Haruo Inoue
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Haruo Inoue Inoue Haruo, born January 3, 1963 in Nara
Nara, Nara
is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Inoue is a Japanese film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 artist.

Life and career

In 1991, Haruo Inoue started his career by directing a short film titled "An Expressed Messenger and a Wandering Samurai", a samurai period drama modeled after Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
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`s "Duel
Duel
A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with agreed-upon rules.Duels in this form were chiefly practised in Early Modern Europe, with precedents in the medieval code of chivalry, and continued into the modern period especially among...

", which was invited at Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival 1991. Through the subsequent years, Haruo Inoue wrote and directed numerous TV documentaries and dramas, such as "Impala and Lion" and "Cinderella Rings Twice", along with several music videos and commercial films.

Haruo Inoue has received several awards from All Japan Radio & Television Commercial Confederation and Japan Advertisers Association Inc. for many of his projects.

In 2005, Haruo Inoue triggered a cutting edge phenomena of short films distributed through collaboration with cellular phone company, au, to achieve theatrical release, with films such as "Tameiki no Riyu" and "Bird Call" starting top fashion models.

In 2006, Haruo Inoue continued to break new ground with another collaborative project, this time with EPIC Records Japan, with EPIC Records Japan's first promotional movie series as a recording studio called Cinemusica. He released films such as "Cherry Pie", "Tokyo no uso", "White Mexico", and "Onpu to Konbu (The musical note and the seaweed)" as a part of Cinemusica series, by featuring EPIC Records Japan's artists with MTV Japan
MTV Japan
MTV Japan is the Japanese version of the cable television network based in Japan. It is a subsidiary of MTV Networks, and was launched on December 24, 1992. It can be viewed on cable television, SKY PerfecTV!, SKY PerfecTV! e2 and IPTV.-History:MTV originally was a music block on JORX-TV from 1989...

 in partnership.

In January 2008, all of Haruo Inoue's filmes, along with Cinemusica series, were featured in Shibuya boxx film festival in Tokyo and lala Yokohama movie festival. In September 2008, "Onpu to Konbu", His cinematic treatment of Asperger Syndrome
Asperger syndrome
Asperger's syndrome that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. It differs from other autism spectrum disorders by its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development...

 , was invited to The 2nd Chungmuro International Film Festival  in Seoul, Korea.

Haruo Inoue's interest in making the co-project movies with International film creators has led him to establish a NPO and A general incorporated association Peace Cuisine Film Initiative, in order to assist re-construction of movie-culture in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. Through them, He has been holding annual Afghanistan movie festival in Tokyo since 2005, and has been organizing to make feature films with Afghanistan's film makers, such as "Kabul Triangle" by students of Department of Arts in Kabul University
Kabul University
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, and "The Roots" by Eng. Latif, CEO of Afghan Film
Afghan Film
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, while inviting several creators of Japanese TV commercial industry as collaborators.

Filmography

  1. toku no sora (2010), (Japan korean collaboration movie)
  2. Mugonka, Romances sans paroles (2009), (Executive Producer)
  3. Onpu to Konbu (The musical note and the seaweed) (2008)
    2008-The 2nd Chungmuro International Film Festival In Seoul
  4. The Roots
    The Roots
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    (2008) , Composer:Shinichi Osawa  , (Executive Producer) (Japan Afghanistan collaboration movie)
    2009-The Kabul International Documentary & Short Film Festival 
    2009-South Asian Film Festival in India
  5. White Mexico (2007)
  6. Tokyo no uso (2006)
  7. Cherry Pie (2006)
  8. Kabul Triangle (2005) (Japan Afghanistan collaboration documentary movie)
  9. Bird Call (2005)
  10. Tameiki no riyu (2005)
  11. An Expressed Messenger and a Wandering Samurai (1991)
    shown at the 1991 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival
    Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival
    The , also sometimes called YIFFF, is held in a resort-like environment in the small town of Yūbari on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaidō. From 1990 to 1999, the festival was known as the Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival.-History:...


Awards

  1. Shiesido Commercial Film
    2001- Japan Advertisers Association Inc. 
    2006- All Japan Radio & Television Commercial Confederation

See also

  • Cinema of Japan
    Cinema of Japan
    The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...

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