Shigesato Itoi
Acting
Biography
Japanese writer and copywriter, best known in the west for creating the Mother/Earthbound series.
Born: November 10, 1948
Place of Birth: Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Known For
My Neighbor Totoro
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
Sinking into the Moon
Minamo is a patient at a mental institute who keeps having the same dream. In the dream, there’s a small lake with a big bright moon shinning over it. Minamo sees herself in a boat on the lake. Her eyes are filled with tears of blood, and the boat is sinking slowly into the lake. The moon becomes red and she hears a voice calling her, Kagari… Kagari…
Earthbound, USA
American teenagers connect on the early internet to crusade for their favorite videogame of all time, pitting their fan site against a corporate goliath and their own looming adulthoods.
Norwegian Wood
Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the outgoing, lively Midori.
My Soul Is Slashed
A hospital accidentally gives a man Count Dracula's blood while trying to save his life. A year later, he's back from the dead, trying to right the wrongs of his life while trying to resist the urge to become a vampire.
Kids Konference
Hilarious but profound documentary, filmed at a nursery school where children enjoy "conferences" throughout a year. "Why were you born?" "How can we avoid fighting?" "Who made the universe?" "The booger tastes like kinako." The strange ideas and straightforward words that the children unfold make us laugh and sometimes surprise. Their discussion may give us full of hints for thinking about "how we live in the world without answers." Now, the world's weirdest and most important "Kids konference" by little wise men is about to begin.
Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu
A documentary exploring the history and influence of the alternative manga magazine, Garo, with various artist and director interviews.
Guys Who Never Learn
Comedy based on a book by Joji Abe, about a man in prison for the 12th time.
Super Folk Song: Piano ga Aishita Onna
A documentary capturing the recording process of singer Yano Akiko's 1992 cover album, Super Folk Song.
Fujio Akatsuka's Video Number One - Inaugural Issue
The master of Shimo-Ochiai has some love with cute gals and beautiful gay men. Gag Guerrillas transform into Gal Guerrillas and do whatever they want. This is aerobics for men.
Filmography
as Self
as Narrator
as Professor
as Inohara
as Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)