Junji Sakamoto

Veteran Japanese independent cinema, Sakamoto began his career as an assistant director Sogo Ishii and Kazuyuki Ieutsu.

Recently been awarded a European retrospective of his films. Sakamoto burst into the Japanese independent cinema in the 1989 film 'Knockout!', The eccentric and powerful influence on history, where he created a portrait of the injured boxer, trying to return to the ring. The success of the "Knockout!" allowed to continue to shoot Sakomoto entertaining movies about rogue society. Directed by well known visual specific number, which dominated coverage, as well as the special emotional honesty of his characters. His eccentric comedy, militants glorifying criminals and misfits, brought him the commercial popularity and critical acclaim in his native Japan.

Sakamoto - recognized the value in contemporary Japanese cinema. His previous film 'Gufbol', debuted at the Toronto Film Festival in 1998, was marked by critics as' a very exciting and provocative. "