Director and Scriptwriter Izuru Narushima Dies at 65
Narushima's death removes a director whose live-action work earned major Japan Academy recognition and whose screenplay credits extended into anime with The Boy Who Saw the Wind.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Award-winning director and scriptwriter Izuru Narushima died of lung cancer on August 24, Kyodo reported. He was 65. Narushima won 10 awards at the 35th Japan Academy Prizes for his 2011 film Rebirth, including best picture and best director. In anime, he wrote the screenplay for the 2000 film The Boy Who Saw the Wind.
Izuru Narushima, the director and scriptwriter behind the 2011 film Rebirth, died of lung cancer on August 24, Kyodo reported. He was 65.
Born in 1961 in Yamanashi prefecture, Narushima began screenwriting in 1994 and directed his first film in 2004. Rebirth won 10 awards at the 35th Japan Academy Prizes, including best picture and best director.
His anime work includes the screenplay for the 2000 film The Boy Who Saw the Wind. He also directed the 2023 live-action film Father of the Galactic Railroad, based on the life of Kenji Miyazawa, and other films including Cape Nostalgia, Isoroku, Solomon's Perjury, Midnight Eagle, and The Lone Scalpel. The Japan Academy Prize Association posted condolences on Friday.
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