Akira Miyazaki
| Akira Miyazaki | |
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| Miyazaki in 2014 | |
| Family name (in kanji) | 宮崎 (Miyazaki) |
| Given name (in kanji) | 晃 (Akira) |
| Born | October 27, 1934 |
| Died | November 25, 2018 (aged 84) |
| Birthplace | Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Screenwriter Film director |
| Years active | 1961–2018 |
Akira Miyazaki (October 27, 1934 - November 25, 2018) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Born in Arakawa, Tokyo.
History
After graduating from the Tokyo Metropolitan Kitazono High School he worked at a publishing company while aspiring to beome a director in the Shingeki movement. After four years of working, he enrolled in the Russian language department at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
After graduating he started working at the Ofuna studio of film production company [[wikipedia:Shochiku Studio|Shōchiku]. He made his first directorial debu with the movie 泣いてたまるか (Naite tamaruka, lit: As if I'd Cry) in 1971. He began writing for animation scripts after an acquantaince introduced him to director Masaharu Endou, who led production on Rascal the Raccoon or あらいぐまラスカル (Araiguma Rascal, lit: Raccoon Rascal) where he also met Hiroshi Saitō, whom he would work together again in 1989 on Alfred J. Kwak.
On November 25, 2018, he passed away from bile duct cancer at a hospital in Saitama Prefecture. He was 84 years old.
Alfred J. Kwak anime
During his time as screenwriter for Alfred J. Kwak he wrote for all 52 episodes, based on stories written originally by Herman van Veen and Harald Siepermann. Harald Siepermann would later comment that he enjoyed working with Miyazaki.
Works
Film (director)
- [泣いてたまるか] (Naite tamaruka, lit: As if I'd Cry) (1971, Shōchiku)
- 想い出のかたすみに (Omoide no katasumi ni, lit: In a Corner of Remembrance) (1975, Shōchiku)
- 想い出のかたすみに (Yūjō, lit: Friendship) (1975, Shōchiku)
Film (screenplay)
- Kyu-chan no Dekkai Yume (lit: Kyū-chan's Big Dream) or 九ちゃんのでっかい夢 (1967, Shōchiku)
- 喜劇 一発勝負 (Kyū-chan no Dekkai Yume, lit: Kyū-chan's Big Dream) (1967, Shōchiku)
- ハナ肇の一発大冒険 (Hajime Hana no Ippatsu Daibōken, lit: Hajime Hana's Big Adventure) (1968, Shōchiku)
- 続・男はつらいよ (Zoku Otoko wa Tsurai yo, lit: Tora-san's Cherished Mother) (1969 Shōchiku)
- 男はつらいよ フーテンの寅 (Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Fūten no Tora, lit: Tora-san's Runaway) (1970 Shōchiku)
- 新・男はつらいよ (Shin Otoko wa Tsurai yo, lit: Tora-san's Grand Scheme) (1970 Shōchiku)
- 男はつらいよ 望郷篇 (Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Bōkyō-hen, lit: Tora-san's Homecoming) (1970 Shōchiku)
- 家族 (Kazoku, lit: Family) (1970 Shōchiku)
- 男はつらいよ 純情篇 (Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Junjō-hen, lit: Tora-san's Love Call) (1970 Shōchiku)
- 望郷 (Bōkyō, lit: Nostalgia) (1971 Shōchiku)
- 故郷 (Kokyō, lit: Home) (1972 Shōchiku)
- 男はつらいよ 寅次郎忘れな草 (Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirō Wasurenagusa, lit: Tora-san's Forget-Me-Not) (1973 Shōchiku)
- 流れの譜 (Nagare no Uta, lit: Song of the Stream) (1974 Shōchiku)
- ガキ大将行進曲 (Gaki Taishō Kōshinkyoku, lit: March of the Boss Kid) (1978 Eizō Kikaku)
- ぼくは蒸気機関車に乗った (Boku wa Jōkikikansha ni Notta, lit: I Rode a Steam Locomotive) (1982 Tōei)
- 結婚 (Kekkon, lit: Marriage) (1982)
- わが愛の譜 滝廉太郎物語 (Waga Ai no Fū: Taki Rentarō Monogatari, lit: The Ballad of My Love: The Story of Rentarō Taki) (1993 Tōei)
References
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=10893 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-27/scriptwriter-director-akira-miyazaki-passes-away-at-84/.140008 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%AE%E5%B4%8E%E6%99%83 https://myanimelist.net/people/10524/Akira_Miyazaki https://alfredjkwak.blogspot.com/2005/10/original-treatment-of-first-tv-episode.html