Kunitoshi Manda was a student at
Rikkyo University, where he took
Shigehiko Hasumi's filmology class. Manda directed his first feature film,
Unloved, in 2001. It won the Grand Rail d'Or prize and the Future Talent prize at the
2001 Cannes Film Festival.
The Tunnel, one of his television films, screened at the
2004 Cannes Film Festival. Manda's third feature film,
The Kiss, premiered at the
Jeonju International Film Festival in 2008. Japanese film critic
Inuhiko Yomota praised the film as "a fantastic film." His 2014 film, ''Dog's Way'', premiered at the
Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. ==Filmography==