Akimasa Kawashima

Akimasa Kawashima

Known for
Editing
Born
September 8, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Akishima, Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Born 1950 in Tokyo, Akimasa Kawashima (川島章正) is a Japanese film editor. He has received numerous awards, including the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Editing for 125 Years Memory. Kawashima grew up watching American movies, and when he was in high school, he started watching European movies. At first, he wanted to be a producer, but after being told by his teacher, "You are good at editing," he chose editing because he knew that editing was 'the second directing'. In 1972, he joined the editing department of Nikkatsu Studio. He has been freelancing since 1995 .

Known For

Filmography

2025
Yasuko, Songs of Days Past poster

Yasuko, Songs of Days Past

Movie · Editor

2023
The Pearl Legacy poster

The Pearl Legacy

Movie · Editor

2022
Ginji The Speculator poster

Ginji The Speculator

Movie · Editor

2022
Requiem poster

Requiem

Movie · Editor

2021
祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻― poster

祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―

Movie · Editor

2020
Godai - The Wunderkind poster

Godai - The Wunderkind

Movie · Editor

2019
Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat poster

Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat

Movie · Editor

2019
The Kids' Diner poster

The Kids' Diner

Movie · Editor

2019
A Town and a Tall Chimney poster

A Town and a Tall Chimney

Movie · Editor

2016
Something Like, Something Like It poster

Something Like, Something Like It

Movie · Editor

2015
125 Years Memory poster

125 Years Memory

Movie · Editor

2015
Before The Leaves Fall poster

Before The Leaves Fall

Movie · Editor

2013
Tenshin

Tenshin

Movie · Editor

2012
Train Brain Express poster

Train Brain Express

Movie · Editor

2010
Abacus and Sword poster

Abacus and Sword

Movie · Editor

2010
Hanjiro poster

Hanjiro

Movie · Editor

2010
Sakurada Gate Incident poster

Sakurada Gate Incident

Movie · Editor

2009
Villon's Wife poster

Villon's Wife

Movie · Editor

2009
It's On Me poster

It's On Me

Movie · Editor

2009
Jive: Swept by the Sea Breeze poster

Jive: Swept by the Sea Breeze

Movie · Editor

2008
Snakes and Earrings poster

Snakes and Earrings

Movie · Editor

2008
Departures poster

Departures

Movie · Editor

2008
Tombstone of the Fireflies poster

Tombstone of the Fireflies

Movie · Editor

2007
Three for the Road poster

Three for the Road

Movie · Editor

2006
Angel's Egg poster

Angel's Egg

Movie · Editor

2006
Berna's Tail

Berna's Tail

Movie · Editor

2006
Chosyu Five poster

Chosyu Five

Movie · Editor

2006
The Letters poster

The Letters

Movie · Editor

2006
I Am Nipponjin poster

I Am Nipponjin

Movie · Editor

2005
Under the Same Moon poster

Under the Same Moon

Movie · Editor

2005
What the Snow Brings poster

What the Snow Brings

Movie · Editor

2004
Warau Iemon poster

Warau Iemon

Movie · Editor

2004
Red Moon poster

Red Moon

Movie · Editor

2003
Samurai Resurrection poster

Samurai Resurrection

Movie · Editor

2003
The Blue Light poster

The Blue Light

Movie · Editor

2002
Vengeance for Sale poster

Vengeance for Sale

Movie · Editor

2002
Sensen fukoku poster

Sensen fukoku

Movie · Editor

2002
Out poster

Out

Movie · Editor

2002
Farda poster

Farda

Movie · Editor

2002
The Laughing Frog poster

The Laughing Frog

Movie · Editor

2001
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River poster

A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

Movie · Editor

2001
Platonic Sex poster

Platonic Sex

Movie · Editor

2000
Off-Balance poster

Off-Balance

Movie · Editor

2000
Senrigan poster

Senrigan

Movie · Editor

2000
Freeze Me poster

Freeze Me

Movie · Editor

1999
Jubaku: Spellbound poster

Jubaku: Spellbound

Movie · Editor

1999
Rainbow Cape poster

Rainbow Cape

Movie · Editor

1999
Haunted School 4 poster

Haunted School 4

Movie · Editor

1998
Black Angel poster

Black Angel

Movie · Editor

1998
Begging for Love poster

Begging for Love

Movie · Editor

1997
The Key poster

The Key

Movie · Editor

1997
Haunted School 3 poster

Haunted School 3

Movie · Editor

1996
After the Wind Has Gone poster

After the Wind Has Gone

Movie · Editor

1996
The President's Christmas Tree poster

The President's Christmas Tree

Movie · Editor

1996
Lustful Revenge poster

Lustful Revenge

Movie · Editor

1995
Gonin poster

Gonin

Movie · Editor

1995
Haunted School poster

Haunted School

Movie · Editor

1995
Secret Liaisons poster

Secret Liaisons

Movie · Editor

1994
I Don't Have a License! poster

I Don't Have a License!

Movie · Editor

1994
The Mystery of Rampo poster

The Mystery of Rampo

Movie · Editor

1993
High School Teacher poster

High School Teacher

Movie · Editor

1993
Bokyo poster

Bokyo

Movie · Editor

1993
Chibusa poster

Chibusa

Movie · Editor

1993
A Night in Nude poster

A Night in Nude

Movie · Editor

1993
Rainbow Bridge poster

Rainbow Bridge

Movie · Editor

1993
Midnight Run Main Store 2 poster

Midnight Run Main Store 2

Movie · Editor

1992
Red Foliage poster

Red Foliage

Movie · Editor

1992
Future Memories: Last Christmas poster

Future Memories: Last Christmas

Movie · Editor

1992
The Triple Cross poster

The Triple Cross

Movie · Editor

1991
A Desirable Marriage poster

A Desirable Marriage

Movie · Editor

1991
Misty poster

Misty

Movie · Editor

1991
Rainbow Kids poster

Rainbow Kids

Movie · Editor

1990
Ningen no sabaku poster

Ningen no sabaku

Movie · Editor

1990
Peesuke: Gatapishi story poster

Peesuke: Gatapishi story

Movie · Editor

1990
Best Guy poster

Best Guy

Movie · Editor

1989
Water Moon

Water Moon

Movie · Editor

1989
24 Hour Playboy poster

24 Hour Playboy

Movie · Editor

1989
Music Box poster

Music Box

Movie · Editor

1988
Evil Dead Trap poster

Evil Dead Trap

Movie · Editor

1988
Angel Guts: Red Vertigo poster

Angel Guts: Red Vertigo

Movie · Editor

1988
Bu-ra-i no onna poster

Bu-ra-i no onna

Movie · Editor

1988
Stay or go? poster

Stay or go?

Movie · Editor

1988
Only 5 Grams poster

Only 5 Grams

Movie · Editor

1988
Just Two Of Us poster

Just Two Of Us

Movie · Editor

1987
Inbi poster

Inbi

Movie · Editor

1987
À la carte Company poster

À la carte Company

Movie · Editor

1986
Bed-In poster

Bed-In

Movie · Editor

1986
The House of Wedlock poster

The House of Wedlock

Movie · Editor

1986
Dangerous Detective poster

Dangerous Detective

TV · Editor · 51 eps

1985
Scent of a Spell poster

Scent of a Spell

Movie · Editor

1985
オフィス妻のさけび poster

オフィス妻のさけび

Movie · Editor

1985
Eve Is Getting Wet poster

Eve Is Getting Wet

Movie · Editor

1984
Nise mibôjin - Ichijiku hakusho poster

Nise mibôjin - Ichijiku hakusho

Movie · Editor

1984
Joshidaisei: Onsen Geisha poster

Joshidaisei: Onsen Geisha

Movie · Editor

1984
Yawahada Iro-kurabe poster

Yawahada Iro-kurabe

Movie · Editor

1984
Main Theme poster

Main Theme

Movie · Editor

1984
Deaths in Tokimeki poster

Deaths in Tokimeki

Movie · Editor

1984
Eve-chan no hime poster

Eve-chan no hime

Movie · Editor

1984
Mermaid Legend poster

Mermaid Legend

Movie · Editor

1983
Our Wedding poster

Our Wedding

Movie · Editor

1983
Kate Asabuki: Blue Experience PART-2 BODY Special NIGHT poster

Kate Asabuki: Blue Experience PART-2 BODY Special NIGHT

Movie · Editor

1983
Anne's Diary poster

Anne's Diary

Movie · Editor

1983
Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep poster

Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep

Movie · Editor

1983
Kate Asabuki Blue Experience PART-1 LET’S Marine LOVE poster

Kate Asabuki Blue Experience PART-1 LET’S Marine LOVE

Movie · Editor

1983
The Family Game poster

The Family Game

Movie · Editor

1982
Cabaret Diary poster

Cabaret Diary

Movie · Editor

1982
Top Stripper poster

Top Stripper

Movie · Editor

1982
Uno Koichiro no hitozuma ijime poster

Uno Koichiro no hitozuma ijime

Movie · Editor

1982
Namadori tôchô video poster

Namadori tôchô video

Movie · Editor

1982
The Girl and the Wooden Horse Torture poster

The Girl and the Wooden Horse Torture

Movie · Editor

1982
Koichiro Uno's Wet and Riding poster

Koichiro Uno's Wet and Riding

Movie · Editor

1982
Anne's Lullaby poster

Anne's Lullaby

Movie · Editor

1982
Slave Contract poster

Slave Contract

Movie · Editor

1982
運命の殺意 北信濃母子心中 poster

運命の殺意 北信濃母子心中

Movie · Editor

1981
College Girl: The Spot poster

College Girl: The Spot

Movie · Editor

1981
Secretary Rope Discipline poster

Secretary Rope Discipline

Movie · Editor

1981
I Love It from Behind! poster

I Love It from Behind!

Movie · Editor

1981
Angel Guts: Red Porno poster

Angel Guts: Red Porno

Movie · Editor

1981
Crazed Fruit poster

Crazed Fruit

Movie · Editor

1981
Zoom Up: Sexual Crime Report poster

Zoom Up: Sexual Crime Report

Movie · Editor

1981
Woman Who Exposes Herself poster

Woman Who Exposes Herself

Movie · Editor

1981
Love Beast: Flower of Vice poster

Love Beast: Flower of Vice

Movie · Editor

1981
Female Beautician Rope Discipline poster

Female Beautician Rope Discipline

Movie · Editor

1981
Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon poster

Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon

Movie · Editor

1981
Zoom Up: The Beaver Book Girl poster

Zoom Up: The Beaver Book Girl

Movie · Editor

1981
Widow's Bedroom poster

Widow's Bedroom

Movie · Editor

1981
Tanshin funin jōji no himitsu poster

Tanshin funin jōji no himitsu

Movie · Editor

1981
Mitsuryōzuma: oku no uzuki poster

Mitsuryōzuma: oku no uzuki

Movie · Editor

1981
Female Teacher's Awakening poster

Female Teacher's Awakening

Movie · Editor

1981
Something Like It poster

Something Like It

Movie · Editor

1980
Wife's Sexual Fantasy: Before Husband's Eyes poster

Wife's Sexual Fantasy: Before Husband's Eyes

Movie · Editor