Kishū Izuchi
Writer · b. 1968 · Mie, Japan
Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Movies3
Movie4.8CrimeA lesbian teacher (Kanako Kishi) comes to Tokyo in search of her student (Ichiko Kamata), who has dropped out of high school and started living with a bomb-making terrorist (Takeshi Ito).
Movie8.0DramaMusicHigh school senior Shiho reminisces about her first love.
Movie10.0DocumentaryKenji Nakagami, one of the most notable Japanese writers of the post-war, died in 1992. His work reveals a strong connection to his homeland, Kishu: a mountainous region that connects to the Pacific Ocean through a river. "To The Alley" (alternative title) is a documentary about Kenji's life. Incorporating 16 mm images from the writer's personal archive and adding new footage, director Shinji Aoyama travels through the paths of the life and art of the Japanese writer.