Takahiro Horie: Japanese Film and Television Director

Takahiro Horie (Japanese: 堀江貴大) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in 1988.

Directing Career

Horie has directed both feature films and television drama series in Japan.

Movies

• Teacher, Please Sit Next to Me (Sensei, Watashi no Tonari ni Suwatte Itadakemasenka) (2021)
• Hurt (Itakutemo Itakutemo) (2016)
• Listener (2015) – episode 2

Drama Series

• Kokuhaku: 25 nenme no Himitsu (NTV / 2026)
• Moto Kasouken no Onna (TV Tokyo / 2026)
• Hotei no Dragon (TV Tokyo / 2025)
• At 25:00 in Akasaka (25ji Akasaka de) (TV Tokyo / 2024)
• The Expert of Changing Jobs (Tenshoku no Maousama) (Fuji TV-KTV / 2023)
• Hanayome Miman Escape (TV Tokyo / 2022)
• Bucho to Shachiku no Koi Modokashii (TV Tokyo-Paravi / 2022)

Screenwriting

In addition to directing, Horie has contributed as a screenwriter for several productions, including:

• Teacher, Please Sit Next to Me (2021)
• Flowers and Rain (Hana to Ame) (2020)
• Hurt (2016)