Born in Tokyo in 1959. Began playing around with an 8mm camera in middle school. Won the Fuji 8mm Film Contest with The Happy Days of M ( " M-kun no shiawasena hibi " ) which he made while studying cultural anthropology at Hokkaido University. Has directed over fifty films including Memory of Seaside (1982), Ghosttown at Dawn (1983), Guiding Star (1987), The Cat Night (1992), Pu (1994). Publications include A Contextual Analysis of Canned Coffee and The Whereabouts of a Hero.
Deep Sweets Senior
(Director)
PATINKO
(Producer)
Phantasmagoria: A Collection of Images Sealed in Darkness
(Director)
Associations of Silverpencils
(Director)
Goddess of 8mm film
(Director)
Ophelia’s Favorite Books
(Director of Photography)
Deep Sweets Junior
(Director)
Palm Forest at Night
(Director)
Elis in Tears
(Cinematography)
VIDA
(Additional Camera)
AITAI (2002 Version)
(Director)
I Have No Myself To Desert
(Director)
FAR AWAY
(Director)
A Rautrec Alley
(Director)
Rest In Eternalism
(Director)
SPILLING GOLDEN MOON
(Director)
Like a Heavenly Edge
(Director)
Kajol's Pigeon
(Director)
Robinson's Garden
(Screenplay)
LetMeEndWithYou
(Director)
Pu
(Director)
Pu
(Screenplay)
Memory of Seaside
(Director)
TBX (Noise Version)
(Director)
Ghost Town at Dawn
(Director)
Chill-Out
(Director)
Born in the Mud
(Director)
Preparation to Take Off
(Director)
V/M. Drifting
(Director)
The Cat Night
(Director)
Dreamed Lion Dreaming
(Director)
A Port in Vain
(Director)
The World Lies Down in Scrap
(Director)
The Landroute Goes to the Bottom of Night
(Director)
Guiding Star
(Director)
GOOTARIPUTRA
(Director)
100 years after
(Director)
My Night Heart
(Director)
Filmletter★oufuku IV
(Director)