Kazutoshi_Wadakura
Kazutoshi Wadakura
Japanese film producer
Kazutoshi Wadakura (和田倉 和利, Wadakura Kazutoshi, born 1959) is a Japanese film producer who is the founder, president, and chief executive officer of the Japanese production company Cine Bazar.
Kazutoshi Wadakura | |
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和田倉 和利 | |
Born | 1959 (age 64–65)[1] Nitta, Genkai, Saga, Japan[1] |
Alma mater | Meiji University |
Occupation | Film producer |
Years active | 1994-present |
Title | Founder, president and CEO of Cine Bazar |
Born in 1959 in Nitta, Genkai, Saga, Japan. After graduating from Meiji University, Wadakura became a film producer and founded the production company Cine Bazar in 1994, which he currently serves as president and CEO.[1]
Wadakura has produced several live-action films in his career, including: Hiroshima, Swallowtail Butterfly, Cat's Eye, Love/Juice, Party 7, Calmi Cuori Appassionati, The Taste of Tea, Saiyūki, Hero (2007), The Magic Hour, Suspect X, Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess, Sideways, Andalucia: Revenge of the Goddess, A Ghost of a Chance, The Kiyosu Conference, Hero (2015), Persona Non Grata, Shin Godzilla, Bleach, Masquerade Hotel, Hit Me Anyone One More Time, Shin Ultraman, and the upcoming film, Shin Kamen Rider. Along with various other film producers, he served as executive producer for the 2019 film Diner, as well as for several other films including Key of Life, Persona Non Grata, and A Gambler's Odyssey 2020. Wadakura also made a cameo as an elderly fisherman in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, for which he served as the line producer for the Tokyo production crew.[2]
Producer
- The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)[3]
- Hiroshima (1995)[4][lower-alpha 1]
- Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)[5][lower-alpha 2]
- The Breath (1996)[6]
- Cat's Eye (1997)[7]: 400 [lower-alpha 3]
- Mabui (1999)[8][lower-alpha 4]
- Love/Juice (2000)[9][lower-alpha 5]
- Party 7 (2000)[10][lower-alpha 6]
- Calmi Cuori Appassionati (2001)[11][lower-alpha 7]
- Current Lover (2002)[12][lower-alpha 8]
- The Taste of Tea (2004)[13][lower-alpha 9]
- Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie (2004)[7]: 433 [lower-alpha 10]
- Shining Boy & Little Randy (2005)[14][lower-alpha 11]
- Check It Out, Yo! (2006)[15][lower-alpha 12]
- Back to the Bubble Era! Time Machine Drum Style (2007)[7]: 446
- Argentine Baba (2007)[16]
- Saiyūki (2007) [with Yoshihiro Suzuki and Yasushi Ogawa][7]: 448 [lower-alpha 13]
- Hero (2007)[7]: 448 [lower-alpha 14]
- My Darling of the Mountains (2008)[17][lower-alpha 15]
- The Magic Hour (2008)[18][lower-alpha 16]
- Suspect X (2008)[19][lower-alpha 17]
- I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)[20][lower-alpha 18]
- Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess (2009)[21][lower-alpha 19]
- Sideways (2009)[22][lower-alpha 20]
- Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009)[23][lower-alpha 21]
- Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (2010)[24][lower-alpha 22]
- Andalucia: Revenge of the Goddess (2011)[25][lower-alpha 23]
- A Ghost of a Chance (2011)[26][lower-alpha 24]
- LOVE: Masao-kun ga Iku! (2012)[27][lower-alpha 25]
- Orpheus' Lyre (2013)[28][lower-alpha 26]
- Maruyama, the Middle Schooler (2013) [with Makiko Nagasaka and Makoto Okada][29]
- Ataru: the First Love & the Last Kill (2013)[30][lower-alpha 27]
- The Apology King (2013)[31][lower-alpha 28]
- The Kiyosu Conference (2013)[32][lower-alpha 29]
- Hero (2015)[33][lower-alpha 30]
- Galaxy Kaido (2015)[34][lower-alpha 31]
- Persona Non Grata (2015)[35][lower-alpha 32]
- Shin Godzilla (2016)[36][lower-alpha 33]
- The Anthem of the Heart (2017)[37][lower-alpha 34]
- Bleach (2018)[38]
- Masquerade Hotel (2019)[39][lower-alpha 35]
- Hit Me Anyone One More Time (2019)[40][lower-alpha 36]
- Way to Find the Best Life (2019)[41]
- Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie (2021)[42][lower-alpha 37]
- Masquerade Night (2021)[43][lower-alpha 38]
- Radiation House: The Movie (2022)[44][lower-alpha 39]
- Shin Ultraman (2022)[45][lower-alpha 40]
- Yudo (2023)[46][lower-alpha 41]
- Shin Kamen Rider (2023)[47][lower-alpha 42]
Executive producer/production
- Key of Life (2012)[48][lower-alpha 43]
- Pieta in the Toilet (2015)[49][lower-alpha 44]
- Persona Non Grata (2015)[35][lower-alpha 45]
- A Gambler's Odyssey 2020 (2019)[50][lower-alpha 46]
- Diner (2019)[51][lower-alpha 47]
- Revolver Lily (2023)[52]
Co-producer
- Millennium Traveler (1999)[53][lower-alpha 48]
- Koi ni utaeba (2002)[54]
Assistant producer
- Fuyajo (1998)[55][lower-alpha 49]
Line producer
Actor
- With Tsuyoshi Takashiro.
- With Hideaki Anno, Masaki Kawashima, Takehiko Aoki, and Tomoya Nishino.
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