# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/minoru-kawasaki
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:35:42.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/minoru-kawasaki"
name: "Minoru Kawasaki"
slug: "minoru-kawasaki"
description: "Minoru Kawasaki (河崎実), born 15 August 1958, is a Japanese filmmaker, best known for low-budget parody films featuring surreal humour and traditional practical effects."
tagline: "Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Minoru_Kawasaki.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1958-08-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.06
  momentum:             1.943089430894309
  historical:           12.51955066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/denace5555"
    handle:    "denace5555"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442896/"
    handle:    "nm0442896"
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    title: "Minoru Kawasaki"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Minoru Kawasaki (director)"
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    title: "Minoru Kawasaki"
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    title: "Minoru Kawasaki"
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    title: "Minoru Kawasaki (sutradara film)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump