Tonkô Horikawa
Directing
- Born
- May 24, 1937 · Nakanojo, Gunma, Japan
- Died
- March 28, 2020 (age 82)
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.
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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.
Known for
Behind the camera8
- 2014Time Never Stops Director
- 2007Ri Kôran Director
- 2005For the coming day Director
- 2001Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji Director
- 1994On the Far Side of Twilight Executive Producer
- 1989Still Life - Kiriko and Marie's Criminal Cohabitation Life Director, Producer
- 1987Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories Producer
- 1983Kawasaki Vice Squad Producer