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Tensai Okamura is a Director, Storyboard Artist and Key Animation Japonais born on 13 december 1961 at Fukushima Prefecture (Japon)

Tensai Okamura

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Birth name Okamura Yutaka
Nationality Japon
Birth 13 december 1961 (62 years) at Fukushima Prefecture (Japon)

Tensai Okamura (岡村 天斎, Okamura Tensai) born Yutaka Okamura (岡村 豊, Okamura Yutaka) on December 13, 1961, in Fukushima Prefecture is a Japanese anime director and animator. Okamura grew up in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is a graduate of Waseda University's department of science and engineering. In 1991, he changed his first name to Tensai.

Biography

During his university days at Waseda University, Okamura was a part of Waseda's manga research society and together with other budding animators, produced his first independent anime there. Upon graduating from university, Okamura joined the animation production studio Madhouse as an animator with the recommendation of a friend. Lensman: Secret of The Lens was the first he worked on as an animator. In 1989, he made his debut as an episode director with Yawara! and soon made his full directorial debut in 1995 with Memories. He later left Madhouse and went freelance, working on several projects along the way.

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Filmography of Tensai Okamura (13 films)

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Director

Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, 1h22
Directed by Tensai Okamura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Noriaki Sugiyama, Kazuhiko Inoue, Yūko Kaida, Chikao Ōtsuka
Rating66% 3.316923.316923.316923.316923.31692
The film opens with Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno watching a film starring Yukie Fujikaze, in a local cinema. Kakashi Hatake has summoned them to watch it as preparation for their next mission: to prevent Yukie, who plays Princess Gale in the films, from being captured during production of her latest film. Yukie is later revealed to be Koyuki Kazahana, a princess from an island known as the Land of Snow. Doto Kazahana, who is revealed to be Koyuki's uncle, was responsible for the murder of her father Sosetsu in a coup d'etat. During the shooting of the film, Doto's henchmen, wearing Chakra armor, attempt to capture the princess, but Team 7 manages to delay the princess from being captured. Doto eventually captures Koyuki and kills her bodyguards, who reveal themselves in an attempt to protect and restore her rightful place as the ruler of the Land of Snow. Naruto enters the ship to rescue the princess, only to be captured and forced to wear a chakra-draining device. Doto forces Koyuki to hand over a crystal necklace her father had given her when she was young, thinking that this is a key that can unlock the hidden treasure Sosetsu had left behind before detaining both Koyuki and Naruto.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, 1h55
Directed by Tensai Okamura, Shin'ichirō Watanabe, Hiroyuki Okiura
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Animation, Western
Themes Space adventure films, Medical-themed films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Films about viral outbreaks, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Space opera
Actors Kōichi Yamadera, Unshō Ishizuka, Steven Blum, Aoi Tada, Wendee Lee, Megumi Hayashibara
Rating77% 3.8989053.8989053.8989053.8989053.898905
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie is set on Mars in the year 2071, forty-nine years after Earth was mostly abandoned after a catastrophe. Humanity has settled on other planets and moons in the solar system. The film's protagonists are legalized bounty hunters who travel together on the spaceship Bebop. They are Spike Spiegel, a former associate of the Red Dragon crime syndicate; Jet Black, a former police officer and owner of the Bebop; Faye Valentine, a woman who was once a fugitive from bounty hunters; Edward Wong (Ed for short), a girl with genius computer skills; and Ein, an artificial dog with human level intelligence.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, 1h42
Directed by Tensai Okamura, Hideaki Anno, Seiji Mizushima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Animation, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yūko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi, Tomokazu Seki, Kōichi Yamadera
Rating72% 3.601843.601843.601843.601843.60184
See Neon Genesis Evangelion The first part, Death, is a 70-minute long edit of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion in the form of a clip show, with additional footage not seen in the original broadcast. (The footage would later be integrated into the Japanese Laserdisc and the American and European Platinum Collection releases of the series, as "Director's Cut" versions of episodes 21-24)
Memories
Memories (1995)
, 1h53
Directed by Kōji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Hideyuki Hori, Hisao Egawa, Shigeru Chiba, Tsutomu Isobe, Michio Hazama, Kenichi Ogata
Rating74% 3.7485153.7485153.7485153.7485153.748515
The Corona, a deep space salvage freighter, is out on a mission when it encounters a distress signal and responds to it. They come upon a spaceship graveyard orbiting a giant space station. The crew's two engineers, Heintz and Miguel, enter it to get a closer look.

Art

Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, 1h22
Directed by Tensai Okamura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Noriaki Sugiyama, Kazuhiko Inoue, Yūko Kaida, Chikao Ōtsuka
Roles Storyboard Artist
Rating66% 3.316923.316923.316923.316923.31692
The film opens with Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno watching a film starring Yukie Fujikaze, in a local cinema. Kakashi Hatake has summoned them to watch it as preparation for their next mission: to prevent Yukie, who plays Princess Gale in the films, from being captured during production of her latest film. Yukie is later revealed to be Koyuki Kazahana, a princess from an island known as the Land of Snow. Doto Kazahana, who is revealed to be Koyuki's uncle, was responsible for the murder of her father Sosetsu in a coup d'etat. During the shooting of the film, Doto's henchmen, wearing Chakra armor, attempt to capture the princess, but Team 7 manages to delay the princess from being captured. Doto eventually captures Koyuki and kills her bodyguards, who reveal themselves in an attempt to protect and restore her rightful place as the ruler of the Land of Snow. Naruto enters the ship to rescue the princess, only to be captured and forced to wear a chakra-draining device. Doto forces Koyuki to hand over a crystal necklace her father had given her when she was young, thinking that this is a key that can unlock the hidden treasure Sosetsu had left behind before detaining both Koyuki and Naruto.
RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio, 1h55
Directed by Yutaka Izubuchi
Genres Science fiction, Animation
Themes Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Hiro Shimono, Aya Hisakawa, Hirofumi Nojima, Jouji Nakata, Mitsuru Miyamoto, Yumi Kakazu
Roles Storyboard Artist
Rating60% 3.0449653.0449653.0449653.0449653.044965
Ayato Kamina and his classmate, Haruka "Reika Mishima", are in middle school and are a young couple, still dealing with some awkwardness. However, the sudden appearance of visitors from an alternate dimension, the "Mu", tears the two apart. All of Tokyo is enveloped in the giant hemispherical Absolute Barrier, which looks very similar to Jupiter, and they become separated into the world inside and the world outside.

Visual effects

Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel, 1h36
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Showtaro Morikubo, Akira Ishida, Takako Honda, Yasuyuki Kase
Roles Key Animation
Rating64% 3.205493.205493.205493.205493.20549
The film opens with a battle taking place at night on a desolate seaside beach between Sand Ninja and mysterious warriors wearing bulky suits of armor. Despite their best efforts, the Sand Ninja are slowly overwhelmed by the sheer strength of their mysterious opponents. The timely arrival of reinforcements led by Kankuro and Gaara turns the tide, with Kankuro slicing apart a suit of armor with his puppet, and Gaara dispatching a large number of enemies en masse with his signature Desert Imperial Funeral. However, when Gaara orders the Sand Ninja to shine a flare at the retreating enemies, a large warship appears.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, 1h55
Directed by Tensai Okamura, Shin'ichirō Watanabe, Hiroyuki Okiura
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Animation, Western
Themes Space adventure films, Medical-themed films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Films about viral outbreaks, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Space opera
Actors Kōichi Yamadera, Unshō Ishizuka, Steven Blum, Aoi Tada, Wendee Lee, Megumi Hayashibara
Roles Key Animation
Rating77% 3.8989053.8989053.8989053.8989053.898905
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie is set on Mars in the year 2071, forty-nine years after Earth was mostly abandoned after a catastrophe. Humanity has settled on other planets and moons in the solar system. The film's protagonists are legalized bounty hunters who travel together on the spaceship Bebop. They are Spike Spiegel, a former associate of the Red Dragon crime syndicate; Jet Black, a former police officer and owner of the Bebop; Faye Valentine, a woman who was once a fugitive from bounty hunters; Edward Wong (Ed for short), a girl with genius computer skills; and Ein, an artificial dog with human level intelligence.
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, 1h42
Directed by Hiroyuki Okiura
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Wolves in film, Dystopian films, Alternate history films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Yoshikatsu Fujiki, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Eri Sendai, Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Tamio Ōki
Roles Key Animation
Rating73% 3.6506153.6506153.6506153.6506153.650615
The story is set in a parallel 1950s Japan, in which Germany has conquered Japan. It focuses on Kazuki Fuse, a member of the elite Kerberos Panzer Cops, a metropolitan antiterror unit. Fuse confronts his own humanity when he fails to shoot a young female terrorist. The girl detonates a bomb in front of him, only killing herself. The incident damages the reputation of the unit and Kazuki is punished. He visits the ashes of the dead girl and meets Kei Amemiya, who claims to be the elder sister of the victim. They develop a relationship. Kei is eventually revealed to not be the suicide bomber's sister but instead a former bomb courier and a honey trap acting on behalf of the Special Unit's rival division Public Security.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion, 1h25
Directed by Hideaki Anno
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Animation, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yūko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi, Junko Iwao, Fumihiko Tachiki
Roles Key Animation
Rating81% 4.0521454.0521454.0521454.0521454.052145
Shinji Ikari, the teenage pilot of a giant Evangelion cyborg, is distraught over the death of his friend Kaworu Nagisa. He visits fellow pilot Asuka Langley Soryu in a hospital and masturbates to her comatose body.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, 1h42
Directed by Tensai Okamura, Hideaki Anno, Seiji Mizushima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Animation, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yūko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi, Tomokazu Seki, Kōichi Yamadera
Roles Key Animation
Rating72% 3.601843.601843.601843.601843.60184
See Neon Genesis Evangelion The first part, Death, is a 70-minute long edit of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion in the form of a clip show, with additional footage not seen in the original broadcast. (The footage would later be integrated into the Japanese Laserdisc and the American and European Platinum Collection releases of the series, as "Director's Cut" versions of episodes 21-24)
Ghost in the Shell, 1h22
Directed by Mamoru Oshii, Mizuho Nishikubo
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Themes Films about altered memories, Films about computing, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Actors Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Iemasa Kayumi, Kōichi Yamadera, Tamio Ōki, Shigeru Chiba
Roles Key Animation
Rating79% 3.9501653.9501653.9501653.9501653.950165
In 2029, the world is interconnected by a vast electronic network that permeates every aspect of life. Much of humanity has access to this network through cybernetic bodies, or "shells", which possess their consciousness and can give them superhuman abilities.
Ninja Scroll, 1h32
Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Origin Japon
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Kōichi Yamadera, Takeshi Aono, Daisuke Gōri, Emi Shinohara, Shūichirō Moriyama, Norio Wakamoto
Roles Key Animation
Rating77% 3.8995853.8995853.8995853.8995853.899585
Ninja Scroll is set in feudal Japan. Five years before the start of the film, the Yamashiro clan's chief retainers (vassal lords) dig gold out of a secret mine behind their lord's back. The lord of the Yamashiro clan wants to have the gold for himself, but his forces are not strong enough, so he cannot act alone. He also cannot go to the government first, because they would take the gold if they knew about the mine. He orders his ninja team, led by Gemma Himuro, to kill the chief retainers, claiming he would then report the mine to the government. Jubei Kibagami and Shinkuro are members of this ninja team. After the chief retainers are murdered, the Yamashiro lord does not report the mine to the government. Later, Gemma orders Shinkuro and the other ninjas to kill each other, thus eliminating everyone who knew about the mine. Reluctantly, Jubei kills Shinkuro his friend in self-defense, while the other team members lie dead. While Gemma is riding along a pass, Jubei springs from the snow and cuts off his head to avenge Shinkuro and the others. Jubei then becomes a wandering swordsman-for-hire.
My Neighbor Totoro, 1h26
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Origin Japon
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about children, Feminist films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Chika Sakamoto, Noriko Hidaka, Hitoshi Takagi, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Hiroko Maruyama
Roles Animation
Rating80% 4.0499454.0499454.0499454.0499454.049945
In 1958 Japan, university professor Tatsuo Kusakabe and his two daughters, Satsuki and Mei, move into an old house to be closer to the hospital where their mother Yasuko is recovering from a long-term illness. Satsuki and Mei find that the house is inhabited by tiny animated dust creatures called susuwatari – small, dark, dust-like house spirits seen when moving from light to dark places. When the girls become comfortable in their new house and laugh with their father, the soot spirits leave the house to drift away on the wind. It is implied that they are going to find another empty house – their natural habitat.
Royal Space Force - The Wings Of Honneamise, 1h59
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Animation
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Patricia Ja Lee, Bin Shimada, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Michael Forest, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Masahiro Anzai
Roles Key Animation
Rating71% 3.5954553.5954553.5954553.5954553.595455
On an alternate Earth, an industrial civilization is flourishing amid an impending war between two bordering nations: the Kingdom of Honneamise and "The Republic".