Biography
Horikawa Tonko was a Japanese TV drama director, producer, and movie director from Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture. His wife is screenwriter Takagi Rin. He studied at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters.
In 1958, he won the Ginkgo Namiki Award for his novel "Suna no Toei". He joined TBS after graduating from university.
His representative work as a producer is "Kishibe no Album". In 1984, he won the Newcomer Award for Art Award. After that, he became a movie director and directed "Sennen no Koi: Hikaru Genji Monogatari" in 2001.
After retiring from TBS, he belonged to the TV production company "Kazumo" represented by his senior Ohyama Katsumi, but became independent in 2006.
He died at his home in Yugawara Town, Kanagawa Prefecture at the age of 82 on March 28, 2020, due to lung cancer.
Filmography
all 10
Movies 7
Director 6
Producer 4
TV Shows 3
Time Never Stops (2014)
Ri Kôran (2007)
For the coming day (2005)
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji (2001)
Yesterday Enemy is Still Enemy Today (1995)
On the Far Side of Twilight (1994)
松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ (1987)
水曜ドラマスペシャル (1984)
Kawasaki Vice Squad (1983)
The Album on the Shore (1977)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1937-05-24
Deathday2020-03-28 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceNakanojo, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As堀川とんこう, ほりかわ とんこう
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