Atsuko Ishizuka (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Atsuko Ishizuka

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Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 72%.

No Game No Life: Zero is Atsuko Ishizuka's highest rated movie, with a score of 77% based on 9 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Atsuko Ishizuka is Goodbye, Don Glees!, with a score of 68% based on 4 reviews.

Director Biography

During her education at the art school, Ishizuka made a number of short animated films for her own enjoyment, often set to music. One of these films, Gravitation, which was later featured at the 2005 Tehran International Short Film Festival, caught the attention of both the Japanese broadcasting giant NHK and Madhouse. NHK quickly contacted Atsuko with an offer to have her animate a music video segment for the popular and long running short film program Minna no Uta (Everyone's Songs), which was designed to highlight upcoming independent animators and musicians. However, by this time Ishizuka had already been hired by Madhouse as a production assistant, and feeling that it would not be right to accept freelance work outside of the studio, she turned them down. However, the Minna no Uta staff was unwilling to give up, and they requested that Madhouse take on the music video project with Ishizuka as director.

Atsuko Ishizuka has directed films starring Kana Hanazawa, Ai Kayano, Yoko Hikasa and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka.