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Keiji Nakazawa

1939 – 2012 · Hiroshima, Japan · Active 1976–2013

Keiji Nakazawa was born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1939. His father was opposed to Japan being involved in a war that they would lose and that it was a reckless war. But when he was six years old, the first nuclear weapon has detonated above his home of Hiroshima, killing his father sister, and little brother. He and his mother had to struggle for survival in the chaotic aftermath. Even the most basic information on radiation and it's effects were classified until 1957 and those who were victims had to hide their origins, or face discrimination, as many outsiders thought they carried disease or ev...

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Prisoner Maria: The Movie

Prisoner Maria: The Movie

1995 ★ 4.5
Writer

Convicted of killing the drug dealer who murdered her husband, Maria is blackmailed into serving as a covert assassin. She must do the government's bidding if she is ever to regain her freedom, or her son. With each completed mission, her sentenced is further re- duced. Yet, with every job she feels further away from her goal of a peaceful life.

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Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB

Filmography

19 credits
2010s 2 credits
2013
Movie ★ 7.7
2011
Movie ★ 4.0
Crew Credits
1990s 3 credits
1995
Movie ★ 5.0
1990
Summer with Kuro Original Film Writer
Movie ★ 6.2
1990
Movie ★ 6.2
1980s 11 credits
1986
Movie ★ 6.7
1984
Movie ★ 5.5
1984
Movie ★ 5.5
1984
Beaten by Black Rain Original Story
Movie ★ 5.5
1984
Movie ★ 5.5
1983
Movie ★ 7.6
1983
Barefoot Gen Comic Book
Movie ★ 7.6
1983
Barefoot Gen Screenplay
Movie ★ 7.6
1983
Movie ★ 7.6
1983
Movie ★ 7.6
1970s 2 credits
1977
Movie
1976
Barefoot Gen Original Story
Movie ★ 5.0