Yuya Ishii (director)

Yuya Ishii
Born	石井裕也 1983 Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Movie director & writer
Years active	2005-present
Spouse(s)	Hikari Mitsushima (2010–2016)

Yuya Ishii (石井裕也, Ishii Yūya^?) is a Japanese film director, writer, editor, producer and actor best known for his 2013 movie The Great Passage for which he won best director at the 2013 Japanese Academy Awards.

Yuya Ishii won best director at the 2010 Blue Ribbon Awards, and the movie also resulted in his marriage in late 2010 to the lead actress Hikari Mitsushima, a former member of the J-pop group member Folder 5 and actress in such films as Death Note (2006) and Love Exposure (2008). Since 2016, they are divorced.

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