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Profile. Name Hisako Matsui. Japanese: 松井久子. Birthdate: 1946. Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan. University: Waseda University. Bio. Born in Tokyo in 1946, Hisako Matsui graduated in drama from Waseda University and began her career as a writer and editor at several popular magazines.
Leonie ( Japanese: レオニー, Hepburn: Reonī) is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Hisako Matsui and starring Emily Mortimer and Shido Nakamura. The film is based on the life of Léonie Gilmour, the American lover and editorial assistant of Japanese writer Yone Noguchi and mother of sculptor Isamu Noguchi and dancer Ailes Gilmour .
Mar 22, 2013 · For the writers of “Leonie,” Hisako Matsui (who also directed) and David Wiener, the short answer is that she’s the mother of the sculptor Isamu Noguchi.
Hisako Matsui was born on 21 May 1946 in Gifu, Japan. She is a producer and director, known for Leonie (2010), Oriume (2002) and Yukie (1998).
Female director Hisako Matsui (Leonie, JAPAN CUTS 2012) draws out episodes from these torch-bearing women, touching on a wide range of subjects from gender inequality, marriage, social structures, women’s studies and journalism to aging.
Hisako Matsui fe^tes Leonie Gilmour, mother of revered artist Isamu Noguchi. Passion project: Hisako Matsui, director of 'Leonie,' dedicated seven years to making the biopic. | KAORI...
This article discusses female Japanese directors, and in particular Hisako Matsui. There are enough (Japanese women directors) already to enforce a pause as one considers where to begin, whom...
