Born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1935; died in 1986. Film director. Jōnouchi cofounded the Nihon University Film Study Club (Nichidai Eiken) in 1957, directing Record N (N no Kiroku, 1959), and PuPu (1960). In 1960 , he cofounded the VAN Film Science Research Center as a place where artists could engage in cross-disciplinary collaborations. This led to collaborations such as Document 6. 15 (1961), Shelter Plan (1964), WOLS (1964–69), Gewaltopia Trailer (1969), and Shinjuku Station (1968–1974), with various avant-garde artists including Kazakura Shō, Akasegawa Genpei, Tone Yasunao, and Kosugi Takehisa. From 1970 onwards, he produced numerous newsreels in conjunction with the Kanagawa Film and Newsreel Association and the Tokyo Film Association. Jōnouchi’s monumental work Ainu moshiri e no michi (The Road to Ainu Mosir), which he began in 1977, was never completed.