Yukio Ninagawa

was a Japanese theatre director. He was known for his Japanese language productions of Shakespeare plays and Greek tragedies. He has directed Hamlet differently eight times. He also directed Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus and Macbeth. He was also a movie director. He directed the 2003 movie Ao no Honō.

Ninagawa died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on May 12, 2016, aged 80.Yukio Ninagawa, masterful director of Shakespeare, dies aged 80 The Guardian, 12 May 2016.

 References 

 Other websites 

 Ninagawa Studio website
 Yukio Ninagawa official website  

Category:1935 births
Category:2016 deaths
Category:Deaths from pneumonia
Category:Japanese movie directors
Category:Theatre directors