Katsuhide MOTOKI

Katsuhide MOTOKI, born in Toyama Prefecture in 1963, studied at Waseda University and in the United States. In 1987, he began working as an assistant director at Shochiku for Keisuke KINOSHITA and Hiroshi TESHIGAHARA, among others. He had his directorial debut in 1998 with TENAMONYA SHOSHA. His comedy SAMURAI HUSTLE received an award at the 2015 Japan Academy Awards. MOTOKI also works as a producer (e.g. GONIN).

Films shown at Nippon Connection

Recall, Japan 2018 (Director) NC18

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