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

KAI-ON (2000, 74min)
The Labor Cop (2002, 91min)
Ten-Sho-Chi (A yet to be released) -- documentary on the Japanese legendary treatre directors Yukio Ninagawa, Hideki Noda and Masahide Komaki.
Japanese Naked Tribe (2003, 72min)
AKA-SEN (2004, 90min) -- This film featured Japanese Kabuki star Shido Nakamura in his first leading role.
Cain's Descendant (2006, 90min) -- Officially selected for the 57th Berlinale Forum Section.
Death of Domomata (2007, 90min) Moto Hagio guest appearance
USB (2009, 90min)
Typhoon Family (2014, 81min)
SEIZA (2014, 93min)
MINT
ASURA GIRL: BLOOD-C Another Story (2017, 90min)
BLOOD-CLUB DOLLS 1 (2018, 85min)
BLOOD-CLUB DOLLS 2 (2020)

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
2017 Spectacle 3DNŌ Heike story「Kumano」「Funabenkei」
2018 3DNŌ Extreme
2019 Spectacle 3DNŌ 「Heike Story」
2019 3DNŌ 「Aoinoue」「Funabenkei」/ Teatro Goldoni, Venetia
2019 Battle Without Honor and Humanity -AKB48 Version-

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
2018 MOZART! / Toho
2018 Marie Antoinette / Toho
2018 CASANOVA / Takarazuka Revue
2019 musical Ocean's Eleven / Takarazuka Revue
2019 Elisabeth / Toho
2019 Q -A Night At The Kabuki- / NODA・MAP
2020 The Green Bottle / NODA・MAP
2020 musical「ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA」/ Takarazuka Revue
2020 Elisabeth / Toho

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External links

Official website

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