Genki Kawamura - Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Born in 1979, Genki Kawamura is a director, producer and writer. In 2012 he published his novel If Cats Disappeared from the World which became a best seller and has appeared in translation in 21 countries. As a producer, Kawamura has worked on films including Your Name, Mirai, and Belle. The Hollywood Reporter selected him for Next Gen Asia Class of 2010. Genki Kawamura directed his first short film, Duality, in 2018 which was selected by the Cannes Film Festival for its Short Films In Competition. He also co-created with Hirokazu Koreeda The Makanai, a Netflix original series to stream worldwide in 2022. His feature film debut, A Hundred Flowers, is based on the novel he published in 2019.

Accolades

Best Animated Film, 2024

Naoko Yamada and Eunyoung Choi and Yoshihiro Furusawa and Genki Kawamura and Wakana Okamura and Kohei Sakita

Best Animated Film, 2024

Naoko Yamada and Eunyoung Choi and Yoshihiro Furusawa and Genki Kawamura and Wakana Okamura and Kohei Sakita

The Colors Within (Kimi no Iro) (Kimi no Iro)

Synesthete Totsuko can see others as colours. Honours student Kimi has dropped out of school but still pretends to attend for her grandmother’s sake. They…

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Best Youth Film, 2023

Kore-eda Hirokazu and Genki Kawamura and Kenji Yamada

Best Youth Film, 2023

Kore-eda Hirokazu and Genki Kawamura and Kenji Yamada

Monster (Kaibutsu)

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, a mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms…

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Best Animated Film, 2023

Makoto Shinkai and Noritaka Kawaguchi and Genki Kawamura and Yoshihiro Furusawa and Tomohiro Tokunaga

Best Animated Film, 2023

Makoto Shinkai and Noritaka Kawaguchi and Genki Kawamura and Yoshihiro Furusawa and Tomohiro Tokunaga

Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari)

As the skies turn red and the earth trembles, Japan stands on the brink of disaster. But one determined teenager, Suzume, sets out on a…

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Best Animated Feature Film, 2019

Weathering With You (Tenki no Ko)

Best Animated Feature Film, 2019

Weathering With You (Tenki no Ko)

It is the first year of high school for Hodaka and he runs away from his home on an outlying island of Japan and goes…

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Mamoru Hosoda and Yuichiro Saito and Takuya Ito and Yuichi Adachi and Genki Kawamura

Best Animated Feature Film, 2018

Mirai (Mirai no Mirai)

Best Animated Feature Film, 2018

Mirai (Mirai no Mirai)

Kun enjoys a happy childhood until the arrival of his baby sister, Mirai. As the new baby becomes the centre of their parents’ attention, Kun…

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Genki Kawamura and Noritaka Kawaguchi and Makoto Shinkai

Best Animated Feature Film, 2017

your name. (Kimi no na wa.)

Best Animated Feature Film, 2017

your name. (Kimi no na wa.)

Mitsuha and Taki are total strangers living completely different lives in different parts of Japan. But when Mitsuha makes a wish to leave her quiet…

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Films

The Colors Within (Kimi no Iro) (Kimi no Iro)

Japan

The Colors Within (Kimi no Iro) (Kimi no Iro)

Synesthete Totsuko can see others as colours. Honours student Kimi has dropped out of school but still pretends to attend for her grandmother’s sake. They…

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Monster (Kaibutsu)

Japan

Monster (Kaibutsu)

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, a mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms…

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Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari)

Japan

Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari)

As the skies turn red and the earth trembles, Japan stands on the brink of disaster. But one determined teenager, Suzume, sets out on a…

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2018

Mirai (Mirai no Mirai)

Japan

2018

Mirai (Mirai no Mirai)

Kun enjoys a happy childhood until the arrival of his baby sister, Mirai. As the new baby becomes the centre of their parents’ attention, Kun…

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2019

Weathering With You (Tenki no Ko)

Japan

2019

Weathering With You (Tenki no Ko)

It is the first year of high school for Hodaka and he runs away from his home on an outlying island of Japan and goes…

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2017

your name. (Kimi no na wa.)

Japan

2017

your name. (Kimi no na wa.)

Two high school kids who’ve never met – city boy Taki and country girl Mitsuha – are united through their dreams.

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