Biography
Jōji Matsuoka (松岡 錠司, Matsuoka Jōji, born November 7, 1961) is a Japanese film director. After studying filmmaking in the College of Art at Nihon University, he won an award for his independent short Inaka no hōsoku at the Pia Film Festival in 1984. He directed his first commercial feature, Bataashi kingyo, in 1990 and received a number of awards for best new director, including the Hochi Film Award. He won the Japan Academy Prize for best director for his film Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad. Matsuoka is known for his delicate depictions of complicated romantic and familial relationships, including a homosexual triangle in Kirakira Hikaru, a daughter caring for an abusive but now senile mother in Akashia no Michi, and a son caring for a cancer-stricken mother in Tokyo Tower. He has also shot many television commercials. His best known and most successful TV show is Midnight Diner.
Filmography
all 19
Movies 16
Director 15
TV Shows 3
Writer 1
Producer 1
Rōgai no Hito (2024)
Sugu Shinun Dakara (2020)
Midnight Diner 2 (2016)
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016)
Midnight Diner (2014)
Snow Prince (2009)
Double Trouble (2008)
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
Farewell, Kuro (2003)
Quartet for Two (2001)
Watashitachi ga suki datta koto (1997)
Phantom of the Toilet (1995)
119 (1994)
Twinkle (1992)
Swimming Upstream (1990)
Lesbian Harem (1987)
THE RURAL RULE (1984)
Burst City (1982)
March (1980)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1961-11-07 (62 years old)
Birth PlaceIchinomiya, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As松岡錠司, Дзёдзи Мацуока, 마츠오카 조지
AwardsBlue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer
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