Tsuyoshi KIGAWA is Professor in Faculty of Tourism, Wakayama University. He was born in Nishijin District of Kyoto, where is known as a district of Japanese film making. His grandfather was an art designer in films and worked with directors such as Akira KUROSAWA and Kenji MIZOGUCHI. After graduating Kyoto Institute of Technology, he explored several countries, Sri lanka, China, and USA as an architect and studied urban morphology at University College London. After coming back Japan, he has carried out researches how distill narrative stories from local cities; and, has written screenplays on Rakugo and short films. He produced several short films as a producer and a director. Currently, he manages a film festival, Fukui Short Film Festival and Japan World’s Tourism Film Festival.
TSUYOSHI KIGAWA
Tsuyoshi Kigawa je izvanredni profesor na Fakultetu za turizam na Sveučilištu Wakayama. Rođen je u okrugu Nishijin u Kyotu, koji je poznat kao okrug japanskog filmskog stvaralaštva. Njegov djed bio je umjetnički dizajner u filmovima i surađivao je s redateljima poput Akire Kurosawa i Kenji Mizoguchija. Nakon što je diplomirao na Kyoto Institutu za Tehnologiju kao arhitekt, istraživao je nekoliko zemalja, Šri Lanku, Kinu i SAD te studirao urbanu morfologiju na Sveučilištu u Londonu. Nakon povratka u Japan proveo je istraživanja kako filtrirati priče iz lokalnih gradova i napisao je scenarije o Rakugu i snimio kratke filmove. Kao producent i redatelj producirao je nekoliko kratkih filmova. Trenutno vodi filmski festival Fukui Short Film Festival i Japan World’s Tourism Film Festival.