Mika Ninagawa

Mika Ninagawa

Birth : 1972-10-18, Tokyo, Japan

History

Mika Ninagawa (蜷川 実花, born October 18, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese photographer and film director, known for her brightly colored photographs. She has had significant photography success in fashion and advertising. She made her feature length film directorial debut with with Sakuran (2007), and went on to direct Helter Skelter (2012).

Profile

Mika Ninagawa
Mika Ninagawa

Movies

xxxHOLiC
xxxHOLiC
Director
To be free of his dark visions, Kimihiro Watanuki will work for Dimensional Witch Yūko, a mystical woman quick to help those in a bind—for a fee.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human
Director
The story of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan's most celebrated novelists, absorbed in alcohol and love; married and in a relationship with two other lovers.
Diner
Diner
Screenplay
A former murderer and genius chef along with a waitress come together with a group of fantastical assassins in a diner. A girl with a hollowness in her heart, who believes that she belongs nowhere, is thrust into a series of attacks where she must struggle to find her will to live.
Diner
Diner
Director
A former murderer and genius chef along with a waitress come together with a group of fantastical assassins in a diner. A girl with a hollowness in her heart, who believes that she belongs nowhere, is thrust into a series of attacks where she must struggle to find her will to live.
Helter Skelter
Helter Skelter
Self (uncredited)
Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.
Helter Skelter
Helter Skelter
Director
Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.
Sakuran
Sakuran
Director
Tsuchiya Anna blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.
Cheap Trip
Cheap Trip
Director
A 25-minute road movie depicting the escape of a girl who cannot accept her mother-in-law.