Yugo Sakamoto
Director · b. 1996 · Kyoto, Japan
Yugo Sakamoto (born January 18, 1996) is a Japanese film director. He was born in Kyoto Prefecture. While studying at Kyoto University of Art and Design (currently Kyoto University of Arts), he won the 2016 Grand Prix at the Cruel Student Film Festival, receiving the "Promising New Director" award. He made his commercial film debut with " Family☆Wars ". His films are notable for their action and violence, with a style and pacing influenced by manga and anime. His philosophy about his filmmaking is "Weekly Shonen Jump, not Hollywood."
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MovieCrimeActionIn this adventure, Kunioka saves the life of Manaka Takuya, a part-time freelance assassin who botches a big gun procurement assignment. Due to this incident, Manaka is suspended from the hitman association and his father, the former number one ranked hitman in Kyoto, drags him back to the family home to do chores. When Kunioka checks up on his former brother-in-arms, he finds Manaka has become domesticated but the reappearance of unioka reawakens Manaka’s fighting spirit and the young man challenges his father to a duel as part of his return to walking the path of an assassin. In order to defeat his father, however, Manaka will have to embark on intense training…
Movie7.1DocumentaryA behind-the-scenes look at the production of Baby Assassins: Nice Days.