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Kôji Kawano(I)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Kôji Kawano was born on 21 October 1972 in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan. Kôji is a director and writer, known for Yi Yi (2000), When You Wish Upon a Star (2011) and Murder Net (2004).
BornOctober 21, 1972
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    • Known for

    Yi Yi (2000)
    Yi Yi
    8.1
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2000
    When You Wish Upon a Star (2011)
    When You Wish Upon a Star
    6.8
    • Director
    • 2011
    Murder Net (2004)
    Murder Net
    • Director
    • 2004
    Sho no michi (2009)
    Sho no michi
    • Director
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Director

    • Shûhei Nomura and Akihisa Shiono in Real: Renai Satsujin Sosahan (2024)
      Real: Renai Satsujin Sosahan
      TV Mini Series
      • director
      • 2024
    • Let's Eat Together, Aki and Haru 2 (2024)
      Let's Eat Together, Aki and Haru 2
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Let's Eat Together, Aki and Haru (2023)
      Let's Eat Together, Aki and Haru
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Live for Today: Gen'ichirô Tenryû
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Money no tenshi: Anata no okane torimodoshimasu! (2016)
      Money no tenshi: Anata no okane torimodoshimasu!
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Tsûgaku tochû (2015)
      Tsûgaku tochû
      7.0
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Tsûgaku densha (2015)
      Tsûgaku densha
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Missing (2012)
      Missing
      5.2
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Amazing Grace
      • Director
      • 2011
    • When You Wish Upon a Star (2011)
      When You Wish Upon a Star
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Yûki Kubota in Gangsta (2011)
      Gangsta
      8.1
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Kayama Mika and Saki Seto in Ero Kowai Kaidan Vol. 4 (2010)
      Ero Kowai Kaidan Vol. 4
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Sho no michi (2009)
      Sho no michi
      • Director
      • 2009
    • An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women (2009)
      An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Hana gerira
      • Director
      • 2009

    Writer

    • When You Wish Upon a Star (2011)
      When You Wish Upon a Star
      6.8
      • screenplay
      • 2011
    • Zankoku hanten (2008)
      Zankoku hanten
      4.6
      Video
      • screenplay
      • 2008
    • Murder Net (2004)
      Murder Net
      • Writer
      • 2004
    • Kyôshûjo no oneesan: Hitomi
      Video
      • screenplay
      • 2003

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • [Is A.] (2004)
      [Is A.]
      6.4
      • assistant director
      • 2004
    • Seikai lesbian: Jokai
      • assistant director
      • 2003
    • Yi Yi (2000)
      Yi Yi
      8.1
      • second assistant director: Japan
      • 2000

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Kawano Koji
    • Born
      • October 21, 1972
      • Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan

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