Tonkô Horikawa
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.
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Movies (8)
Time Never Stops
2014 · Director
Ri Kôran
2007 · Director
For the coming day
2005 · Director
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001 · Director
On the Far Side of Twilight
1994 · Executive Producer
Still Life - Kiriko and Marie's Criminal Cohabitation Life
1989 · Director, Producer
Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories
1987 · Producer
Kawasaki Vice Squad
1983 · Producer
