Tanaka Mitsutoshi is a Japanese film and commercial director who graduated from the Osaka University of Arts Department of Visual Concept Planning. He established Osaka-based film production firm Creators' Union in 1984 and has served as the company's President and CEO since that time. He has been a Professor of Film and Media Studies with the Osaka University of Arts since 2014 and a Visiting Fellow with the Wakayama University Center for Tourism Research since 2017.

As a commercial director, he has been working in various areas such as promotional videos, TV commercials, and music videos, and has received numerous awards, including the All Japan Radio & Television Commercial Confederation Award and the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Award. His first theatrical feature was the 2001 film "Kewaishi", which was an official selection at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival and won the award for Best Screenplay at the 14th Tokyo International Film Festival.

Tanaka gained international recognition with the release of the 2009 film "Castle under Fiery Skies", which received the 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Art Direction.
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