Yoshimitsu Morita
Film director
1950 – 2011
Who was Yoshimitsu Morita?
Yoshimitsu Morita was a Japanese film director who was born in Tokyo.
Self-taught, first making shorts on 8 mm film during the 1970s, he made his feature film debut with No Yōna Mono.
In 1983 he won acclaim for his movie Kazoku Gēmu, which was voted the best film of the year by Japanese critics in the Kinema Junpo magazine poll. This black comedy dealt with then-recent changes in the structure of Japanese home life. It also earned Moritahim the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award.
The director has been nominated for eight Japanese Academy Awards, winning the 2004 Best Director award for Ashura no Gotoku. He also won the award for best director at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival for 39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō and the award for best screenplay at the 18th Yokohama Film Festival for Haru. Sanjuro is a remake of the Kurosawa film
Yoshimitsu Morita died from acute liver failure in Tokyo. His last film Bokukyû: A ressha de iko, a romantic comedy about two male train enthusiasts, is scheduled for a Spring 2012 general release in Japan.
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- Born
- Jan 25, 1950
Chigasaki - Also known as
- Morita Yoshimitsu
- Spouses
- Kazuko Misawa
( - 2011/12/20)
- Kazuko Misawa
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 20, 2011
Tokyo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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