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name: "Mitsuhisa Ishikawa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mitsuhisa-ishikawa"
fi1m_id: "mitsuhisa-ishikawa"
imdb_id: "nm0411070"
tmdb_id: 12183
wikidata_id: "Q6883235"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "30 October 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T19:44:57.464712+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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# Mitsuhisa Ishikawa

## Identity

Mitsuhisa Ishikawa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mitsuhisa-ishikawa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mitsuhisa-ishikawa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0411070
- **TMDB ID:** 12183
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6883235
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuhisa_Ishikawa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6883235, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411070/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12183

Producer. Born 30 October 1958 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 30 October 1958, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 1995–2014
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (1), 2000s 72 (1), 2010s 82 (2)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Action 2, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $191m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsuhisa_Ishikawa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6883235, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411070/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12183

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Mitsuhisa Ishikawa is a Japanese anime producer and studio executive. He co-founded the animation studio Production I.G in 1987 with Takayuki Goto and has served as its president and CEO; he is currently chairman of the company and president of its parent IG Port.

He produced the 1995 film *Ghost in the Shell* and its 2004 sequel *Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence*, as well as *Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion* (1997) and *Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth* (1997). He was executive producer on *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003) and has worked on titles including *Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade* (1999), *Attack on Titan* (2013) and *Haikyu!!* (2014).

Ishikawa was born on 30 October 1958 in Hachiōji, Tokyo.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Haikyu!!* (2014), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md)
- *Attack on Titan* (2013), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/attack-on-titan.md)
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md)
- *Ghost in the Shell* (1995), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-in-the-shell.md)

## Complete filmography (66)

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

- *Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *Uzumaki* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *Lonely Castle in the Mirror* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Blade Runner: Black Lotus* (2021), series, Assistant Production Coordinator
- *Star Wars: Visions* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Great Pretender* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *The Girl from the Other Side* (2019), Executive Producer
- *ULTRAMAN* (2019), series, Creator
- *Run with the Wind* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *The Ancient Magus' Bride* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *Ghost in the Shell* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Napping Princess* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Sand Whale and Me* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star* (2016), series, Executive Producer
- *Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins* (2016), Producer
- *Haikyu!! the Movie: The End and the Beginning* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture* (2015), series, Executive Producer
- *Garm Wars: The Last Druid* (2014), Producer
- *Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Haikyu!!* (2014), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/haikyu.md)
- *Giovanni's Island* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Hal* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Attack on Titan* (2013), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/attack-on-titan.md)
- *009 Re:Cyborg* (2012), Executive Producer
- *A Letter to Momo* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Guilty Crown* (2011), series, Executive Producer
- *Moshidora* (2011), series, Producer
- *Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Halo Legends* (2010), series, Producer
- *Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic* (2010), Producer
- *Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden* (2009), Executive Producer
- *From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke* (2009), series, as Other
- *Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Eden of the East* (2009), series, Executive Producer
- *The Sky Crawlers* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Cellphone Investigator 7* (2008), series, Production Supervisor
- *Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters* (2006), as Crying Inumaru (voice)
- *Blood+* (2005), series, Producer, Executive Producer
- *IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix* (2005), series, Executive Producer
- *Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence* (2004), Producer
- *Dead Leaves* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003), Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md)
- *Neon Genesis Evangelion: Theatrical Edition #26 Live Action Part (Special Rush Edit Version)* (2003), Producer
- *Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex* (2002), series, Producer, Production Coordinator
- *MiniPato* (2002), series, Executive Producer
- *Kai Doh Maru* (2001), Executive Producer
- *FLCL* (2000), series, Executive Producer
- *Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness* (1998), Thanks
- *EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²* (1998), Producer
- *Revival of Evangelion* (1998), Producer
- *Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion* (1997), Producer
- *Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth* (1997), Producer
- *Bronze: Zetsuai Since 1989* (1996), Producer
- *Panzer Dragoon* (1996), Producer
- *Ghost in the Shell* (1995), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-in-the-shell.md)
- *Blue Butterfly Fish* (1994), Producer
- *Please Save My Earth* (1993), series, Producer
- *Patlabor 2: The Movie* (1993), Producer
- *Dragon Half* (1993), series, Producer
- *The Legend of Stars* (1986), series, Production Manager
- *Alpen Rose* (1985), series, Production Manager

## Gallery

- ![Mitsuhisa Ishikawa](https://film.one/media/person/86469/gallery-ab55d6137d61.jpg) Mitsuhisa Ishikawa — Danny Choo, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Mitsuhisa_Ishikawa_at_Production_I.G_headquarters_20101016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mitsuhisa Ishikawa at Lucca Comics & Games 2015](https://film.one/media/person/86469/gallery-8933a21432ad.jpg) Mitsuhisa Ishikawa at Lucca Comics & Games 2015 — Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Mitsuhisa_Ishikawa_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2015.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mitsuhisa Ishikawa's lecture at Japan Expo 2009 (Paris, France).](https://film.one/media/person/86469/gallery-1bef69a1d4b5.jpg) Mitsuhisa Ishikawa's lecture at Japan Expo 2009 (Paris, France). — Georges Seguin (Okki), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Mitsuhisa_Ishikawa_20090703_Japan_Expo_01.jpg/1280px-Mitsuhisa_Ishikawa_20090703_Japan_Expo_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mitsuhisa Ishikawa's lecture at Japan Expo 2009 (Paris, France).](https://film.one/media/person/86469/gallery-db75c2078147.jpg) Mitsuhisa Ishikawa's lecture at Japan Expo 2009 (Paris, France). — Georges Seguin (Okki), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Mitsuhisa_Ishikawa_20090703_Japan_Expo_02.jpg/1280px-Mitsuhisa_Ishikawa_20090703_Japan_Expo_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mitsuhisa Ishikawa](https://film.one/media/person/86469/gallery-822fa30da4a1.jpg) Mitsuhisa Ishikawa — Image via TMDB

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