Japan Institute of the Moving Image

The Japan Institute of the Moving Image (日本映画大学, Nihon Eiga Daigaku), formerly known as the Yokohama Broadcasting Technical School, is a Japanese film school and university. It was founded in 1975 by film director Shohei Imamura.^[1]

While a student at this school, director Takashi Miike was given his first film credit, as assistant director on Imamura's 1987 film Zegen.^[2]

By 2012, the president was Tadao Sato, who served until his death a decade later.^[3]

Notable alumni

• Hito Steyerl
• Kim Eung-soo
• Kiyoshi Sasabe
• Takashi Miike
• Teruyoshi Uchimura
• Tetsurō Degawa
• Bakarhythm
• Eiko Kano
• Kosaka Daimaou
• Kotaro Tanaka
• Tsuneo Gōda

See also

• Haruhiko Arai