Kenji Kodama worked in film at a period when the medium itself was still changing shape.
The record lists Kenji Kodama as Japanese anime director.
Kenji Kodama was born at Hokkaidō in 1949. His recorded nationality is Japan.
This generation broke the studio mould - lighter cameras, location shooting, and directors who claimed authorship of the finished film.
Kenji Kodama is credited as film director, animator and character designer.
His name is attached above all to being one of the main directors on the long-running anime Case Closed, as well as the City Hunter series and Lupin III Part III. The screen flattens effort: a performance that took months reads as a few unhurried minutes.
That the work was made from Japan shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Achievements
- Worked as film director, animator and character designer
