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name: "Kazunori Itō"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kazunori-ito"
fi1m_id: "kazunori-ito"
imdb_id: "nm0411872"
tmdb_id: 57302
wikidata_id: "Q3814183"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 December 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:08:10.744918+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kazunori Itō

## Identity

Kazunori Itō

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kazunori-ito
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kazunori-ito
- **IMDb ID:** nm0411872
- **TMDB ID:** 57302
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3814183
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazunori_It%C5%8D, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3814183, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411872/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57302

Writer. Born 24 December 1954 in Yamagata, Japon.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 December 1954, Yamagata, Japon
- **Also known as:** Kazunori Ito, Ито Кадзунори, Kazunori Itou, Kazunori Itô, 伊藤 和典
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazunori_It%C5%8D, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3814183, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411872/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57302

## Coming up

- *Patlabor EZY File 3* (2027-03-05), Screenplay

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ghost in the Shell*](https://film.one/film/ghost-in-the-shell.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kazunori Itō (also credited as Kazunori Ito) is a Japanese anime screenwriter and artist. Born on 24 December 1954 in Yamagata Prefecture, he began working in animation in the late 1970s and wrote screenplays for series including *Urusei Yatsura* and *Maison Ikkoku*.

Itō is a founding member of the artist group Headgear, alongside Masami Yuki, Yutaka Izubuchi, Akemi Takada and Mamoru Oshii. The group created the *Mobile Police Patlabor* franchise, for which he wrote the screenplays of the 1989 and 1993 films and related series. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1995 film *Ghost in the Shell*.

His other credits include screenplays for the *.hack* franchise, the Gamera trilogy directed by Shusuke Kaneko (*Gamera: Guardian of the Universe* in 1995, *Gamera 2: Attack of Legion* in 1996 and *Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris* in 1999), and *Avalon* (2001). He has received awards for his work on *Patlabor 2*, *Ghost in the Shell* and *Gamera: Guardian of the Universe*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wikizilla.org, anime-planet.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ghost in the Shell* (1995), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-in-the-shell.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Patlabor EZY File 3* (2027), Screenplay, Series Composition
- *Patlabor EZY File 2* (2026), Screenplay, Series Composition
- *Patlabor EZY File 1* (2026), Screenplay, Series Composition
- *Aircraft Carrier Ibuki* (2019), Screenplay
- *Mobile Police Patlabor Reboot* (2016), Screenplay, Original Story
- *The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War* (2015), Original Story
- *The Next Generation: Patlabor* (2014), series, Original Series Creator, Original Story, Creator
- *.hack//The Movie* (2012), Screenplay
- *Nanase futatabi* (2010), Screenplay
- *Monster Magnitude: 9* (2010), series, Writer
- *Ghost in the Shell 2.0* (2008), Screenplay
- *Absolute Boy* (2005), series, as Series Composition · Original Story, Writer, Creator
- *Digimon X-Evolution* (2005), Screenplay
- *.hack//GIFT* (2003), Original Story, Writer
- *.hack//Legend of the Twilight: Let's Meet Offline* (2003), Original Story
- *Last Exile* (2003), series, Actor
- *.hack//Liminality* (2002), series, Scenario Writer, Writer
- *.hack* (2002), series, as Series Composition · Writer, Screenplay, Original Story
- *.hack//SIGN* (2002), series, Creator
- *Patlabor WXIII the Movie* (2002), Original Story
- *MiniPato* (2002), series, Original Series Creator, Creator
- *Pistol Opera* (2001), Writer
- *Avalon* (2001), Screenplay
- *Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris* (1999), Writer
- *GAMERA 1999* (1999), Actor
- *Visitor* (1998), Writer
- *Gamera 2: Advent of Legion* (1996), Writer
- *Ghost in the Shell* (1995), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-in-the-shell.md)
- *Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe* (1995), Writer
- *The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe* (1995), Actor
- *Necronomicon* (1993), Screenplay
- *Patlabor 2: The Movie* (1993), Screenplay, Original Story
- *Patlabor: One Day of Noa* (1992), Original Story, Screenplay
- *Licca: Mysterious Magical Ring* (1991), Screenplay
- *Licca: the Mystery Tale of Mysterious Yunia* (1990), Screenplay
- *Patlabor: The New Files* (1990), series, as Series Composition · Author, Writer
- *Patlabor: The TV Series* (1989), series, Writer, Series Composition, Author
- *Patlabor: The Movie* (1989), Screenplay, Story, Original Story
- *Patlabor: Early Days* (1988), series, Writer
- *Twilight Q* (1987), Screenplay
- *Twilight Q* (1987), series, Screenplay, Story, Original Story
- *The Red Spectacles* (1987), Screenplay
- *Urban Square: In Pursuit of Amber* (1986), Screenplay
- *Maison Ikkoku* (1986), series, Writer
- *Prefectural Earth Defense Force* (1986), Writer
- *Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia* (1985), Screenplay
- *Kimagure Orange Road: Shonen Jump Special* (1985), Screenplay
- *Dirty Pair* (1985), series, Writer
- *Creamy Mami: Long Good-Bye* (1985), Script
- *Creamy Mami: Forever Once More* (1984), Writer, Original Story
- *Magical Angel Creamy Mami* (1983), series, Writer, Original Story
- *Nerawareta gakuen* (1982), series, Writer

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