Shutaro Oku

Shutaro Oku (奥秀太郎 Oku Shūtarō, born in 1975 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese film director and visual planner.

Biography

Born 1975 in Tokyo. His major films are “The Labor Cop”, “Japanese Naked Tribe,” “Aka-sen”, “Cain’s Descendant” (officially selected for the 57th annual Berlin International Film Festival),”USB”(Cast: Kazushi Watanabe, Kaori Momoi, Nao Omori, Hideki Noda etc.). He has participated stage productions as visual planner for such plays as “Elisabeth” and “MOZART!” for TOHO Musical, “The Bee” and “Egg” for NODA MAP productions, “1789”, “Casablanca” for the Takarazuka Revue, and more. Also as a stage director, he energetically deals with staging that makes full use of visuals. And that made him won the 2008 Yomiuri Theater Awards for Excellent Staff Award for Black Cat (Written and Directed by him). His major stage productions are “Persona4 Arena”, “BLOOD-C The LAST MIND”, “GHOST in THE SHELL ARISE : GHOST is ALIVE”, and so on.

Filmography

1. KAI-ON (2000, 74min)
2. The Labor Cop (2002, 91min)
3. Ten-Sho-Chi (A yet to be released) -- documentary on the Japanese legendary treatre directors Yukio Ninagawa, Hideki Noda and Masahide Komaki.
4. Japanese Naked Tribe (2003, 72min)
5. AKA-SEN (2004, 90min) -- This film featured Japanese Kabuki star Shido Nakamura in his first leading role.
6. Cain's Descendant (2006, 90min) -- Officially selected for the 57th Berlinale Forum Section.
7. Death of Domomata (2007, 90min) Moto Hagio guest appearance
8. USB (2009, 90min)
9. Typhoon Family (2014, 81min)
10. SEIZA (2014, 93min)
11. MINT
12. ASURA GIRL (2017, 89min))

Stage direction history

• 2005 Tap Man
• 2006 Tap Man × Piano Man
• 2006 Boys Electone Conspiracy
• 2006 Tap man × Piano Man × Movie Man
• 2007 Hibiki Inamoto ＋ Souun Takeda Live
• 2008 Yoshida Brothers Live 2008 Yu-Shun
• 2008 Kuroneko
• 2010 Red Shoes
• 2010 Kimidori
• 2010 Freaks
• 2011 South Of Heaven
• 2011 Byakuya
• 2011 Silver Spoon
• 2012 [Persona4] the EVOLUTION
• 2013 Constellation
• 2014 Persona3 the Weird Masquerade
• 2014 CoSTUME NATIONAL" Costume and Costume" Reception
• 2014 Persona4 Arena
• 2015 Blood-C The LAST MIND
• 2015 GHOST IN THE SHELL～GHOST is ALIVE～
• 2016 TERROR IN RESONANCE
• 2016 Persona4 Arena Ultimax
• 2017 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

Stage visual planning history

• 2002 SLAPSTICK / Takarazuka Revue
• 2002 MOZART! (Another showing in 2005,2007 and 2010) / Toho
• 2004 Elisabeth (Another showing in 2005,2006,2008 and 2010) / Toho
• 2006 Never Say Goodbye / Takarazuka Revue
• 2007 The Bee / NODA MAP
• 2009 Piper / NODA MAP
• 2009 Casablanca / Takarazuka Revue
• 2010 Cabaret
• 2010 Roman Holiday / Umeda Arts Theater
• 2010 The Character / NODA MAP
• 2011 to South / NODA MAP
• 2011 MITSUKO / Umeda Arts Theater
• 2012 「THE BEE」ENGLISH VERSION / NODA・MAP
• 2012 Cabaret / HoriPro
• 2012 Enron / HoriPro
• 2012 「THE BEE」 JAPANESE VERSION / NODA・MAP
• 2012 Elisabeth / Toho
• 2012 Sengoku BASARA2 / DAIS
• 2012 LIVE ACT Blue Exorcist ~Devil Illegitimate~ / ANIPLEX
• 2012 Roman Holiday / Umeda Art Theater
• 2012 Celebrity / Takarazuka Revue
• 2012 ONE-HEART MUSICAL FESTIVAL / Toho
• 2013 Rose of Versailles -Oscar and Andre- / Takarazuka Revue
• 2013 LEGEND OF THE GALACTIC HEROES / Takarazuka Revue
• 2013 Ace Attorney3 Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth / Takarazuka Revue
• 2013 NO WORDS, NO TIME -Tears dropped in the sky- / G2 Produce
• 2013 OCEAN’S ELEVEN / Takarazuka Revue
• 2013 Rose of Versailles -Fersen- / Takarazuka Revue
• 2013 「THE BEE」 English Version / NODA・MAP
• 2013 Sengoku BASARA -Yukimura Sanada- / Takarazuka Revue
• 2013 ONE-HEART MUSICAL FESTIVAL 2013 SUMMER / Toho
• 2013 the WILD Meets the WILD -W.M.W.- / Takarazuka Revue
• 2013 Shall we Dance? / Takarazuka Revue
• 2013 “ABKAI”-Hanasaka Jisan- / Ebizo Ichikawa Independent Performance
• 2013 MIWA / NODA・MAP
• 2014 The Two Gentlemen of Verona / Toho
• 2014 Mozart! / Toho
• 2014 PUCK / Takarazuka Revue
• 2014 ONE-HEART MUSICAL FESTIVAL 2014 SUMMER / Toho
• 2014 OCEAN’S ELEVEN / Umeda Arts Theater
• 2014 Maeda Keiji – A Dreamer and a Hermit- / Takarazuka Revue
• 2014 The Seagull / Takarazuka Revue
• 2014 「THE BEE」 English Version / NODA・MAP
• 2014 Lady Bess / Toho
• 2014 The Love of the Last Tycoon -An Undying Love by the Emperor of Hollywood- / Takarazuka Revue
• 2014 MUSICAL COLLECTION in THEATRE CREATION / Toho
• 2014 L’Homme sans sommeil: Napoleon -Au-dela de l’Amour et de la Gloire- / Takarazuka Revue
• 2015 Oedipus Rex / Takarazuka Revue
• 2015 Elisabeth / Toho
• 2015 ABKAI 2015 / Ebizo Ichikawa Independent Performance
• 2015 1789 –Les Amants de la Bastille- / Takarazuka Revue
• 2015 MUSICAL COLLECTION Ⅱ in THEATRE CREATION / Toho
• 2015 EGG / NODA・MAP
• 2015 Lupin Ⅲ / Takarazuka Revue
• 2016 Noh in 3D Live "YUGEN" –THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF JAPAN- / JAPANFOUNDATION the 50th anniversary of Singapore-Japan diplomatic relations
• 2016 The Golden Desert / Takarazuka Revue
• 2016 TANUKI GOTEN / Shochiku
• 2016 Elisabeth / Toho
• 2016 Roman Holiday / Takarazuka Revue
• 2016 1789 –Les Amants de la Bastille- / Toho
• 2016 April Grand Kabuki "GENSOSHINKUKAI" / Shochiku
• 2016 Ryu Masaki Concert, "Voice" / Takarazuka Revue
• 2016 RUROUNI KENSHIN / Takarazuka Revue
• 2016 GEKIRIN / NODA・MAP
• 2017 The Great Gatsby / Toho
• 2017 A Daughter Of Kurotsuka / SIS company Inc.
• 2017 Roman Holiday / Umeda Art Theater
• 2017 The Queen’s Chateau −Château de la Reine− / Takarazuka Revue
• 2017 Ashiatohime / NODA・MAP
• 2017 Om Shanti Om – Endless Cycle of Love - / Takarazuka Revue
• 2017 All for One / Takarazuka Revue
• 2017 LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES / Bunkamura
• 2017 Lady Bess / Toho
• 2017 One Green Bottle / Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
• 2018 THE Poe Clan / Takarazuka Revue

External links

• Official website