Mitsutoshi Tanaka

Mitsutoshi Tanaka

Born 1958 in Urakawa, Hokkaido, Mitsutoshi Tanaka (田中光敏) is a Japanese film and commercial director. He has been President and CEO of Osaka-based film production firm Creators' Union since 1984, a Professor of Film and Media Studies with the Osaka University of Arts since 2014 and a Visiting Fellow with the Wakayama University Center for Tourism Research since 2017. He is widely known for award-winning feature films such as «Godai - The Wunderkind» (2020), «125 Years Memory» (2015), «Blossoms Bloom» (2014), «Ask this of Rikyu» (2013) and «Castle Under Fiery Skies» (2009). He has received numerous awards, including the 94th Kinema Junpo Readers' Choice Award as Best Director for his film «Godai - The Wunderkind», the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize as Excellent Director for «125 Years Memory» and the Best Director Award at the 1st Asia International Film Festival in Taipei for «Blossoms Bloom».

  • Title: Mitsutoshi Tanaka
  • Popularity: 1.751
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1958-09-24
  • Place of Birth: Urakawa, Hokkaido
  • Homepage: http://www.c-union.co.jp/m-tanaka
  • Also Known As: 田中光敏, Mitsutoşi Tanaka, Mitsutoschi Tanaka, Mitutosi Tanaka
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Mitsutoshi Tanaka Movies

  • 2009
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    Castle Under Fiery Skies
    Castle Under Fiery Skies

    8.5 2009 HD

    The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle...

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  • 2013
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    Ask This of Rikyu
    Ask This of Rikyu

    7.3 2013 HD

    Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eventually becomes one of the primary influences...

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  • 2023
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    The Pearl Legacy
    The Pearl Legacy

    1 2023 HD

    Harumi comes to terms with her mother’s passing and gets embroiled in the hunt for a legendary 600 million yen pearl.

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  • 2014
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    Blossoms Bloom
    Blossoms Bloom

    9.4 2014 HD

    Work life for Shunsuke Osaki has been success after success, but at some point his family began to slip by the wayside. As his elderly father begins...

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  • 2002
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    Kewaishi
    Kewaishi

    7 2002 HD

    Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival...

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  • 2003
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    The Boat to Heaven
    The Boat to Heaven

    1 2003 HD

    A young boy, Masahiko Sakurai, grows up in Nagasaki where he sees the clear blue ocean everyday. His mother wants him to be a violinist. To make her...

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  • 2015
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    125 Years Memory
    125 Years Memory

    7.828 2015 HD

    Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night...

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  • 2020
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    Godai - The Wunderkind
    Godai - The Wunderkind

    7.3 2020 HD

    A biographical story of Tomoatsu Godai, the influential entrepreneur of the Meiji era who laid the foundation of the modern Japanese economy.

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