Minoru Kawasaki (film director)
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Minoru Kawasaki | |
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河崎実 | |
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| Born | August 15, 1958 Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | Meiji University |
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| Years active | 1983–present |
Minoru Kawasaki (河崎実), born 15 August 1958, is a Japanese filmmaker, best known for low-budget parody films featuring surreal humour and traditional practical effects.
Kawasaki began his career with mostly self-financed work, including the Den-Ace short films, featuring a parody of
Japan Sinks, and Crab Goalkeeper (also 2006), a film Kawasaki describes as being his Forrest Gump
(1994).
Kawasaki has also directed 2008's Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit, a sequel to the 1967 Shochiku kaiju film The X from Outer Space. While the original, made during the height of Japan's "Kaiju Boom" (1966–1967), is played straight, the sequel is another parody. He has since directed two more kaiju films: Kaiju Mono (2016) and Monster Seafood Wars (2020).
Filmography
As director
- The Calamari Wrestler (2004)
- Kabuto-O Beetle (2005)
- Executive Koala (2005)
- Crab Goalkeeper (2006)
- The World Sinks Except Japan(2006)
- The Rug Cop (2006)
- Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008)
- Neko RamenTaishō) (2008)
- Outer Man (2015)
- Kaiju Mono (2016)
- Monster Seafood Wars (2020)
- Planet Prince 2021 (2021)
References
- Nipponconnection.de 2006: Minoru Kawasaki
- Film Threat: Fantasia marches into its final week
- Minoru Kawasaki at IMDb
- 河崎実 (Minoru Kawasaki) at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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