Genjiro Arato

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Genjiro Arato

Born October 10, 1946 (1946-10-10) (age 61)
Nagasaki, Japan
Occupation film producer, director, actor.

Genjiro Arato (荒戸 源次郎 Arato Genjirō?, born October 10, 1946, in Nagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese film producer, actor and director. In 1980, he produced Zigeunerweisen for director Seijun Suzuki. He was unable to secure exhibitors for the film and famously exhibited it himself in a specially-built, inflatable, mobile tent. The film won four Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and was voted the best Japanese film of the 1980s by Japanese critics.[1]

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[edit] Partial filmography

[edit] Producer

  • 1980: Zigeunerweisen (ツィゴイネルワイゼン Tsigoineruwaizen)
  • 1981: Kagero-za (陽炎座 Kagerō-za)
  • 1989: Knockout (どついたるねん Dotsuitarunen)
  • 1990: Tekken (鉄拳)
  • 1991: Checkmate (王手 Ōte)
  • 1991: Yumeji (夢二)
  • 1992: The Operating Room (外科室 Gekashitsu)
  • 1994: Tokarefu (トカレフ)
  • 2005: The Whispering of the Gods (ゲルマニウムの夜 Gerumaniumu no yoru)

[edit] Director

  • 1995: The Girl of Silence (ファザーファッカー Fazā fakkā)
  • 2003: Akame 48 Waterfalls (赤目四十八滝心中未遂 Akame shijuya taki shinju misui)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rayns, Tony (1994). "1980: Zigeunerweisen", Branded to Thrill: The Delirious Cinema of Suzuki Seijun. Institute of Contemporary Arts, p. 43. ISBN 0-905263-44-8. 

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