Yuya Ishii (director)
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Yuya Ishii | |
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石井 裕也 | |
| Born | June 21, 1983 Saitama Prefecture, Japan |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
Yuya Ishii (石井裕也, Ishii Yūya) is a Japanese film director, writer, editor, producer and actor best known for his 2013 movie The Great Passage for which he won best director at the 2013 Japanese Academy Awards.[1]
Ishii was born in Urawa City, Saitama Prefecture on June 21, 1983.[2] He is the second of two brothers and was raised by a single father after his mother succumbed to an illness when he was young.[3][4]
Personal life
Yuya Ishii won best director at the 2010 Blue Ribbon Awards,[5][6] and the movie also resulted in his marriage in late 2010 to the lead actress Hikari Mitsushima, a former member of the J-pop group member Folder 5 and actress in such films as Death Note (2006) and Love Exposure (2008).[6] They divorced in 2016.[7]
In June 2018, Ishii shared the news that he had remarried actress Itsuki Sagara, who is twelve years younger than him, and that they were already expecting their first child.[8] A year later in late August 2019, it was announced that his wife had given birth to their first child.[8][9] His wife has also since retired from acting to focus on their family.[10]
Filmography
Films
- Rebel, Jiro's Love (2006)
- Girl Sparks (2007)
- Of Monster Mode (2007)
- Bare-assed Japan (2007)
- To Walk Beside You (2009)
- Sawako Decides (2010)
- Mitsuko Delivers (2011)
- Azemichi no dandi (2011)
- The Great Passage (2013)
- The Vancouver Asahi (2014)
- Our Family (2014)
- The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)
- Almost a Miracle (2019)[11]
- All the Things We Never Said (2020)[12]
- The Asian Angel (2021)
- A Madder Red (2021)[13]
- Masked Hearts (2023)[14]
- The Moon (2023)[15]
- The Real You (2024)[16]
- One Last Love Letter (2026)[17]
Television
- When a Tree Falls (2018)[18]
