A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Kentarou Ootani
Kentarô Ohtani
Birthplace:
Kyoto Prefecture - Japan
Born:
November 14, 1965
Director:
1988 Blue Green
1991 My Ex-Lover and I
1999 Avec mon Mari
2002 Travail
2004 Thirty Lies or So
2005 Nana
2006 Nana 2
2006 Rough
2011 Gene Waltz
2011 Runway Beat
2011 Young Black Jack
2012 Go, Masao!
2014 Black Butler
2014 Gajimaru Restaurant's Love
2014 This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
2015 Mystery Trilogy Special
2017 Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
2019 You Are Brilliant Like a Spica
2020 Discord
2020 My Graduation Vol. 1
2023 If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die: The Movie
2024 Kaze no Kanade no Kimi e
Director of Photography:
1988 Blue Green
1991 My Ex-Lover and I
1999 Avec mon Mari
2002 Travail
2004 Thirty Lies or So
2005 Nana
2006 Nana 2
2006 Rough
2011 Gene Waltz
2011 Runway Beat
2011 Young Black Jack
2012 Go, Masao!
2014 Black Butler
2014 Gajimaru Restaurant's Love
2014 This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
2015 Mystery Trilogy Special
2017 Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
2019 You Are Brilliant Like a Spica
2020 Discord
2020 My Graduation Vol. 1
2023 If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die: The Movie
2024 Kaze no Kanade no Kimi e
Producer:
1988 Blue Green
1991 My Ex-Lover and I
1999 Avec mon Mari
2002 Travail
2004 Thirty Lies or So
2005 Nana
2006 Nana 2
2006 Rough
2011 Gene Waltz
2011 Runway Beat
2011 Young Black Jack
2012 Go, Masao!
2014 Black Butler
2014 Gajimaru Restaurant's Love
2014 This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
2015 Mystery Trilogy Special
2017 Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
2019 You Are Brilliant Like a Spica
2020 Discord
2020 My Graduation Vol. 1
2023 If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die: The Movie
2024 Kaze no Kanade no Kimi e
Screenplay:
1988 Blue Green
1991 My Ex-Lover and I
1999 Avec mon Mari
2002 Travail
2004 Thirty Lies or So
2005 Nana
2006 Nana 2
2006 Rough
2011 Gene Waltz
2011 Runway Beat
2011 Young Black Jack
2012 Go, Masao!
2014 Black Butler
2014 Gajimaru Restaurant's Love
2014 This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
2015 Mystery Trilogy Special
2017 Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
2019 You Are Brilliant Like a Spica
2020 Discord
2020 My Graduation Vol. 1
2023 If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die: The Movie
2024 Kaze no Kanade no Kimi e
Script:
1988 Blue Green
1991 My Ex-Lover and I
1999 Avec mon Mari
2002 Travail
2004 Thirty Lies or So
2005 Nana
2006 Nana 2
2006 Rough
2011 Gene Waltz
2011 Runway Beat
2011 Young Black Jack
2012 Go, Masao!
2014 Black Butler
2014 Gajimaru Restaurant's Love
2014 This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
2015 Mystery Trilogy Special
2017 Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
2019 You Are Brilliant Like a Spica
2020 Discord
2020 My Graduation Vol. 1
2023 If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die: The Movie
2024 Kaze no Kanade no Kimi e
Writer:
1988 Blue Green
1991 My Ex-Lover and I
1999 Avec mon Mari
2002 Travail
2004 Thirty Lies or So
2005 Nana
2006 Nana 2
2006 Rough
2011 Gene Waltz
2011 Runway Beat
2011 Young Black Jack
2012 Go, Masao!
2014 Black Butler
2014 Gajimaru Restaurant's Love
2014 This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
2015 Mystery Trilogy Special
2017 Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
2019 You Are Brilliant Like a Spica
2020 Discord
2020 My Graduation Vol. 1
2023 If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die: The Movie
2024 Kaze no Kanade no Kimi e
Director:
2011 Love Song in August
2013 A Message Sent to You
2015 Aruhi, Ahiru Bus
2016 Happy Marriage!?
2017 Amateur Lovers Never Give Up!
2017 Flower and the Beast
2019 Kami Tunes: Narase! DTM Joshi
2021 The Great Haruko
2022 If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die
2023 Every Precious Moment
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