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Jason Furukawa

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Jason Furukawa
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Jason Furukawa is a third generation Japanese Canadian born in Vancouver Canada and raised in Calgary Alberta. He is a duel category Director and First Assistant Director member of the Director's Guild Of Canada and has been a member since 1989 as well as a UBCP/ACTRA Member since 2013. Jason was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Directing in 2014.
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      • 5 nominations total

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    Youn Yuh-jung, Kwon Eun-sung, Lee Min-ho, Anna Sawai, Jin Ha, Kim Kang-hoon, and Minha Kim in Pachinko (2022)
    Pachinko
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    Liam Neeson, Tom Jackson, Michael Eklund, and Tom Bateman in Sang froid (2019)
    Sang froid
    6.2
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2019
    Jared Harris in The Terror (2018)
    The Terror
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    L'Heure de la peur (2010)
    L'Heure de la peur
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director



    • Kristoffer Polaha and Nadia Hatta in A Winning Team (2023)
      A Winning Team
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Marlo Thomas, Alison Sweeney, and Maesa Nicholson in Coup de foudre au village de Noël (2022)
      Coup de foudre au village de Noël
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Les enquêtes de Murdoch (2008)
      Les enquêtes de Murdoch
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • AnnaLynne McCord and Darla Taylor in Les yeux de l'assassin (2015)
      Les yeux de l'assassin
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2015
    • L'Heure de la peur (2010)
      L'Heure de la peur
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011–2013
    • Blood, Lies and Alibis (2012)
      Blood, Lies and Alibis
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Anna Galvin, Paula Shaw, Emily Tennant, Raugi Yu, Matreya Fedor, Brendan Meyer, Gig Morton, Kurt Ostlund, and Milo Shandel in Mr. Young (2011)
      Mr. Young
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012–2013
    • Roger Cross, Steve Bacic, and Jeremy Guilbaut in The Guard (2008)
      The Guard
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2009
    • My Babysitter Is an Alien (2008)
      My Babysitter Is an Alien
      4.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2008
    • John Cassini, Mark McKinney, and Gabrielle Miller in Robson Arms (2005)
      Robson Arms
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005–2008
    • Erin Karpluk and Stephen Lobo in Godiva's (2005)
      Godiva's
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Mustard Pancakes (2005)
      Mustard Pancakes
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005–2007
    • Cold Squad, brigade spéciale (1998)
      Cold Squad, brigade spéciale
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002–2005

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • The Wrong Paris
      • first assistant director
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Robert
      • first assistant director
      • Completed
      • Short



    • Christopher Russell and Erin Karpluk in Christmas, Love and Fudge (2024)
      Christmas, Love and Fudge
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director (as Jason P. Furukawa)
      • 2024
    • Un bal pour Harvard (2023)
      Un bal pour Harvard
      6.4
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Youn Yuh-jung, Kwon Eun-sung, Lee Min-ho, Anna Sawai, Jin Ha, Kim Kang-hoon, and Minha Kim in Pachinko (2022)
      Pachinko
      8.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Melanie Scrofano and Daniel di Tomasso in Welcome to Mama's (2022)
      Welcome to Mama's
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Diesel vom Burgimwald and John Reardon in Hudson & Rex (2019)
      Hudson & Rex
      7.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Rosa Salazar in Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021)
      Brand New Cherry Flavor
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Un duo magique pour Noël (2019)
      Un duo magique pour Noël
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Jared Harris in The Terror (2018)
      The Terror
      7.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Elijah Wood and Stephen McHattie in Come to Daddy (2019)
      Come to Daddy
      6.0
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Liam Neeson, Tom Jackson, Michael Eklund, and Tom Bateman in Sang froid (2019)
      Sang froid
      6.2
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Melonie Diaz, Madeleine Mantock, and Sarah Jeffery in Charmed (2018)
      Charmed
      4.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Julie Graham, Rachael Stirling, Crystal Balint, and Chanelle Harquail-Ivsak in The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (2018)
      The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco
      6.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Kellie Martin in Petits meurtres et confidences: un meurtre à l'école (2018)
      Petits meurtres et confidences: un meurtre à l'école
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Patrick Schwarzenegger and Bella Thorne in Midnight Sun (2018)
      Midnight Sun
      6.6
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Simone Biles : Les Sacrifices d'une championne (2018)
      Simone Biles : Les Sacrifices d'une championne
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2018

    Actor



    • Hiroyuki Sanada in Shōgun (2024)
      Shōgun
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Domingo's Prisoner Friend #2 (as Jason Peter Furukawa)
      • 2024
    • Monster Loving Maniacs (2022)
      Monster Loving Maniacs
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Mr. Takahashi
      • 2022–2023
    • Tyler Hynes and Rhiannon Fish in A Picture of Her (2023)
      A Picture of Her
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Hiro (as Jason Peter Furukawa)
      • 2023
    • Jared Harris in The Terror (2018)
      The Terror
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Mr. Yosano
      • 2019
    • Godzilla (2014)
      Godzilla
      6.4
      • Gruff Smuggler
      • 2014
    • Le Tueur en Sommeil (2014)
      Le Tueur en Sommeil
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • Security Guard
      • 2014
    • Cold Squad, brigade spéciale (1998)
      Cold Squad, brigade spéciale
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Detective
      • Jason (Detective)
      • 2001
    • Richard Burgi in The Sentinel (1996)
      The Sentinel
      6.5
      TV Series
      • 1st Investigator
      • 1996

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