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Setsurô Wakamatsu

  • Director
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Setsurô Wakamatsu was born on 5 May 1949 in Kawabe, Akita, Japan [now Akita, Akita, Japan]. He is a director, known for Whiteout (2000), Fukushima 50 (2020) and Shizumanu taiyô (2009).
BornMay 5, 1949
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      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Whiteout (2000)
    Whiteout
    5.6
    • Director
    • 2000
    Kôichi Satô, Ken Watanabe, Narumi Yasuda, and Hidetaka Yoshioka in Fukushima 50 (2020)
    Fukushima 50
    6.1
    • Director
    • 2020
    Shizumanu taiyô (2009)
    Shizumanu taiyô
    6.7
    • Director
    • 2009
    Hidetoshi Nishijima and Kuranosuke Sasaki in Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019)
    Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
    5.0
    • Director
    • 2019

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    • Umi no chinmoku (2024)
      Umi no chinmoku
      5.2
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Tokkai - furyô saiken tokubetsu kaishû bu - (2021)
      Tokkai - furyô saiken tokubetsu kaishû bu -
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Kôichi Satô, Ken Watanabe, Narumi Yasuda, and Hidetaka Yoshioka in Fukushima 50 (2020)
      Fukushima 50
      6.1
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Tsurube Shôfukutei in Amerika ni Makenakatta Otoko (2020)
      Amerika ni Makenakatta Otoko
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Hidetoshi Nishijima and Kuranosuke Sasaki in Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019)
      Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
      5.0
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Ishi tsubute - gaimusho kimitsuhi wo abaita sosa 2ka no otokotachi
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Kyoaku wa nemurasenai: Tokusô Kenji no gyakushû (2016)
      Kyoaku wa nemurasenai: Tokusô Kenji no gyakushû
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Yôsuke Eguchi, Masato Hagiwara, Masanobu Katsumura, Bsaku Satô, Ken'ichi Yajima, Kento Hayashi, and Sei Matobu in Shingari: Yamaichi Shôken Saigo no Seisen (2015)
      Shingari: Yamaichi Shôken Saigo no Seisen
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Snow on the Blades (2014)
      Snow on the Blades
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Chicken Race (2013)
      Chicken Race
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Yurichika e Mama kara no dengon
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Inseparable Souls: Fathers, Sons, and the Crash of JAL 123 (2012)
      Inseparable Souls: Fathers, Sons, and the Crash of JAL 123
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Kyouguu
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2011
    • In the City of Dawn (2011)
      In the City of Dawn
      5.4
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Shizumanu taiyô (2009)
      Shizumanu taiyô
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2009

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      • May 5, 1949
      • Kawabe, Akita, Japan [now Akita, Akita, Japan]

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