Mr. Yasushi SHIINA Director-General, Tokyo International Film Festival (Japan) Yasushi Shiina was born in 1951. After graduating from Faculty of Science and Engineering at the Waseda　University in March 1974, Shiina joined Sumitomo Corporation Inc. in April the same year. He became a counselor of Media Division of Sumitomo in 1987. In 1991, he was appointed Director, General Manager of Film Division, Asmik, and assumed the position of Representative Senior Managing Director in 1998 before becoming President of Asmik Ace Entertainment in 2000. In the year 2004, he became President of Kadokawa Entertainment, and then President of Kadokawa Pictures in 2009. After appointed as Representative Senior Managing Director in 2011, he currently serves as Director-Executive Advisor of KadokawaShoten Co., Ltd. Among his official responsibilities, he serves as Chairman of Conference Group for Import and Clearance of Foreign Films in Japan, and Vice-Chairman of Foreign Film Importer-Distributors Association of Japan, Inc.
Seminar The New Silk Road of Asia’s Film Industry: Challenges, Opportunities and Partnership Date: 25 March, 2015 (Wednesday) Time: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM