Biography

Born in the Hyogo prefecture of Japan, Chosei Funahara was educated in both America and Japan. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the prestigious Nihon University College of Art's Film Department in Tokyo. While pursuing NYU's Graduate school of Cinema Studies, he performed as a founding member of the cult punk rock group THE PLASMATICS. In addition to these feature film credits, Chosei Funahara has produced or directed a total of more than fifty short films, documentaries and numerous TV commercials in Japan, the United States and Europe. They include : WAR,(1999), WIDGET(1999), directed by Funahara and produced by Hal Hartley. CACOPHONY, LONESOME HITMEN FROM MONTANA for German TV ZDF (1988), COCKROACH ALARM IN SPANISH HARLEM(1987), NEW YORK CITY MARATHON (1986), written by Ryu Murakami. THE HOUSEGUEST ( 1986), featuring John Cale and Zoe Tamerlaine. Music Video, I AM SIAM (1984) directed by Funahara, winner of the American Video Award. Also Mr. Funahara was the Musical Supervisor for the original motion picture sound truck THE WEDDING BANQUET.
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Black belt in Karate and Judo. Expert in Thai style Kickboxing. He was an Editor of Playboy Magazine, Japanese edition.