Genjiro Arato

Genjiro Arato (荒戸 源次郎) is a Japanese film producer, actor and director. In 1980, he produced Zigeunerweisen for director Seijun Suzuki. He was unable to secure exhibitors for the film and famously exhibited it himself in a specially-built, inflatable, mobile tent. The film won four Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and was voted the best Japanese film of the 1980s by Japanese critics.

Producer

 * 1980: Zigeunerweisen (ツィゴイネルワイゼン Tsigoineruwaizen)
 * 1981: Kagero-za (陽炎座 Kagerō-za)
 * 1989: Knockout (どついたるねん Dotsuitarunen)
 * 1990: Tekken (鉄拳)
 * 1991: Checkmate (王手 Ōte)
 * 1991: Yumeji (夢二)
 * 1992: The Operating Room (外科室 Gekashitsu)
 * 1994: Tokarefu (トカレフ)
 * 2005: The Whispering of the Gods (ゲルマニウムの夜 Gerumaniumu no yoru)

Director

 * 1995: The Girl of Silence (ファザーファッカー ''Fazā fakkā)
 * 2003: Akame 48 Waterfalls (赤目四十八滝心中未遂 Akame shijuya taki shinju misui)
 * 2010: The Fallen Angel (人間失格 Ningen shikkaku)