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Takashi Minamoto

みなもと たかし

Minamoto Takashi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1961-06-05 （Okayama Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Director, Screenwriter, Film director, TV producer, Television director
Active Years
1984-
Affiliations
Horipro (former), Ottimo Co., Ltd., Directors Guild of Japan
Memberships
Directors Guild of Japan

Education

Okayama Daianji High School
Period: 1976-1979
Year of Graduation: 1979
Country: Japan
Ritsumeikan University
College of Social Sciences
Period: 1980-1984
Year of Graduation: 1984
Country: Japan

Awards

Broadcasting Culture Foundation Award
2001
Work: Songs That Marked a Century - Hey! Jude -
Organization: Broadcasting Culture Foundation
Result: グランプリ
ATP Awards (All Japan TV Program Production Companies Association)
2015
Work: The Secret Pleasures of Kyoto People
Organization: All Japan TV Program Production Companies Association
Result: グランプリ
Art Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
2020
Work: Slow Samurai / Reiwa Edition: Ghost Story Botan-doro Beauty & Fear
Category: 放送部門
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs / MEXT (related)
Result: 受賞
Agency for Cultural Affairs Arts Festival Award
2022
Work: Chushingura Rhapsody No.5: Nakamura Nakazo - The Ladder to Success
Category: テレビ・ドラマ部門
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: 大賞
Kuniko Mukoda Awards
2024
Work: Grace: A Record
Organization: Kuniko Mukoda Prize Selection Committee
Result: 受賞
Galaxy Awards
2020
Work: Slow Samurai
Category: テレビ部門
Organization: Japan Council for Better Radio and Television
Result: フロンティア賞（奨励）

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Tokyo Tower

2005 Film

A film adaptation based on a novel exploring family and memory.

familymemory

On the Night of the Great Blackout

2005 Film

A film with documentary elements themed around a major blackout in New York.

disastersociety

Grace: A Record

2010 Novel / TV adaptation 320 pages

A novel that carefully depicts a woman's life and past; adapted into a NHK drama and well received.

womenlifethe past
Adaptations
  • [TV drama] Grace: A Record (NHK BS Premium) / 源 孝志 (2023)

The Secret Pleasures of Kyoto People

2015 TV drama

A serial drama series depicting Kyoto life and its small pleasures.

Kyotoeveryday liferegional culture

Bibliography

  • The Chef Who Grabs the Stars (co-authored)
  • On the Night of the Great Blackout (author)
  • Grace (author)
  • My Only Iris (author)

Adaptations

  • Grace: A Record → adapted into NHK drama (2023)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
cinematic descriptioncareful narration focusing on everyday details
Recurring Motifs
Kyotofamilymemory and the past

Legacy

A versatile auteur in television, film and stage, praised for portraying regional culture and family subtleties. Recipient of multiple broadcasting and arts awards.

Academic Societies

  • Directors Guild of Japan

Trivia

  • Blood type: O.
  • Formerly affiliated with Horipro; established Ottimo Co., Ltd. in 2003.
  • Not the same person as broadcast writer Takashi Minamoto (source name similarity).