{{short description|Japanese film director (born 1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Isshin Inudo | image = Isshin Inudo 20190723.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name = {{Nihongo2|犬童 一心}} | native_name_lang = jpn | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|6|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Tokyo, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Film director }} {{nihongo|'''Isshin Inudo'''|犬童 一心|Inudō Isshin|born 24 June 1960}} is a Japanese film director.
==Career== Inudo began making films on his own in high school, with one of his works being selected for the 1979 Pia Film Festival.<ref name=Forest>{{cite web|title=『グーグーだって猫である』がDVDリリース！犬童一心監督インタビュー|url=http://forest.kinokuniya.co.jp/interview/068/|work=Forest Plus|publisher=Kinokuniya|access-date=8 January 2013|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116112309/http://forest.kinokuniya.co.jp/interview/068/|archive-date=16 January 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> After attending Tokyo Zokei University, he found work at Asahi Promotions where he began directing television commercials, including some award winning ones.<ref name=Forest /> He made his feature-length film debut in 1995 with ''Futari ga Shabette iru'', which earned him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award.<ref name="DGJ1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dgj.or.jp/english/article/000289.html|title=New Directors Award|publisher=Directors Guild of Japan|access-date=8 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921045649/http://dgj.or.jp/english/article/000289.html|archive-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> ''Josee, the Tiger and the Fish'' (2003) earned him the Minister of Education New Director Award for Fine Art.<ref>{{cite web|title=平成15年度芸術選奨 受賞者及び贈賞理由|url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/geijutsu_bunka/01geijutsuka/sensho/15_geijutsu_sensho.html|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=8 January 2013|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106054403/http://www.bunka.go.jp/geijutsu_bunka/01geijutsuka/sensho/15_geijutsu_sensho.html|archive-date=6 January 2013}}</ref>
==Filmography== * ''Futari ga Shabette Iru'' (1995) * ''Across a Gold Prairie'' (1999) * ''Josee, the Tiger and the Fish'' (2003) * ''Blooming Again'' (2004) * ''All About My Dog'' (2005) * ''Touch'' (2005) * ''House of Himiko'' (2005) * ''Yellow Tears'' (2006) * ''Bizan'' (2007) * ''Zero Focus'' (2009) * ''The Floating Castle'' (2012) * ''The Cat In His Arms'' (2018) * ''The Bucket List'' (2019) * ''Haw'' (2022)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2022/01/14/76761.html|title= 犬童一心監督、犬と青年の絆を描く『ハウ』公開！ 超特報映像も|access-date= January 15, 2022|work= Cinema Cafe}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0409459}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Inudo, Isshin}} Category:Japanese film directors Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Film people from Tokyo Category:Tokyo Zokei University alumni