Toshiharu Maruuchi

Toshiharu Maruuchi

Japan

Japanese screenwriter. In 1971 , he was arrested for student protests and dropped out of Kyushu University . After 12 years of legal battles and 2.5 years of imprisonment, he decided to become a screenwriter at the age of 36 and studied under Haruhiko Arai . In 1999, he won the Kikushima Ryūzō Award for "One Step on a Mine, It's All Over". He is currently a lecturer at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image.

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Nowhere Man 1991 (5.2)

Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed by the river. He tries hard to be successful, but business does not go well and the family becomes progressively poorer.
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Singapore Sling 1993 (4)

Tatsuya is on a honeymoon in Australia. A couple of unfortunate encounters land him in jail, where he’s imprisoned without a chance of ever getting out again. His wife tries her best to launch an appeal, but it’s Tatsuya’s inmates who are his best chance of escaping his current predicament.
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Hanjiro 2010 (7)

Japanese history explodes across the screen in the life story of Hitokiri Nakamura Hanjiro, one of the great heroes of the Meiji Restoration. From his earliest beginnings as a country samurai raising sweet potatoes whose exceptional sword skills impressed Saigo...