Ryoichi Kimizuka

is a Japanese screenwriter and director for television and film.

Career

Kimizuka first entered the Japanese television industry by working on variety shows under Kin'ichi Hagimoto. He then began writing screenplays for television dramas, including such hits as Zutto anata ga suki datta and Bayside Shakedown. He has branched out into screenplays for film, including the hit Bayside Shakedown films, as well as directing.

Awards

Kimizuka won the award for best screenplay for ' at the 1998 Yokohama Film Festival, and for Nobody to Watch Over Me at the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival.

• Parasite Eve (1997)
• ' (踊る大捜査線 THE MOVIE 湾岸署史上最悪の3日間! Odoru Daisōsasen za MÅ«bÄ« Wangansho Shijōsaiaku no Mikkakan!) (1998)
• Tales of the Unusual (世にも奇妙な物語 - 映画の特別編 Yo ni mo kimyō na monogatari - Eiga no tokubetsuhen) (2000)
• Bayside Shakedown 2 (踊る大捜査線 THE MOVIE 2 レインボーブリッジを封鎖せよ! Odoru Daisōsasen za MÅ«bÄ« TsÅ« Reinbōburizzi o FÅ«saseyo!?) (2003)
• Infection (感染 Kansen) (2004)
• ' (バブルへGO!!～タイムマシンはドラム式～ Baburu e go!! Taimu mashin wa doramu-shiki) (2007)