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Tonkô Horikawa (1937-2020)

Alias:
ほりかわ とんこう
堀川とんこう

Born:
May 24, 1937

Died:
March 28, 2020

Biography from TheMovieDB

Horikawa Tonko was a Japanese TV drama director, producer, and movie director from Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture. His wife is screenwriter Takagi Rin. He studied at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters.  In 1958, he won the Ginkgo Namiki Award for his novel "Suna no Toei". He joined TBS after graduating from university.  His representative work as a producer is "Kishibe no Album". In 1984, he won the Newcomer Award for Art Award. After that, he became a movie director and directed "Sennen no Koi: Hikaru Genji Monogatari" in 2001.  After retiring from TBS, he belonged to the TV production company "Kazumo" represented by his senior Ohyama Katsumi, but became independent in 2006.  He died at his home in Yugawara Town, Kanagawa Prefecture at the age of 82 on March 28, 2020, due to lung cancer.

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Film Production

Director:
2001  Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2005  For the coming day
2007  Ri Kôran
2014  Time Never Stops

Executive Producer:
1994  On the Far Side of Twilight
2001  Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2005  For the coming day
2007  Ri Kôran
2014  Time Never Stops

Producer:
1983  Kawasaki Vice Squad
1987  松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ
1994  On the Far Side of Twilight
2001  Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2005  For the coming day
2007  Ri Kôran
2014  Time Never Stops

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TV Production

Director:
1977  The Album on the Shore
1984  水曜ドラマスペシャル

Producer:
1977  The Album on the Shore
1984  水曜ドラマスペシャル
1995  Yesterday Enemy is Still Enemy Today

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