Directing
Shusuke Kaneko
ZH, JA, ES, EN cinema · 73 credits
Born
8 June 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as Shûsuke Kaneko · Shūsuke Kaneko · Kaneko Shūsuke · Сюсукэ Канэко
Shusuke Kaneko (born June 8, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter. Kaneko began his career at Nikkatsu and would serve as a writer for film and anime. Establishing himself as an up and coming director, Kaneko would win accolades at various film festivals. His film Summer Vacation 1999, would garner him his first award for best director at the Yokohama Film Festival. As a lifelong fan of the original Godzilla films, Kaneko would be chosen as the director for Daiei's revival of the Gamera franchise. Kaneko's work on the Gamera films were met with unprecedented critical acclaim. He would be honored with the Director's Award at the 17th Yokohama Film Festival for his work on Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. This film would also go on to top Kinema Junpo's best films of the year list and earn Blue Ribbon awards for best Director and Best supporting actress. Kaneko would go on to direct the most successful Godzilla film of the millennium series as well as the live action adaptations of Death Note. Kaneko has also contributed to various documentaries on kaiju films, particularly those of Ishiro Honda, championing their artistry and imagination
Known for
Filmography
Siberia
Director
Gold Boy
Director
When The Rain Falls
Director
The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
as Self - Filmmaker
Matchmaking Cruise
Director, Screenplay
Linking Love
Screenplay, Director
Scanner
Director
Danger Dolls
Director
Jellyfish
Director
Messiah
Director
The Idiots
Director
Pride
Director
Death Note
Director
The iDol
Producer
Ultra Q Monster Legend: Jun Manjome's Confession
as Self, Director
恋に唄えば♪
Director
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Director, Screenplay
Crossfire
Director, Screenplay
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Writer, Director
F
Screenplay, Director
Haunted School 3
Director, Writer
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
Director, Writer
Necronomicon
Director
All's Quiet on the Recruit Front
Screenplay, Director
My Soul Is Slashed
Director, Writer
Hong Kong Paradise
Director
Who Do I Choose?
Director, Screenplay
Summer Vacation 1999
Director
Last Cabaret
Director
Kyoufu no Yacchan
Director
I'm All Yours
Director
Sukeban Kabushiki-gaisha: Yacchae! Ojôsan
Assistant Director, Screenplay
Main Theme
Assistant Director
Eve-chan no hime
Director
Mai Inoue: Blue Rape Attacked
Director, Screenplay
The Family Game
as Bookstore Clerk (uncredited), Assistant Director
Uno Koichiro no nurete manabu
Screenplay, Assistant Director
Final Scandal: Madam Likes It Hard
Writer, Assistant Director
The Red Shoes: Tokyo Rape Incident
Assistant Director
Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep
First Assistant Director
Gigolo: A Docu-Drama
as Cameraman's assistant, Assistant Director
Zeccho shimai ochiru
Assistant Director
Female Teacher Hunting
Assistant Director
Zoom Up: Seiko's Thigh
Screenplay
Oh! Takarazuka
Assistant Director
Panic in High School
Assistant Director