NC10
ホッタラケの島 春香と魔法の鏡, 日本 2009 (脚本) NC10
Time Of Death, 日本 2006 (監督) NC07
ロックンロールミシン, 日本 2002 (脚本) NC03
The Princess Blade, 日本 2001 (監督) NC02
The Princess Blade, 日本 2001 (脚本) NC02

ニッポン・コネクション・ゲスト

Gantz, NC11
The Princess Blade, NC02