Ryuhei Kitamura
Born 1969 · Japanese filmmaker
Ryuhei Kitamura is a Japanese film director, producer, and screenwriter. Kitamura relocated to Sydney, Australia at age 17 and attended a school for visual arts for two years. In 1997, Kitamura directed and produced the short film Down to Hell, which received a positive response from students, teachers, and an award which motivated Kitamura to seriously pursue a film career. He went on to independently finance and direct his feature film debut Versus (2000). The film proved to be successful within the film festival circuit and opened doors for Kitamura to direct more high-profile films such as Alive (2002), Sky High (2003), Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), The Midnight Meat Train (2008), No One Lives (2012), the live-action adaptation of Lupin the 3rd (2014), and several other Japanese and Hollywood productions.
Ryuhei Kitamura, in order
- 1997 Heat After Dark: directed
- 2000 Versus: directed, wrote
- 2002 Alive: directed
- 2003 Aragami: directed, wrote
- 2003 Azumi: directed
- 2003 Battlefield Baseball: produced · directed by Yūdai Yamaguchi
- 2003 Duel Project: directed, wrote
- 2003 Sky High: directed
- 2004 Godzilla: Final Wars: directed, wrote
- 2004 Longinus: directed
- 2006 LoveDeath: directed, wrote, produced
- 2008 The Midnight Meat Train: directed · critics 70%, audiences 50% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2008 Yoroi Samurai Zombie: wrote · directed by Tak Sakaguchi
- 2009 Baton: directed
- 2012 No One Lives: directed
- 2014 Lupin III: directed
- 2017 Downrange: directed
- 2020 The Doorman: directed
- 2022 Three Sisters of Tenmasou: directed
- The Price We Pay: directed