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Kenichi Ugana

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Kenichi Ugana
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A film director and scriptwriter. Graduated from the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business Administration, Aoyama Gakuin University.

His first feature film, "Gangro gal's Riot" was based on the 1990s Japanese culture of ganguro gals, and was released in theaters nationwide in 2016.

He then director his second feature film, "Good Bye Silence", which depicts young people who discover music in a world where music is banned, and was released in theaters nationwide in 2018. After multiple encore screenings, Kaito Yoshimura won the TAMA New Actor Award and Takumi Saito won the Nikkan Sports Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In 2019, his third feature film, "Wild Virgins", in which a virgin over 30 transforms into a wizard, was released in theaters nationwide. This work had its international premiere at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, one of the three major fantastic film festivals in the world.

In 2020, the fourth feature film "Rolling Marbles" which depicts women living in Tokyo, was released in theaters nationwide as a commemorative film for the 15th anniversary of the founding of the famous Japanese culture magazine Nylon Japan, and had its international premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival.

The "Extraneous Matter" series, including the feature film "Extraneous MatterX-Complete edition-", has been screened at over 85 film festivals including Motelx, Torino Film Festival, Montreal Festival du nouveau cinema, Screamfest, Etrange Festival, and LA Shorts International Film Festival, and has won 11 top awards including the Another Hole In The Head Film Festival. It will be released in theaters nationwide from January 2022. In 2023, a spin-off TV series "Extraneous MatterX-Another Story-" was broadcast on Tiokyo Mx.

In 2022, the short film "Visitors" was selected for over 40 film festivals, including Slamdance Film Festival, Fantasporto, Toronto After Dark Film Festival, Montreal Festival du nouveau cinema, LA Shorts International Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, and Leeds International Film Festival. It won the top prize at three film festivals, including the New York Shorts International Film Festival.

A special screening of Kenichi Ugana's short films "Made In Ugana: The Very Special Seance" was held at the Montreal Festival du nouveau cinema in October 2022, and was released in theaters in December of the same year. In the same month, "The Empty FlowerpotL", which depicts the surviving family member of a murder case, was released theaters.

In August 2023, the romance horror comedy "Love Will Tear Us Apart" will have it's world premiere at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, one of the world's three major fantastic film festivals, and has won top awards at the South African Horror Fest, Portland Horror Film Festival, and Romford Horror Film Festival. In October, the war film "The Girls" had its world premiere at the Montreal Festival du nouveau cinema and was released in theaters.

"Visitors-Complete edition-", a feature-length version of the short film "VisitorsI", also stars Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Entertainment. After its world premiere at Fantastic Fest, it won special mention awards at the Torino Film Festivals and Nippon Connection, and was screened at film festivals around the world, including Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, and was screened in more than 35 cinemas nationwide from February 2024.

On June of the same year, the 20th anniversary film "We Are Aliens" of the famous Japanese culture magazine Nylon Japan began screening at 45 theaters nationwide, and it become a hot topic as it was sold out continuously. "We Are Aliens" had its European premiere at the in the Harbour section of the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2025, and won a Special Mention Award at the temps0 section Montreal Festival du nouveau cinema in 2024.

In the summer of the same year, a new movie shot entirely on location in New York. In the winter of the same year, a new Taiwanese-Japanese co-production movie was shot.

In addition, the 2024 Kaohsiung Film Festival held "Director In Focus: Kenichi Ugana", screening six of his feature films.

Fantasy Punk's new feature film "The Gesuidouz", scheduled for theatrical release in 2025, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness section, and has since been screened at the Montreal Festival du nouveau cinema, Leeds International Film Festival,Sitges Film Festival, Kaohsiung Film Festival, South by Southwest in Sydney, Tokyo Filmex, Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, JOGJA-NETPAC ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL-and more. "The Gesuidouz" won Best Feature Film at the London International Fantastic Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Montreal Festival du nouveau cinema. Despite writing most of his own screenplays, he is extremely prolific, and his fantastical, punk's style has earned him a reputation at film festivals around the world.
BornApril 20, 1984
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Kenichi Ugana and Kaoru Koide in Extraneous Matter - Complete Edition (2021)
    Extraneous Matter - Complete Edition
    5.2
    • Director(as a different name)
    • 2021
    The Gesuidouz (2024)
    The Gesuidouz
    6.7
    • Director
    • 2024
    Akuma ga harawata de ikenie de watashi (2023)
    Akuma ga harawata de ikenie de watashi
    5.6
    • Director(as a different name)
    • 2023
    Visitors (2021)
    Visitors
    5.8
    Short
    • Director(as a different name)
    • 2021

    Credits

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    Director



    • I Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn (2025)
      I Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2025
    • We are aliens (2024)
      We are aliens
      4.5
      • Director
      • 2024
    • The Gesuidouz (2024)
      The Gesuidouz
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Akuma ga harawata de ikenie de watashi (2023)
      Akuma ga harawata de ikenie de watashi
      5.6
      • Director (as a different name)
      • 2023
    • Kokoro Morita, Momoko Tanabe, Kenichi Ugana, and Kaoru Koide in The Girls (2023)
      The Girls
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023)
      Love Will Tear Us Apart
      6.0
      • Director (as a different name)
      • 2023
    • Visitors (2021)
      Visitors
      5.8
      Short
      • Director (as a different name)
      • 2021
    • Kenichi Ugana and Kaoru Koide in Extraneous Matter - Complete Edition (2021)
      Extraneous Matter - Complete Edition
      5.2
      • Director (as a different name)
      • 2021
    • Rolling Marbles (2021)
      Rolling Marbles
      5.1
      • Director (as a different name)
      • 2021
    • Mahô shônen: Wairudo bâjin (2019)
      Mahô shônen: Wairudo bâjin
      5.4
      • Director (as a different name)
      • 2019
    • Kuroi bôdô (2016)
      Kuroi bôdô
      • Director (as a different name)
      • 2016
    • Smell (2011)
      Smell
      Short
      • Director (as a different name)
      • 2011
    • Shôichi Matsuda in Access (2010)
      Access
      Short
      • Director (as a different name)
      • 2010

    Writer



    • I Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn (2025)
      I Fell in Love with a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn
      5.7
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • We are aliens (2024)
      We are aliens
      4.5
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • The Gesuidouz (2024)
      The Gesuidouz
      6.7
      • screenplay by
      • 2024
    • Kokoro Morita, Momoko Tanabe, Kenichi Ugana, and Kaoru Koide in The Girls (2023)
      The Girls
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023)
      Love Will Tear Us Apart
      6.0
      • Writer (as a different name)
      • 2023
    • Kenichi Ugana and Kaoru Koide in Extraneous Matter - Complete Edition (2021)
      Extraneous Matter - Complete Edition
      5.2
      • Writer (as a different name)
      • 2021
    • Rolling Marbles (2021)
      Rolling Marbles
      5.1
      • Writer (as a different name)
      • 2021
    • Kuroi bôdô (2016)
      Kuroi bôdô
      • screenplay (as a different name)
      • 2016

    Actor



    • Where Is Tokyo? (2019)
      Where Is Tokyo?
      Short
      • Aoki (as a different name)
      • 2019
    • Extrand (2017)
      Extrand
      4.0
      • (as a different name)
      • 2017
    • Ihin no koe wo kiku otoko 2
      TV Movie
      • (as a different name)
      • 2010

    Videos7

    The Girls Trailer
    Demo Reel 1:21
    The Girls Trailer
    Visitors complete Trailer
    Demo Reel 1:18
    Visitors complete Trailer
    Visitors complete Trailer
    Demo Reel 1:18
    Visitors complete Trailer
    Empty Pot Trailer
    Demo Reel 1:32
    Empty Pot Trailer
    Rolling Marbles Trailer
    Demo Reel 1:31
    Rolling Marbles Trailer
    WILD VIRGINS Trailer
    Demo Reel 1:37
    WILD VIRGINS Trailer
    We Are Aliens Trailer
    Demo Reel 1:01
    We Are Aliens Trailer

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      • April 20, 1984
      • Tokyo, Japan

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