Sho Tsukikawa

Sho Tsukikawa
月川翔
Born (1982-08-05) August 5, 1982
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationDirector

Sho Tsukikawa (月川翔; born August 5, 1982) is a Japanese director. In addition to directing and writing for films and television dramas, he also works on music videos and commercials.

He completed his graduate studies at the School of Film and New Media at the Tokyo University of the Arts.

In 2009, he won the Jury Grand Prix at the Louis Vuitton Journeys Awards, where the jury included Wong Kar-wai and Sofia Coppola.

He directed Netflix's YuYu Hakusho, the live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese manga and anime of the same name.[1] His second Netflix collaboration was the Japanese-South Korean drama Romantics Anonymous.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year(s) Title Ref.
2011 Cheerfu11y
2016 Defying Kurosaki-kun
2017 Let Me Eat Your Pancreas [3]
The 100th Love with You
2018 My Teacher, My Love
My Little Monster
Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō
2019 You Shine in the Moonlit Night [4]
And Life Goes On
2024 Dear Family [5]

Television

Year(s) Title Ref.
2013 Minna! ESPer Dayo!
2023 YuYu Hakusho [1]
2025 Romantics Anonymous [2]

Music video

References

  1. ^ a b Singh, Surej (14 December 2023). "'Yu Yu Hakusho': inside the re-emergence of an iconic '90s anime". NME. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  2. ^ a b Scott, Mathew (1 October 2025). "Interview | Sho Tsukikawa on His New Netflix Series 'Romantics Anonymous'". Japan Forward. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  3. ^ Sun-ah, Shim (15 October 2017). "Director says 'Let Me Eat Your Pancreas' not a tearjerker". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  4. ^ "君は月夜に光り輝く : 作品情報・キャスト・あらすじ・動画". 映画.com (in Japanese).
  5. ^ "大泉洋と月川翔が初タッグ、余命10年の娘のため医療器具開発に挑んだ家族の実話(動画 / コメントあり)". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 October 2025.