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Kunitoshi Manda (万田 邦敏, Manda Kunitoshi, born 1956 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic.

Kunitoshi Manda
Born	1956 Tokyo, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter, film critic
Spouse(s)	Tamami Manda

Biography

Kunitoshi Manda was a student at Rikkyo University, where he took Shigehiko Hasumi's filmology class.[1]

Manda directed his first feature film, Unloved, in 2001.[2] It won the Grand Rail d'Or prize and the Future Talent prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

The Tunnel, one of his television films, screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[4]

Manda's third feature film, The Kiss, premiered at the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2008.[5] Japanese film critic Inuhiko Yomota praised the film as "a fantastic film."[6]

His 2014 film, Dog's Way, premiered at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.[7]

Filmography

Feature films

• Unloved (2001)
• Thank You (2006)
• The Kiss (2007)
• Dog's Way (2014)
• The Synchronizer (2017)
• Love Mooning (2021)[8]

Short films

• Spaceship Remnant 6 (1996)
• Omokage (2010)

Television

• The Tunnel (2003)
• Tokyo Girl (2008, episode 3)[9]

Bibliography

• Sairishū Tottemo Hazukashi Zemināru (2009)

References

External links

• Kunitoshi Manda at IMDb
• Kunitoshi Manda at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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