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Satoshi Kon
Director 1963 - 2010

Satoshi Kon

Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan

Satoshi Kon (October 12, 1963 – August 24, 2010) was a Japanese anime director and mangaka from Kushiro, Hokkaidō and a member of the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

4 titles
Papurika

Papurika

Satoshi Kon 2006 1h 30m 8.4

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.

Tôkyô goddofâzâzu

Tôkyô goddofâzâzu

Satoshi Kon 2003 1h 32m 7.6

Christmas in Tokyo, Japan. Three homeless friends: a young girl, a transvestite, and a middle-aged bum. While foraging through some trash, they find an abandoned newborn.

Sennen joyû

Sennen joyû

Satoshi Kon 2001 1h 27m 7.6

A movie studio is being torn down. TV interviewer Genya Tachibana has tracked down its most famous star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who has been a recluse since she left acting some 30 years ago. Tachibana delivers a key to her, and it causes her to reflect on her career; as she's telling the story, Tachibana and his long-suffering cameraman are drawn in.

Pâfekuto burû

Pâfekuto burû

Satoshi Kon 1998 1h 21m 8.4

Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

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