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Toru Kizu

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Born in 1970 in Otsuki City, Yamanashi Prefecture. He studied at Mountview Theatre School and the Desmond Jones School of Mime and Physical Theatre in London. 　After appearing in films such as “Doppelgänger” (directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa) and “I Just Didn't Do It” (directed by Masayuki Suo), he has been active across a wide range of media, including film, television, and theater. In recent years, he has appeared in the stage play “Drunken Angel” (Meijiza) and the films “DECEMBER” (directed by Anshul Chohan) and “Confetti“ (directed by Naoya Fujita). 　In 2022, he won the Best Feature Film Award at the Polish International Film Festival for the film adaptation of “Yabuhara Kengyo II” which he conceived, produced, and starred in. In December 2024, he will lead a master class at the Japan-Serbia Film Festival and serve as a juror in the International Feature Film category. 　Since 2025, he has been affiliated with his independent production company, Gifutei. At Gifutei, he is producing and starring in “TEN YEARS OF ISOBATAKE,” a ten-year project that depicts his father’s middle age through one short film each year. The second-year film was selected for official screening in the JAPAN section of the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA 2026), one of Asia’s largest international short film festivals and an official partner of the Academy Awards.