Screening and symposium "What is a film director?" jointly organized by the Directors Guild of Japan and the Scenario Writers Association of Japan

2025/2/ 22 (Saturday)A joint project by the Japan Directors Association and the Japan Scenario Writers Association
"What is a Film Director?" screening and symposium to be held

Venue
Athénée Français Cultural Center

opening time : 16:30
Screening time: 17:00-18:30
Symposium: 18:40-20:10 (scheduled

Screening work

"What is a film director?"

Director/Screenwriter: Toshiya Ito
Photo by Yuichi Nagata
Art by Chikara Imamura
Music by Ryudo Uzaki
Recorded by Shin Fukuda
Lighting by Yuichi Nagata
Edited by Rei Shimizu
Assistant Director: Kazuoki Kayaba
Steel = Tomonari Nishinaga
Cast: Kyoko Koizumi, Shiro Sano, Maki Ishikawa, Yoshio Harada, Nagisa Oshima, Akira Ogata, Kohei Oguri, Yoichi Sai, Junji Sakamoto, Seijun Suzuki, Yusuke Narita, Kaizo Hayashi, Yoji Yamada, Shinya Yamamoto, Ryu Murakami, Koji Wakamatsu and others

2006/88 min/Japanese film/Digital/Color/Vista size/DTS

Symposium Panelists

Moderator: Hideki Wada (Director of the Directors Guild of Japan and Copyright Committee Chairman)

Part One
Toshiya Ito (director of the film "What is a Film Director?")
Yojiro Takita (director of the film "Departures")
Hasebe Bakushinoh (Chairman of the Japan Scenario Writers Association)
Kishu Ido (Director of the Japan Scenario Writers Association)

Part Two
Tetsuya Matsushima (Executive Director of the Directors Guild of Japan)
Shinsei Rito (Director of the Film Directors Guild of Japan, Screening Committee Member)
Gisaburo Sugii (director of the film "Night on the Galactic Railroad")
Kiyotaka Inagaki (screenwriter of the movie "Box Man")
Haruko Nagatsu (Screenwriter of the film "189")
Kosuke Mukai (Screenplay for the movie "A Certain Man")

Prices

Same-day tickets (general): 1,500 yen
*Only tickets for the day of the screening. Advance tickets will not be sold. Tickets for the day of the screening will be sold from 30 minutes before the screening.
*Entry will not be permitted after the screening has begun.

Contact

Japan Scenario Writers Association Cooperative
東京都中央区日本橋人形町2-34-5 シナリオ会館2F Tel. 03-6810-9550  (平日10:00~18:00) 

Scenario Writers Association website

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