Kenji Maeda

Birth : 1935-12-05, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

History

Kenji Maeda is a Japanese film director and folk researcher. Since the latter half of the 1960s, he has been researching festivals in Japan and the Korean peninsula and making movies, and has produced about 260 documentaries, including television.

Movies

Dozoku no ranjo
Editor
A documentary surrounding the ties between Japan and the Korean peninsula, particularly folk rituals of the aforementioned region. Reportedly is the first film acclaimed composer Akira Ifukube wrote for after his hiatus from scoring.
Dozoku no ranjo
Writer
A documentary surrounding the ties between Japan and the Korean peninsula, particularly folk rituals of the aforementioned region. Reportedly is the first film acclaimed composer Akira Ifukube wrote for after his hiatus from scoring.
Dozoku no ranjo
Director
A documentary surrounding the ties between Japan and the Korean peninsula, particularly folk rituals of the aforementioned region. Reportedly is the first film acclaimed composer Akira Ifukube wrote for after his hiatus from scoring.
Kamigami no rirekisho
Writer
Documentary on Japan-Korea relations
Kamigami no rirekisho
Director
Documentary on Japan-Korea relations