- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 31, 1966
- Place of Birth
- Niigata, Japan
Katsuhito Ishii
Katsuhito Ishii is a Japanese film director. After graduating from Musashino Art University, Katsuhito Ishii got a job at Tohokushinsha Film and began directing commercials in 1992, receiving numerous awards in this field. His first short film The Promise of August, shot in 1995, went on to receive the Japanese Film Grand Prix in the Fantastic Video Section of the 1995 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. He made his feature debut with Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl, based on the visual novel by cult manga artist Minetaro Mochizuki and starring regular collaborator Tadanobu Asano. Ishii quickly followed his success with another box office hit, Party 7 (2000), which featured Masatoshi Nagase, Yoshio Harada and Tadanobu Asano among others. Between the years 2001 and 2002, he created a series of short films including the 3D animated dialogue piece Hal & Bons and the 2D animat…
Filmography
movieLUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline
2025 · Creative Consultant
movieLUPIN THE IIIRD: Zenigata and the Two Lupins
2025 · Creative Director, Creative Consultant
movieTales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
2025 · Director, Screenplay
movieNorioka Workshop
2022 · Director, Writer
movieGamera
2015 · Director
movieHello! Junichi
2014 · Director, Screenplay
movieTales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special
2013 · Director
tvSHORT PEACE
2013 · Original Series Design, Writer
movieGAMBO
2013 · Creative Director, Screenplay, Original Story
movieShort Peace
2013 · Screenplay, Original Story
movieSmuggler
2011 · Director, Screenplay
movieRedline
2009 · Background Designer, Original Story, Screenplay
movieSorasoi
2008 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
movieMy Darling of the Mountains
2008 · Director, Editor
Hokuro Kyodai Full Throttle!!!!
movieHokuro Kyodai Full Throttle!!!!
2007 · Director
movieNEW HAL&BONS
2006 · Hal, Director, Writer, Original Concept
movieFunky Forest: The First Contact
2005 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Taste of Tea
2004 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieCutie Honey
2004
movieKill Bill: Vol. 1
2003 · Animation Director
movieFrog River
2002 · Story
tvHal & Bons
2002 · Hal (voice), Producer, Director, Writer
tvTrava: Fist Planet
2002 · Director, Screenplay, Original Story, Creator
movieSmap Short Films
2001 · Director
movieTales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special
2001 · Director, Screenplay
moviePARTY7
2000 · Director, Writer
movieShark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
1999 · Director, Writer, Editor
moviePromise of August
1995 · Director, Writer
tvYonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990 · Director, Writer
Funky Forest: The Second Contact
movieFunky Forest: The Second Contact
— · Director