Why this filmmaker matters
Hiroo Maruyama has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Producer in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Hiroo Maruyama has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Maruyama set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Tsutomu Hanabusa
Director
3 shared titles · Kakegurui: The Movie

Natsumi Okamoto
Actor
2 shared titles · Back Street Girls: Gokudoruzu

Ruka Matsuda
Actor
2 shared titles · Back Street Girls: Gokudoruzu

Minami Hamabe
Actor
2 shared titles · Kakegurui: The Movie

Mahiro Takasugi
Actor
2 shared titles · Kakegurui: The Movie

Aoi Morikawa
Actor
2 shared titles · Kakegurui: The Movie

Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Actor
2 shared titles · My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! The Movie

Aoi Yuuki
Actor
2 shared titles · The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoners of the Sky

Minato Takano
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Kakegurui: The Movie
Ryuji Abe
Executive Producer
2 shared titles · Kakegurui: The Movie
Naoichiro Sagara
Editor
2 shared titles · Kakegurui: The Movie
Yuichi Shibahara
Producer
2 shared titles · Kakegurui: The Movie
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