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|Shochiku]. 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, Shochiku)
- 想い出のかたすみに (Omoide no katasumi ni, lit: In a Corner of Remembrance) (1975, Shochiku)
- 想い出のかたすみに (Yūjō, lit: Friendship) (1975, Shochiku)
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, Shochiku)
- [[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%96%9C%E5%8A%87_%E4%B8%80%E7%99%BA%E5%8B%9D%E8%B2%A0%7C喜劇 一発勝負
]] (Kyū-chan no Dekkai Yume, lit: Kyū-chan's Big Dream) (1967, Shochiku)
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