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第58回（2006年） award
Miwa Nishikawa
にしかわ みわ
Nishikawa Miwa
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1974-07-08 （Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan → Tokyo, Japan
経歴
- 職業
- film director, screenwriter, novelist
- 活動期間
- 2002年〜
- 所属
- Bunbuku (film production group)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Hirokazu Kore-eda, Atsuhiko Suwa
- ノミネート
- Shortlisted for the 20th Mishima Yukio Prize (novelization of 'Yureru'), Shortlisted for the 141st Naoki Prize ('Kino no Kamisama'), Shortlisted for the 28th Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize ('The Long Excuse'), Shortlisted for the 153rd Naoki Prize ('The Long Excuse')
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame Seishin Junior and Senior High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University, Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters (Arts and Humanities I) | Art History | — | — | Japan |
Notre Dame Seishin Junior and Senior High School
国:
Japan
Attended a Catholic junior and senior high school (Notre Dame Seishin).
Waseda University, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters (Arts and Humanities I)
/ Art History
国:
Japan
Graduation thesis: 'Comparative study of hell paintings (East and West)'.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Best Screenplay | Dear Doctor | — | Japan Academy Prize Association | Winner |
| 2007 | Best Director | Yureru | — | Blue Ribbon Awards | Winner |
| 2010 | Best Director | Dear Doctor | — | Blue Ribbon Awards | Winner |
| 2022 | Best Director | A Wonderful World | — | Blue Ribbon Awards | Winner |
| 2007 | Best Director | Yureru | — | Japan Film Professional Awards | Winner |
| 2004 | New Director Award | Hebi Ichigo | — | Japan Film Professional Awards | Winner |
| 2006 | Best Director | Yureru | — | Takasaki Film Festival | Winner |
| 2013 | Best Director | Dreams for Sale (Yume uru futari) | — | Takasaki Film Festival | Winner |
| 2006 | Japan Film Award (Mainichi) | Yureru | — | Mainichi Film Concours | Winner |
| 2016 | Best Director | The Long Excuse | — | Mainichi Film Concours | Winner |
| 2010 | Best One | Dear Doctor | — | Kinema Junpo | Winner |
| 2007 | Screenplay Award | Yureru | — | Kinema Junpo | Winner |
| 2010 | Screenplay Award | Dear Doctor | — | Kinema Junpo | Winner |
| 2007 | Play/Scenario Award (Yomiuri Literature Prize) | Yureru (screenplay) | — | Yomiuri Shimbun / Yomiuri Literature Prize | Winner |
| 2009 | Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Arts Encouragement) | Dear Doctor | — | Arts Encouragement Prize | Winner |
| 2007 | Best Film | Yureru | — | Yokohama Film Festival | Winner |
| 2009 | Best Film | Dear Doctor | — | Nikkan Sports Film Award | Winner |
| 2009 | Best Director | Dear Doctor | — | Hochi Film Awards | Winner |
| 2017 | Screenplay Award | The Long Excuse | — | Japan Film Critics Award | Winner |
| 2007 | Special Female Director Award | Yureru | — | Japan Film Critics Award | Winner |
Best Screenplay
2010
対象作品:
Dear Doctor
主催:
Japan Academy Prize Association
結果:
Winner
Best Director
2007
対象作品:
Yureru
主催:
Blue Ribbon Awards
結果:
Winner
Best Director
2010
対象作品:
Dear Doctor
主催:
Blue Ribbon Awards
結果:
Winner
Best Director
2022
対象作品:
A Wonderful World
主催:
Blue Ribbon Awards
結果:
Winner
Best Director
2007
対象作品:
Yureru
主催:
Japan Film Professional Awards
結果:
Winner
New Director Award
2004
対象作品:
Hebi Ichigo
主催:
Japan Film Professional Awards
結果:
Winner
Best Director
2006
対象作品:
Yureru
主催:
Takasaki Film Festival
結果:
Winner
Best Director
2013
対象作品:
Dreams for Sale (Yume uru futari)
主催:
Takasaki Film Festival
結果:
Winner
Japan Film Award (Mainichi)
2006
対象作品:
Yureru
主催:
Mainichi Film Concours
結果:
Winner
Best Director
2016
対象作品:
The Long Excuse
主催:
Mainichi Film Concours
結果:
Winner
Best One
2010
対象作品:
Dear Doctor
主催:
Kinema Junpo
結果:
Winner
Screenplay Award
2007
対象作品:
Yureru
主催:
Kinema Junpo
結果:
Winner
Screenplay Award
2010
対象作品:
Dear Doctor
主催:
Kinema Junpo
結果:
Winner
Play/Scenario Award (Yomiuri Literature Prize)
2007
対象作品:
Yureru (screenplay)
主催:
Yomiuri Shimbun / Yomiuri Literature Prize
結果:
Winner
Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Arts Encouragement)
2009
対象作品:
Dear Doctor
主催:
Arts Encouragement Prize
結果:
Winner
Best Film
2007
対象作品:
Yureru
主催:
Yokohama Film Festival
結果:
Winner
Best Film
2009
対象作品:
Dear Doctor
主催:
Nikkan Sports Film Award
結果:
Winner
Best Director
2009
対象作品:
Dear Doctor
主催:
Hochi Film Awards
結果:
Winner
Screenplay Award
2017
対象作品:
The Long Excuse
主催:
Japan Film Critics Award
結果:
Winner
Special Female Director Award
2007
対象作品:
Yureru
主催:
Japan Film Critics Award
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Hebi Ichigo
2002年 Film (black comedy)Her directorial debut based on her own original screenplay. A black comedy that cynically depicts the breakdown of a typical Japanese family.
family breakdownblack humordreams as creative source
Female (short: 'The Heel of the Goddess')
2005年 Omnibus film (short segment)A segment in the omnibus film adapting a short story by Asa Nonami; Nishikawa wrote and directed the segment 'The Heel of the Goddess'.
female perspectivesshort-form storytelling
Yureru
2006年 DramaA feature based on an original screenplay exploring friendship, family, guilt and memory. Officially screened in Cannes' Directors' Fortnight and became a long-running hit in Japan.
friendshipguilt and memoryfamily conflict
映像化・舞台化
- [Novel (novelization)] Yureru (novelization) (2006)
Yume Juya (Episode 9)
2007年 Omnibus film (based on Natsume Sōseki)Directed and wrote the ninth episode of an omnibus film adapting short pieces by Natsume Sōseki.
re-interpretation of classic literaturedream and fantasy
Dear Doctor
2009年 Drama (medical / rural)An original screenplay feature about rural medical care and interpersonal relationships. Praised for its social perspective and humanism, it won numerous film awards.
rural medical caremoral ambiguitycommunity
Dreams for Sale (Yume uru futari)
2012年 DramaAn original screenplay feature that examines dreams, reality, commerce and relationships within a married couple.
marital relationshipsdreams vs. realityethics of commerce
The Long Excuse
2016年 DramaAdapted by the author-director from her own novel. A human drama about loss, atonement and recovery.
lossatonementrecovery
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] The Long Excuse (film) / 西川美和 (2016)
A Wonderful World
2021年 DramaA film adapted from Ryuzo Saki's original (Shimbanchō). A weighty human drama about identity and social prejudice.
identitysocietal prejudiceatonement and forgiveness
全著作
- Yureru (novelization, Poplar, 2006)
- Kino no Kamisama (short stories, Poplar, 2009)
- Sono Hi Tokyo-eki 5:25 Departure (Shinchosha, 2012)
- The Long Excuse (Bungeishunju, 2015)
- Masterpieces Are Always Ambiguous (Kodansha, 2008)
- About X Related to Film (Jitsugyo no Nihonsha, 2013)
- Tooki ni arite (Bungeishunju, 2018)
翻案
- The Long Excuse (novel → film, 2016)
作風・主題
- 文体
- subtle psychological characterizationrestrained narrative tonerealist depiction of characters
- 頻出モチーフ
- dreamsfamily breakdownguilt and atonementcontrast between countryside and city
評価・遺産
One of contemporary Japan's notable female filmmakers. Praised for a socially engaged humanist perspective, she has won many domestic awards and is recognized for creative work across film and literature.
資料所蔵先
- National Diet Library of Japan (catalogue/archival holdings)
大衆文化への影響
- Publicly known for enthusiastic support of the Hiroshima Carp baseball team (hometown ties).
引用
-
The wide sky and riverbanks of the Ota River near my parents' home are my original landscape.
出典: Interview (AERA, etc.) (2008年) -
When writing a screenplay, the best state is to be able to think about it 24 hours a day — even in sleep you're still seeing the dream.
出典: Interview (2008年)
豆知識
- 'Hebi Ichigo' and 'Yureru' were both inspired by dreams the director herself had.
- Although as a child she initially sided with her mother's dislike of the Hiroshima Carp, she later became an enthusiastic Carp fan.
- Her university thesis was titled 'Comparative Study of Hell Paintings (East and West)'.