Director
Masanori Tominaga
50 years · Uchiko, Ehime Prefecture, Japan · 20 films
Masanori Tominaga (冨永 昌敬, Tominaga Masanori, born October 31, 1975) is a Japanese film director. His 1999 short film, Dolmen, received the Honorary Mention of the International Jury at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in 2000. Tominaga directed the first feature film, The Pavillion Salamandre, starring Joe Odagiri. He directed Pandora's Box, starring Shota Sometani and Riisa Naka, based on the novel by Osamu Dazai. He directed the comedy film, Vengeance Can Wait, starring Minami, Tadanobu Asano, Eiko Koike and Takayuki Yamada. Tominaga directed The Echo of Astro Boy's Footsteps, which is a documentary about Matsuo Ohno, the sound designer for Astro Boy. It was described by James Marsh of Twitch Film as "not only a dream documentary for anyone who is a fan of the iconic Japanese anime character, but also a delight for audio-tech fanatics who remain unsated even after Berberian Sound Studio." It was listed by Jasper Sharp of Midnight Eye as the best Japanese film of 2012. The film screened at the Flatpack Film Festival in 2013.
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Strangers in Kyoto
2025 · Director
Between the White Key and the Black Key
2023 · Screenplay, Director
MADE IN YAMATO
2021 · Director
In Those Days
2021 · Screenplay
Dynamite Graffiti
2018 · Director, Screenplay
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise
2017 · Director, Screenplay
The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka
2016 · Director
Rolling
2015 · Director, Screenplay
同じ星の下、それぞれの夜
2013 · Director
Bungo: Stories of Desire
2012 · Director
目を閉じてギラギラ
2011 · Director, Writer
The Echo of Astro Boy's Footsteps
2011 · Director
Vengeance Can Wait
2010 · Director, Screenplay
Pandora's Box
2009 · Director, Writer
Konna otona no onnanoko
2007 · Editor, Screenplay
The Pavillion Salamandre
2006 · Director, Screenplay
be found dead
2004 · Writer, Director
Stink Bug
2003 · Director
COCKROACH MAN
1996 · Actor