Shusuke Kaneko (born June 8, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter. Kaneko began his career at Nikkatsu and would serve as a writer for film and anime. Establishing himself as an up and coming director, Kaneko would win accolades at various film festivals. His film Summer Vacation 1999, would garner him his first award for best director at the Yokohama Film Festival. As a lifelong fan of the original Godzilla films, Kaneko would be chosen as the director for Daiei's revival of the Gamera franchise. Kaneko's work on the Gamera films were met with unprecedented critical acclaim. He would be honored with the Director's Award at the 17th Yokohama Film Festival for his work on Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. This film would also go on to top Kinema Junpo's best films of the year list and earn Blue Ribbon awards for best Director and Best supporting actress. Kaneko would go on to direct the most successful Godzilla film of the millennium series as well as the live action adaptations of Death Note. Kaneko has also contributed to various documentaries on kaiju films, particularly those of Ishiro Honda, championing their artistry and imagination
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A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Ku...
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A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on col...
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With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broke...
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Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms ...
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Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Ma...
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Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utop...
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What's scary is being a human being, and what's scary is being myself. Truly horrifying things resid...
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A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the traditio...
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A quartet of cute idol singers moonlight as butt-kicking action heroines. When extraterrestrial inva...
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danger Dolls (2014) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 2 | Jellyfish (2013) | Director / Writer | 3 | |
| 3 | Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects (2008) | Himself | 6 | |
| 4 | Death Note (2006) | Director / Writer | 7.1 | |
| 5 | Death Note: The Last Name (2006) | Director / Writer | 7.4 | |
| 6 | God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand (2006) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 7 | Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005) | Director / Writer | 4.8 | |
| 8 | Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) | Director / Writer | 7.7 | |
| 9 | Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 10 | Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) | Director / Writer | 5.7 | |
| 11 | Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) | Director / Writer | 7.3 | |
| 12 | Necronomicon (1993) | Director / Writer | 7.8 | |
| 13 | The Family Game (1983) | Director / Writer | 6 |
