View source for Kotaro Ikawa ← Kotaro Ikawa You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Users, Main_Editors. You can view and copy the source of this page: [[Image:Ikawa3.jpg|thumb|right|265px|Ikawa3.jpg]] '''Kotaro Ikawa''' was born in 1976. At Hitotubashi university, he learned cinema theory from Kan Nozaki and started to make films. ==Biography== Kotaro Ikawa began his film career as a cameraman. His directorial debut is the work of a one-man film crew: he receives credit not only for direction, but for script, production, cinematography, and editing. At the center of Lost in Tokyo are Kotaro’s peers and fellow Tokyo-ans. He states that the inspiration for his film came from John Cassavetes (primarily Husbands), particularly the liberated directing style and the structure of the sets, affording the actors total freedom to improvise. For this, the requirements are intelligent actors and precisely crafted compositions, and the result is a mature and impressive first work. ==Filmography== ===Director=== * ''[[Lost in Tokyo]]'' (2006) ==Awards== 1st cinema digital seoul 2007_film festival Audience Award ==Cinematographer== * ''[[Spica]]'' (Short Film) (2006) * ''[[Happened to Ms. Machiko?]]'' (Short Film) (2004) * ''[[While the Right Hand is Sleeping]] (2003) ==External Links== *[http://lostintokyoenglish.seesaa.net/ a KOTARO IKAWA film "LOST IN TOKYO" OFFICIAL SITE] *[http://lostintokyo.seesaa.net/ OFFICIAL BLOG] [[Category:directors]] [[Category:Japanese directors]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Ikawa, Kotaro}} Return to Kotaro Ikawa. Page Discussion View View source History
