Kenichi UGANA
宇賀那健一
Kenichi UGANA, born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1984, started acting in films in high school. After studying Business Administration, he began directing independent films in 2005. He made his feature debut in 2016 with GANGURO GALS RIOT. His short and feature-length films have been screened and awarded at many international film festivals. Nippon Connection has shown his films EXTRANEOUS MATTER-COMPLETE EDITION (2021 / NC ’21), VISITORS –COMPLETE EDITION– (2023 / NC ‘23), WE ARE ALIENS (2024 / NC ’25), and THE GESUIDOUZ (2024 / NC ’25).
Films shown at Nippon Connection
We Are Aliens,
Japan 2024 (Director)
NC25
We Are Aliens,
Japan 2024 (Script)
NC25
The Gesuidouz,
Japan 2024 (Director)
NC25
The Gesuidouz,
Japan 2024 (Script)
NC25
Visitors –Complete Edition–,
Japan 2023 (Director)
NC24
Visitors –Complete Edition–,
Japan 2023 (Script)
NC24
Extraneous Matter-Complete Edition,
Japan 2021 (Director)
NC21
Extraneous Matter-Complete Edition,
Japan 2021 (Script)
NC21
Guest at Nippon Connection
The Gesuidouz, NC25
We Are Aliens, NC25