On Mr. Junichi Ushiyama

There is one more thing I want to put down in writing. I considered three people my mentors. The first, needless to say, was Osamu Tezuka. The second was Junichi Ushiyama. The third was Shinobu Hashimoto. I wrote about Hashimoto in the second post on this blog, and I mentioned producer Ushiyama briefly in my first post about “Computopia.” Here, I want to write about what Ushiyama taught me about filmmaking — and one more important thing. ...

February 27, 2026 · 6 min · 月岡貞夫