Person
Shinzo Katayama
Directing · Born 1981-02-07 · Osaka, Japan
Biography
Born in 1981 in Osaka prefecture, Japan, Katayama Shinzo worked as an assistant director for Nobuhiro Yamashita before becoming an assistant director for Bong Joon Ho on two of his projects: Tokyo! (2008) and Mother (2009). His debut feature, Siblings of the Cape (2019), won the Best Picture – Feature Length at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival and was invited to numerous international film festivals including Göteborg Film Festival, Geneva International Film Festival and Taipei Film Festival.
Known for
Human Vapor
Director
Gannibal
Director
Mother
Third Assistant Director
The Hovering Blade
Director
Tokyo!
Assistant Director
Majimuri Academy
Assistant Director
Siblings of the Cape
Screenplay
Missing
Screenplay
Lust in the Rain
Director
Hana's Miso Soup
Assistant Director
Filmography
- 2026Human VaporDirector
- 2024Lust in the RainDirector
- 2023Life of Mariko in KabukichoScreenplay
- 2022GannibalDirector
- 2022The Night Before Upheaval
- 2022MissingScreenplay
- 2021The Hovering BladeDirector
- 2020The Man Who Was ThereDirector
- 2019Siblings of the CapeScreenplay
- 2018Majimuri AcademyAssistant Director
- 2015Hana's Miso SoupAssistant Director
- 2009MotherThird Assistant Director
- 2008Tokyo!Assistant Director
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