Kenzo Horikoshi

Producteur

1 janvier 1945 (81 ans)
After graduating from Waseda University Kenzo Horikoshi went into entrepreneurship founding Europe-Japan Society travel agency which was later sold to Japan Airlines. During his travels associated with this venture, Horikoshi became interested with the New German Cinema of Wim Wenders and Rainer Werner Fassbinder and upon his return to Japan in 1977, he organised the German New Film Festival to help introduce the movement. In 1982 as a pioneer of the boom, Horikoshi opened the Euro Space micro-cinema in Shibuya where he helped produce and distribute films for renowned independent filmmakers such as Isao Yamada, Gakuryû Ishii, as well as sponsored western directors like Charles Musser and Frank Henenlotter to come and present their work in Japan. After this Horikoshi, through Euro Space, would become a key figure in both the production of independent films at home in Japan working with directors such as Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Makoto Sato, Shinji Aoyama, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takashi Shimizu, and in helping directors from the West produce films in Japan such as with Matthias X. Oberg's Stratosphere Girl and Abbas Kiarostami's highly acclaimed Like Someone in Love. Throughout this period Euro Space also maintained it's position as a vital distributor of mainland European films into Japan, importing works from the likes of Lars von Trier, François Ozon, Aki Kaurismäki and Ulrich Seidl. But most notably was the regular collabration with Leos Carax, all of whoms films from The Lovers on the Bridge onward were distributed by Euro Space, which Horikoshi first took a more hands-on approach with by taking on a producer role for Carax's contribution to the Tokyo! omnibus film, and then again later with a producer role in the Cannes 2021 opening film, Annette.

Connue pour

  • Smoke
    Smoke1995
  • Tokyo!
    Tokyo!2008
  • Annette
    Annette2021
  • Marebito
    Marebito2004
  • Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes
    Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes2000
  • Stupeur et tremblements
    Stupeur et tremblements2003
  • Like Someone in Love
    Like Someone in Love2012
  • Tokyo Eyes
    Tokyo Eyes1998
  • Pola X
    Pola X1999
  • Luna Papa
    Luna Papa1999
  • Angel Dust
    Angel Dust1994
  • La Vallée des fleurs
    La Vallée des fleurs2006
  • The Depths
    The Depths2011
  • Bridget
    Bridget2002
  • Satoshi Kon, l'illusionniste
    Satoshi Kon, l'illusionniste2021
  • Love Kill Kill
    Love Kill Kill2004
  • Sodom the Killer
    Sodom the Killer2004
  • Samurai Chicks
    Samurai Chicks2004
  • Love Twisted
    Love Twisted2004

Filmographie

2021
2021
2013
2012
The Rakugo Movie · as Executive Producer
2012
2012
2012
Ramo Trip · as Executive Producer
2011
Kamifûsen · as Executive Producer
2010
The Depths · as Executive Producer
2008
2008
Tokyo! · as Executive Producer
2006
2006
Valley of Flowers · as Associate Producer
2005
2004
2004
2004
Stratosphere Girl · as Associate Producer
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2003
Fear and Trembling · as Executive Producer
2002
Bridget · as Co-Producer
2001
Pierre or, The Ambiguities · as Associate Producer
2001
2000
1999
1999
1999
Luna Papa · as Co-Producer
1999
Pola X · as Associate Producer
1998
1995
1995
1994
1993
1992
I've Heard the Ammonite Murmur · as Executive Producer