Itsumichi Isomura

Born in Gifu, Japan. He studied literature at Waseda University. After graduation, working as businessman, he made some movies personally. 1977-1979, he worked as assistant director under some directors like Koji Wakamatsu, Banmei Takahashi, Tatsumi Kumashiro, etc. 1979-1990, he made many blue movies as director or producer. In these movies, we can find "Hentai Kazoku: Aniki no yomesan" known as the first movie of director Masayuki Suo (the director of "Shall We Dance?"). "Since 1990, he has directed non-pornographic films, like "Asatte Dansu", "Ningen Kosaten - Michi", "Me wo tojite daite", etc. In 1993, he founded a movie production company "Altamira Pictures Inc." with Masayuki Suo and "Shall we dance" team. Since then, he works as director and producer in the company.