
Born in 1981 in Osaka prefecture, Japan, Katayama Shinzo worked as an assistant director for Nobuhiro Yamashita before becoming an assistant director for Bong Joon Ho on two of his projects: Tokyo! (2008) and Mother (2009). His debut feature, Siblings of the Cape (2019), won the Best Picture – Feature Length at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival and was invited to numerous international film festivals including Göteborg Film Festival, Geneva International Film Festival and Taipei Film Festival.
10 movies · 4 TV shows, newest first

Human Vapor
2026
Lust in the Rain
2024
Life of Mariko in Kabukicho
2023
Gannibal
2022
The Night Before Upheaval
2022
Missing
2022
The Hovering Blade
2021
The Man Who Was There
2020
Siblings of the Cape
2019
Majimuri Academy
2018
Hana's Miso Soup
2015
Mother
2009
Tokyo!
2008Mexican Horror (working title)
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