Tatsuya Kimura

Tatsuya Kimura was born in 1964 in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Debuted as a critic in his high school days. He graduated Waseda University in Tokyo in 1987.[1]

In 1993, he joined in and wrote for Cahiers du cinéma Japon with Shinji Aoyama, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Makoto Shinozaki.[2] During 2003 - 2007, he nominated newcomers for Kido Award and found new scenarists, Ryō Wada, Tomonori Ozaki and Sachiko Tanaka (later, a writer for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata).[1] He worked for The 49th Asia Pacific Film Festival as a director in 2004.[1] In December 2005, Jury for The 9th Scenario Award in Hakodate Port Illumination Film Festival 2005, with Yoichi Sai, George Iida and Hiroshi Aramata.[3] In February 2006, he acted with his friends and artists like Ay-O, Genpei Akasegawa and Ryuichi Sakamoto in Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo for the first event in the world for Nam June Paik's death.[1][4]

• The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses (ザ・ヒットマン 血はバラの匂い, 1991) as an assistant director
• J movie wars: Tsuki wa dotchi ni dete iru (月はどっちに出ている, 1993) - Japanese Professional Movie Award 1994
• Mechanical Violator Hakaider (人造人間ハカイダー, 1995)
• Blooming Again (死に花, 2004)
• Taitei no Ken (大帝の剣, 2007)
• God's Puzzle (神様のパズル, 2008)
• The Harimaya Bridge (The Harimaya Bridge はりまや橋, 2009)
• Boku to mama no kiiroi jitensha (ぼくとママの黄色い自転車, 2009)

• Tatsuya Kimura at IMDb
• Tatsuya Kimura works - Bibliography (ja)
• Picture Yourself Sound School - Picture Yourself Sound School Official Weblog (ja)