Shimako Satō

Shimako Satō
Born1964
Iwate Prefecture, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materLondon Film School
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director
Spouse
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(m. 2012)​

Shimako Satō (佐藤嗣麻子, Satō Shimako) (born in 1964) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.[1][2][3][4] She is best known for directing Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (1995) and K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008). Her husband is famed filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki.

Career

Born in Iwate Prefecture, Satō attended the Asagaya College of Art and Design before studying filmmaking at the London International Film School.[5] Her 1995 film Wizard of Darkness won the Minami Toshiko Award at the 1995 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Writer Ref.
1992 Tale of a Vampire Yes Yes [2]
1995 Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness Yes No
1996 Eko Eko Azarak 2: Birth of the Wizard Yes No
2007 Unfair: The Movie No Yes
2008 K-20: Legend of the Mask Yes Yes
2010 Ghost: In Your Arms Again No Yes
Space Battleship Yamato No Yes
2011 Unfair 2: The Answer Yes Yes
2015 Unfair: The End No Yes
2024 The Yin Yang Master Zero Yes Yes [7]

TV miniseries

Year Title Director Writer
2000 Yasha Yes Yes
2001 Sitto no nioi Yes Yes
2003 Dôbutsu no oisha-san Yes No
2004 Minami-kun no Koibito Yes No
2013 Dokushin kizoku No Yes
2014 Miyamoto Musashi No Yes
2015 Siren No Yes
Tales of the Unusual: Film directors special Yes No

Video game CG movie sequences director

Notes

  1. ^ For Sega Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox 360, And Sony PlayStation 3
  2. ^ For Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Windows

References

  1. ^ 佐藤嗣麻子. Kinema Junpo Film Database (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b 佐藤嗣麻子 さとう・しまこ. Allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  3. ^ 佐藤嗣麻子 (in Japanese). Eiga.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Shimako Sato (佐藤嗣麻子)". HanCinema. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  5. ^ ""K-20 Kaijin nijū mensō den" kantoku Satō Shimako". Cinra.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival Archive". yubarifanta.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2004. Retrieved 17 September 2009. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "陰陽師0". eiga.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.