{{short description|Japanese screenwriter and film director (born 1954)}} {{Infobox person | name = Izo Hashimoto | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|2|21}} | birth_place = Shimane Prefecture, Japan | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Film director, screenwriter }} {{Nihongo|'''Izo Hashimoto'''|橋本 以蔵|Hashimoto Izō|born February 21, 1954}} is a Japanese screenwriter and film director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dgj.or.jp/essay/article/000384.html|title=Jiko Seiritsu|work=Directors Guild of Japan|language=Japanese|access-date=2013-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005001847/http://www.dgj.or.jp/essay/article/000384.html|archive-date=2011-10-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Biography== In 1984, Hashimoto made his directorial debut with the independent film ''Pasokon Wars Isami'', after which he began writing for television with the hit drama series ''Sukeban Deka''.<ref name=shamo>{{cite web|title=Eiga "Shamo" Kōkai!!|url=http://forest.kinokuniya.co.jp/interview/021/|work=Forest Plus|publisher=Kinokuniya|language=Japanese|accessdate=20 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530144718/http://forest.kinokuniya.co.jp/interview/021/|archivedate=30 May 2009}}</ref>
He co-wrote the screenplays for Katsuhiro Otomo's ''Akira'' and Shinji Aoyama's ''EM Embalming''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/akira,17809/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410132057/http://www.avclub.com/articles/akira,17809/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 10, 2013|title=Akira - DVD - HomeVideo Review - The A.V. Club|work=The A.V. Club|publisher=Onion, Inc.|first=Tasha|last=Robinson|date=19 April 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/features/1605/|title=Film Threat - Film Phonics: "em Embalming"|work=Film Threat|publisher=Hamster Stampede LLC|first=Stina|last=Chyn|date=20 October 2005}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===As director=== * ''Meimon Takonishi Oendan'' (1987) * ''CF Girl'' (1989) * ''Lucky Sky Diamond'' (1990) * ''Evil Dead Trap 2'' (1992) * ''Driving High'' (1993) * ''Puru-puru: Tenshi Teki Kyujitsu'' (1993) * ''Teito Monogatari Gaiden'' (1995) * ''Kagerō 2'' (1996)
===As screenwriter=== * ''Barrow Gang BC'' (1985) * ''Sukeban Deka'' (1985-1987) * ''Sukeban Deka The Movie'' (1987) * ''The Drifting Classroom'' (1987) * ''To-y'' (1987) * ''Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack from the Kazama Sisters'' (1988) * ''Akira'' (1988) * ''Spirit Warrior'' (1988) * ''CF Girl'' (1989) * ''Aoki Densetsu Shoot!'' (1994) * ''Kagerō 2'' (1996) * ''Black Jack'' (1996) * ''Kenka Ramen'' (1996) * ''Onna Horishi Azami'' (1998) * ''EM Embalming'' (1999) * ''Rinjin wa Hisoka ni Warau'' (1999) * ''The Guys from Paradise'' (2001) * ''Ah! Ikkenya Puroresu'' (2004) * ''Jitensha Shounenki'' (2006) * ''Shamo'' (2007)
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0368051}} * {{jmdb name|0085080}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hashimoto, Izo}} Category:Living people Category:1952 births Category:Writers from Shimane Prefecture Category:Japanese film directors Category:Japanese screenwriters