Daisuke Miyazaki (filmmaker)
Japanese film director and screenwriter
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Birth, education and career
Miyazaki was born in 1980 in Yokohama, Japan.[1] He began making films while attending Waseda University[1] in Shinjuku, Tokyo. In 2004, his thesis film The 10th Room won the Grand Prix Award at New York University's KUT Film Festival in Japan.[1][2]
Miyazaki directed the April 2025 film V. Maria, which follows Maria (played by model Hina Kikuchi) as she discovers the world of visual kei following the death of her mother.[3] Sugizo served as composer, and his compositions for the film feature his Luna Sea bandmate Shinya on drums and Nemophila bassist Haraguchi-san.[4] Haraguchi-san also appears in the film, as do the instrumentalists from BugLug and Arlequin's bassist Shohei.[4]
Selected filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | In a Lonely Planet | Yes | ||||
| End of the Night | Yes | Yes | [2] | |||
| 2012 | 5 to 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Anthology film; co-directed with Vincent Du, Tay Bee Pin, and Rasiguet Sookkarn | [5] |
| 2016 | Yamato (California) | Yes | Yes | Yes | [6][7] | |
| Dark Side of the Light | Yes | |||||
| 2017 | Tourism | Yes | Yes | Yes | [8] | |
| 2019 | Videophobia | Yes | Yes | Yes | [9][10] | |
| Flaneur | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film; also editor and cinematographer | ||
| Zawameki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2023 | #Mito | Yes | Yes | [11] | ||
| Plastic | Yes | Yes | [12] | |||
| 2025 | V. Maria | Yes | [13] | |||