Filmmaker Izuru Narushima Dies of Lung Cancer at 65
Narushima wrote The Boy Who Saw the Wind and won best director for Rebirth at the 35th Japan Academy Prizes.
Award-winning director and screenwriter Izuru Narushima died of lung cancer on August 24 at 65, Kyodo reported Friday. The Japan Academy Prize Association also offered condolences Friday.
Award-winning screenwriter and director Izuru Narushima died of lung cancer on August 24, news agency Kyodo reported Friday. He was 65.
The Japan Academy Prize Association offered its condolences on Friday.
Narushima wrote the screenplay for the 2000 anime film The Boy Who Saw the Wind.
He also directed the 2023 live-action film Father of the Galactic Railroad, based on the life of Kenji Miyazawa, author of the novel Night on the Galactic Road.
His other directing credits include:
- Cape Nostalgia
- Isoroku
- Solomon's Perjury
- Midnight Eagle
- The Lone Scalpel
His 2011 film Rebirth (Yōkame no Semi) earned 10 awards at the 35th Japan Academy Prizes, including best picture and best director.
Born in Yamanashi prefecture in 1961, Narushima began working as a screenwriter in 1994. He made his directing debut in 2004.
