Masanori Tominaga
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 31, 1975
- Place of birth
- Uchiko, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Masanori Tominaga (冨永 昌敬, Tominaga Masanori, born October 31, 1975) is a Japanese film director. His 1999 short film, Dolmen, received the Honorary Mention of the International Jury at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in 2000.
Tominaga directed the first feature film, The Pavillion Salamandre, starring Joe Odagiri. He directed Pandora's Box, starring Shota Sometani and Riisa Naka, based on the novel by Osamu Dazai. He directed the comedy film, Vengeance Can Wait, starring Minami, Tadanobu Asano, Eiko Koike and Takayuki Yamada.
Tominaga directed The Echo of Astro Boy's Footsteps, which is a documentary about Matsuo Ohno, the sound designer for Astro Boy. It was described by James Marsh of Twitch Film as "not only a dream documentary for anyone who is a fan of the iconic Japanese anime character, but also a delight for audio-tech fanatics who remain unsated even after Berberian Sound Studio." It was listed by Jasper Sharp of Midnight Eye as the best Japanese film of 2012. The film screened at the Flatpack Film Festival in 2013.
Movies with Masanori Tominaga
- COCKROACH MAN 1996
Movies directed by Masanori Tominaga
- Pumpkin and Mayonnaise 2017 · ★ 6.5
- Vengeance Can Wait 2010 · ★ 5.8
- Dynamite Graffiti 2018 · ★ 6.2
- Rolling 2015 · ★ 4.9
- Between the White Key and the Black Key 2023 · ★ 7.8
- The Pavillion Salamandre 2006 · ★ 4.0
- Bungo: Stories of Desire 2012 · ★ 6.5
- Pandora's Box 2009 · ★ 7.5
- The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka 2016 · ★ 10.0
- Strangers in Kyoto 2025 · ★ 6.0
- The Echo of Astro Boy's Footsteps 2011
- MADE IN YAMATO 2021
- be found dead 2004
- Stink Bug 2003
- Konna otona no onnanoko 2007
- Lostceivers 2020
- 目を閉じてギラギラ 2011
- 同じ星の下、それぞれの夜 2013