Genjiro Arato

Genjirō Arato (荒戸 源次郎, Arato Genjirō, 10 October 1946 – 7 November 2016) was a Japanese film producer, actor and director.

In 1980, Arato produced Zigeunerweisen for director Seijun Suzuki. He was unable to secure exhibitors for the film and famously exhibited it himself in a specially-built, inflatable, mobile tent. The film won four Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and was voted the best Japanese film of the 1980s by Japanese critics.^[1] He also produced Tatsushi Ōmori's The Whispering of the Gods in 2005.^[2]

In 1995, Arato directed The Girl of the Silence, which stars Mami Nakamura and Kaori Momoi.^[3] He returned with the 2003 film, Akame 48 Waterfalls, starring Takijirō Ōnishi, Michiyo Okusu and Shinobu Terajima.^[4] His 2010 film, The Fallen Angel, starred Toma Ikuta.^[5]

He died of ischemic heart disease on 7 November 2016 at the age of 70.^[6]

• Zigeunerweisen (1980)
• Kagerō-za (1981)
• Knockout (1989)
• Tekken (1990)
• Checkmate (1991)
• Yumeji (1991)
• The Operating Room (1992)
• Tokarefu (1994)
• The Whispering of the Gods (2005)

• The Girl of the Silence (1995)
• Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
• The Fallen Angel (2010)

• Genjirō Arato at IMDb
• Genjirō Arato at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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