Katsuhito Ishii

Katsuhito Ishii

Katsuhito Ishii is a Japanese film director. After graduating from Musashino Art University, Katsuhito Ishii got a job at Tohokushinsha Film and began directing commercials in 1992, receiving numerous awards in this field. His first short film The Promise of August, shot in 1995, went on to receive the Japanese Film Grand Prix in the Fantastic Video Section of the 1995 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. He made his feature debut with Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl, based on the visual novel by cult manga artist Minetaro Mochizuki and starring regular collaborator Tadanobu Asano. Ishii quickly followed his success with another box office hit, Party 7 (2000), which featured Masatoshi Nagase, Yoshio Harada and Tadanobu Asano among others. Between the years 2001 and 2002, he created a series of short films including the 3D animated dialogue piece Hal & Bons and the 2D animated space opera Trava Fist Planet. Among other commercials and select TV projects including the short Black Room which starred Takuya Kimura, and Music Power Go Go!, He collaborated with Production I.G for the animation sequence of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 1. In 2004, his fourth feature film The Taste of Tea won Best Feature Film at the Hawaii International Film Festival. In 2006, he co-directed the feature film Funky Forest with fellow Japanese film makers and old school friends Shunichiro Miki and ANIKI. He founded his own production company, Nice Rainbow, in October 2006.

  • Title: Katsuhito Ishii
  • Popularity: 3.774
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1966-12-31
  • Place of Birth: Niigata, Japan
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  • Also Known As: 石井 克人 , いしい かつひと
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Katsuhito Ishii Movies

  • 2004
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    Cutie Honey

    Cutie Honey

    6.3 2004 HD

    When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him....

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  • 2005
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    Funky Forest: The First Contact

    Funky Forest: The First Contact

    6.3 2005 HD

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  • 2005
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    Funky Forest: The First Contact

    Funky Forest: The First Contact

    6.3 2005 HD

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  • 2000
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    Party 7

    Party 7

    6.575 2000 HD

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  • 1998
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    Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

    Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

    6.8 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

    Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

    6.8 1998 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Taste of Tea

    The Taste of Tea

    7.4 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Taste of Tea

    The Taste of Tea

    7.4 2004 HD

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  • 2001
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    Smap Short Films

    Smap Short Films

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2011
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    Smuggler

    Smuggler

    6.38 2011 HD

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  • 2013
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    Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special

    Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special

    6 2013 HD

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  • 2008
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    My Darling of the Mountains

    My Darling of the Mountains

    6.5 2008 HD

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  • 2002
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    Frog River

    Frog River

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2007
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    Hokuro Kyodai Full Throttle!!!!

    Hokuro Kyodai Full Throttle!!!!

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2014
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    Hello! Junichi

    Hello! Junichi

    5.2 2014 HD

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  • 2008
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    Sorasoi

    Sorasoi

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    My Darling of the Mountains

    My Darling of the Mountains

    6.5 2008 HD

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  • 2003
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    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    8 2003 HD

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  • 2010
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    Redline

    Redline

    7.5 2010 HD

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  • 1998
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    Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

    Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

    6.8 1998 HD

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  • 1995
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    Promise of August

    Promise of August

    8 1995 HD

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  • 1995
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    Promise of August

    Promise of August

    8 1995 HD

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  • 2022
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    Norioka Workshop

    Norioka Workshop

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Taste of Tea

    The Taste of Tea

    7.4 2004 HD

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  • 2022
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    Norioka Workshop

    Norioka Workshop

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2000
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    Party 7

    Party 7

    6.575 2000 HD

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  • 2015
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    Gamera

    Gamera

    9.7 2015 HD

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  • 2001
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    Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special

    Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special

    8 2001 HD

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  • 2001
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    Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special

    Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special

    8 2001 HD

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  • 2011
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    Smuggler

    Smuggler

    6.38 2011 HD

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  • 2013
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    GAMBO

    GAMBO

    6.5 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    GAMBO

    GAMBO

    6.5 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    GAMBO

    GAMBO

    6.5 2013 HD

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  • 2010
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    Redline

    Redline

    7.5 2010 HD

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  • 2002
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    Hal & Bons

    Hal & Bons

    1 2002 HD

    Hal and Bons are a pair of beer-drinking slacker dogs. They are joined on their sofa by an anthropomorphic rice cake by the name of Mochi, who first...

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  • 1970
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    Hal & Bons

    Hal & Bons

    7 1970 HD

    Ace pilot Trava and his personal mechanic buddy Shinkai, on their way to mark an out-of-the-way planet, pick up Mikuru, a girl with no memory. The...

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  • 1970
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    Hal & Bons

    Hal & Bons

    7 1970 HD

    Ace pilot Trava and his personal mechanic buddy Shinkai, on their way to mark an out-of-the-way planet, pick up Mikuru, a girl with no memory. The...

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  • 1970
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    Hal & Bons

    Hal & Bons

    1 1970 HD

    Hal and Bons are a pair of beer-drinking slacker dogs. They are joined on their sofa by an anthropomorphic rice cake by the name of Mochi, who first...

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  • 1970
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    Hal & Bons

    Hal & Bons

    1 1970 HD

    Hal and Bons are a pair of beer-drinking slacker dogs. They are joined on their sofa by an anthropomorphic rice cake by the name of Mochi, who first...

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  • 1970
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    Hal & Bons

    Hal & Bons

    1 1970 HD

    Hal and Bons are a pair of beer-drinking slacker dogs. They are joined on their sofa by an anthropomorphic rice cake by the name of Mochi, who first...

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  • 1970
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    Hal & Bons

    Hal & Bons

    9.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Hal & Bons

    Hal & Bons

    9.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Hal & Bons

    Hal & Bons

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Hal & Bons

    Hal & Bons

    1 1970 HD

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