is a Japanese film director, writer, editor, producer and actor best known for his 2013 movie The Great Passage for which he won best director at the 2013 Japanese Academy Awards.
Personal life
Yuya Ishii won best director at the 2010 Blue Ribbon Awards, and the movie also resulted in his marriage in late 2010 to the lead actress Hikari Mitsushima, a former member of the J-pop group member Folder 5 and actress in such films as Death Note (2006) and Love Exposure (2008). They divorced in 2016.
Filmography
Films
Rebel, Jiro's Love (2006) Girl Sparks (2007) Of Monster Mode (2007) Bare-assed Japan (2007) To Walk Beside You (2009) Sawako Decides (2010) Mitsuko Delivers (2011) Azemichi no dandi (2011) The Great Passage (2013) The Vancouver Asahi (2014) Our Family (2014) The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017) Almost a Miracle (2019) All the Things We Never Said (2020) The Asian Angel (2021) A Madder Red (2021) Masked Hearts (2023) The Moon (2023)
Television
When a Tree Falls (2018)
Awards
Asian Film Awards
2008 - Edward Yang New Talent
2018 - "Best Director" - The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
Blue Ribbon Awards
2011 - "Best Director" - Sawako Decides
Japanese Academy Awards
2013 - "Best Director" - The Great Passage
Mainichi Film Award
2013 - "Best Director" - The Great Passage
Kinema Junpo Award
2013 - "Best Director" - The Great Passage
References
External links
'Bare-Assed Japan' (2005) - Edward Yang New Talent at the 2nd Asian Film awards http://www.lovehkfilm.com/panasia/bare_assed_japan.html Yuya Ishii marries actress Hikari Mitsushima http://www.tokyograph.com/news/hikari-mitsushima-marries-director-yuya-ishii