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Atsuka Horikawa

Horikawa Tonko

  • Name: Horikawa Tonko
  • Native name: 堀川とんこう
  • Also Known as: ほりかわ とんこう, 堀川敦厚, ほりかわ あつたか
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: May 24, 1937
  • Died: March 28, 2020
Horikawa Tonko was a Japanese TV drama director, producer, and movie director from Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture. His wife is screenwriter Takagi Rin. He studied at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters.

In 1958, he won the Ginkgo Namiki Award for his novel "Suna no Toei". He joined TBS after graduating from university.

His representative work as a producer is "Kishibe no Album". In 1984, he won the Newcomer Award for Art Award. After that, he became a movie director and directed "Sennen no Koi: Hikaru Genji Monogatari" in 2001.

After retiring from TBS, he belonged to the TV production company "Kazumo" represented by his senior Ohyama Katsumi, but became independent in 2006.

He died at his home in Yugawara Town, Kanagawa Prefecture at the age of 82 on March 28, 2020, due to lung cancer. Edit Biography
Director
Year Title Type Rating
2003 Okami ni Narimasu!
Drama
10.0
2001 Genji: A Thousand Year Love
Movie
7.2
2000 29 Sai no Yuuutsu: Paradise Thirty
Drama
5.0
1997 Shokuin Shitsu
Drama
0.0
1988 Kaetta Ii no Yo, Konya mo
Drama
0.0
1977 Kishibe no Album
Drama
6.0
1976 Goodbye Mama
Drama
0.0
1975 Akogare Kyodotai
Drama
0.0
1971 Mikan Kinkan Natsumikan
Drama
0.0
1962 Hana no Ren
Drama
0.0
Producer
Year Title Type Rating
1995 Kino no Teki Hakyo mo Teki
Drama
0.0
1994 Boku no Shushoku
Drama
0.0
1993 Oka no Ue no Himawari
Drama
7.4
Executive Producer
Year Title Type Rating
1982 Kekkon
Drama
6.0
1981 Akane-san no Obento
Drama
4.0
Director
Year Title Type Rating
2016 Gonenme no Hitori
Special
6.0
2014 Bengoshi Takamizawa Kyoko 12
Special
0.0
2014 Toki wa Tachidomaranai
Special
8.1
2011 Bengoshi Takamizawa Kyoko 11
Special
0.0
2010 Ijiwaru Ba-san 2
Special
0.0
2007 Koisedomo, Aisedomo
Special
7.0
2007 Ri Kouran
Special
7.3
2005 Sokoku
Special
6.0
2005 Yagate Kuru Hi no Tame ni
Special
0.0
2001 Nagasaki Burabura Bushi
Special
0.0
2000 Yokohama Honmoku Satsujin File: Hakuji no Hada o Motsu Onna
Special
0.0
1996 Tokyo Sotsugyo
Special
8.8
1995 Fukei no Yubi
Special
0.0
1995 Boku no Machi Isha Shugyo
Special
0.0
1993 Aruru "Kokura Nikki" Den
Special
0.0
1990 Alice no Ana no Naka de
Special
0.0
1989 Still Life
Special
0.0
1988 Porn Joyu: Sayoko no Isan
Special
0.0
1987 Porn Joyu: Sayoko no Boken
Special
0.0
1987 Manatsu Shojo
Special
0.0
1987 Best Friend "Ningen Kosaten" Yori
Special
6.6
1986 Mansion no Kagi Kashimasu
Special
0.0
1986 Watashi wa Porn Joyu: Sayoko no Koi
Special
0.0
1986 Goodbye Soap Girl
Special
0.0
1986 Tada Ichido no Jinsei
Special
0.0
1986 Kono Ko Dare no Ko
Special
0.0
1985 Jutai no Mori
Special
0.0
1984 Watashi wo Fukaku Umete
Special
0.0
1983 Seibo Momoko no Junan
Special
0.0
1983 Matsumoto Seicho no Zero no Shoten
Special
0.0
1982 Nyuushimondai Satsujin Jiken
Special
0.0
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  • First Name: Atsuka
  • Family Name: Horikawa
  • Native name: 堀川とんこう
  • Also Known as: ほりかわ とんこう, 堀川敦厚, ほりかわ あつたか
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: May 24, 1937
  • Died: March 28, 2020

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