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Junji Sakamoto is a Director, Scriptwriter, Editor and Art Direction Japonais born on 1 october 1958 at Sakai City (Japon)

Junji Sakamoto

Junji Sakamoto
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Nationality Japon
Birth 1 october 1958 (65 years) at Sakai City (Japon)

Junji Sakamoto (阪本 順治, Sakamoto Junji, born October 1, 1958 in Sakai, Osaka) is a Japanese film director.

Biography

Junji Sakamoto a fait ses études à l'université nationale de Yokohama.

Usually with

Koichi Sato
Koichi Sato
(8 films)
Ittoku Kishibe
Ittoku Kishibe
(6 films)
Yoshio Harada
Yoshio Harada
(6 films)
Gakuryū Ishii
Gakuryū Ishii
(1 films)
Jun Kunimura
Jun Kunimura
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Junji Sakamoto (15 films)

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Director

The Human Trust
The Human Trust (2013)
, 2h20
Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Koichi Sato, Mirai Moriyama, Alisa Mizuki, Shingo Katori, Tatsuya Nakadai, Vincent Gallo
Rating53% 2.680062.680062.680062.680062.68006
In 2014, Yuichi Mafune (Kōichi Satō), a confidence man, is hired by "M" (Shingo Katori) to steal 10 trillion yen from the M Fund and use it for humanitarian assistance to the Third World. Harold Marcus (Vincent Gallo), an investment banker, sends Osamu Endo (Yoo Ji-tae), an assassin, to stop them.
Zatoichi: The Last
Zatoichi: The Last (2010)
, 2h12
Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Shingo Katori, Satomi Ishihara, Takashi Sorimachi, Chieko Baishō, Seishirō Katō, Tatsuya Nakadai
Rating52% 2.6191452.6191452.6191452.6191452.619145
The films starts with young Ichi's wife (Satomi Ishihara) being murdered by Toraji (Sosuke Takaoka), the cowardly art loving son of a yakuza boss. Following her death, Ichi (Shingo Katori) returns to his hometown, where he hopes to resume a normal life under the guise of farmer with his friend Ryuji (Takashi Sorimachi). However, the same group of yakuza plan to change Ichi's hometown into a harbor, and start exploiting local peasants for money. Ryuji's land deeds are taken and ransomed at a high price, so Ichi uses his gambling skills to win the money for the deeds. This unveils his identity as the infamous Zato Ichi which the Yakuza don't like and burn down the house. The villagers draft a Tanran scroll to present to a passing official asking for assistance. However having Zato Ichi, a wanted criminal, in the village would not work in their favor so they devise a plan to dispose of him. They give him a blank scroll to "deliver" to the officials and lead him on a dangerous path sending the yakuza after him. However, he realizes it is the wrong path and makes it to the officials. His betrayal is revealed when he shows the blank scroll to the officials and they are insulted and leave. Ichi takes the responsibility of getting rid of the yakuza on himself, going to the yakuza headquarters and killing the boss. However he is shot by Toraji and stabbed by one of the Yakuza minions. Crawling on hands and feet he goes to the beach where he presumably dies reuniting with his wife in the next life.
KT
KT (2002)
, 2h10
Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Koichi Sato, Kim Kap-soo, Choi Il-hwa, Choi Il-hwa, Yoshio Harada, Ken Mitsuishi
Rating61% 3.0959353.0959353.0959353.0959353.095935
The story is centered on Masuo Tomita, a Japanese intelligence officer who helped arrange for South Korean agents to kidnap and try to kill Park Chung-hee's enemy Kim Dae-jung, who was in exile in Tokyo. Tomita went along with the plan to save a South Korean teacher Lee Jeong-mi, whom he loved.
Face
Face (2000)
, 2h3
Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Actors Naomi Fujiyama, Michiyo Okusu, Etsushi Toyokawa, Riho Makise, Jun Kunimura, Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII
Rating68% 3.428043.428043.428043.428043.42804
Sullen and withdrawn 'ugly' elder sister Masako toils endlessly with mending chores in her widowed mother's dry cleaning shop, seething with hatred for her flashy younger sister Yukari, who visits only for free laundry service. When mother dies and Yukari persists in her abuse, Masako cracks and strangles her. She flees and takes a number of identities and odd jobs, meeting people as she goes. To her surprise Masako finds people in general to be kind and helpful (although she's sexually abused more than once) and she blossoms as a personality, even to the extent of becoming a popularly liked bar hostess like her murdered sister.
Another Battle
Another Battle (2000)
, 1h49
Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Etsushi Toyokawa, Tomoyasu Hotei, Shō Aikawa, Ittoku Kishibe, Koichi Sato, Seizō Fukumoto
Rating65% 3.2564353.2564353.2564353.2564353.256435
While the film is a remake of the original Battles Without Honor and Humanity series, it has no direct similarities. Set in Osaka, it focuses on former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo (Etsushi Toyokawa) and Tochino Masatatsu (Tomoyasu Hotei) as their lives cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano (Ittoku Kishibe) and the young Nakahira (Kōichi Satō). Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.
Tokarev
Tokarev (1994)

Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Action
Actors Koichi Sato, Jun Kunimura, Yōji Tanaka
Rating61% 3.0968553.0968553.0968553.0968553.096855
L'enfant d'un chauffeur d'autobus scolaire est kidnappé et assassiné. Il consacre ensuite sa vie à traquer et à tuer les auteurs à l'aide d'un pistolet Tokarev qu'il a trouvée sous un distributeur automatique.
Tekken
Tekken (1990)
, 2h8
Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Actors Bunta Sugawara, Yoshio Harada, Toshiya Fujita, Masato Hagiwara, Hajime Hana
Rating49% 2.476752.476752.476752.476752.47675
The plot centers around a young ex-prisoner who takes up boxing ("Tekken" is Japanese for "iron fist").

Scriptwriter

The Human Trust
The Human Trust (2013)
, 2h20
Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Koichi Sato, Mirai Moriyama, Alisa Mizuki, Shingo Katori, Tatsuya Nakadai, Vincent Gallo
Rating53% 2.680062.680062.680062.680062.68006
In 2014, Yuichi Mafune (Kōichi Satō), a confidence man, is hired by "M" (Shingo Katori) to steal 10 trillion yen from the M Fund and use it for humanitarian assistance to the Third World. Harold Marcus (Vincent Gallo), an investment banker, sends Osamu Endo (Yoo Ji-tae), an assassin, to stop them.