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)
FAR AWAY
(Director)
AITAI (2002 Version)
(Director)
A Rautrec Alley
(Director)
SPILLING GOLDEN MOON
(Director)
I Have No Myself To Desert
(Director)
Rest In Eternalism
(Director)
Like a Heavenly Edge
(Director)
Kajol's Pigeon
(Director)
Robinson's Garden
(Screenplay)
LetMeEndWithYou
(Director)
A Port in Vain
(Director)
Guiding Star
(Director)
Born in the Mud
(Director)
The Landroute Goes to the Bottom of Night
(Director)
The World Lies Down in Scrap
(Director)
100 years after
(Director)
Memory of Seaside
(Director)
V/M. Drifting
(Director)
TBX (Noise Version)
(Director)
Preparation to Take Off
(Director)
GOOTARIPUTRA
(Director)
Pu
(Director)
Ghost Town at Dawn
(Director)
Pu
(Screenplay)
Chill-Out
(Director)
The Cat Night
(Director)
Dreamed Lion Dreaming
(Director)
My Night Heart
(Director)
Filmletter★oufuku IV
(Director)
GAMUZE 1
(Director)
GAMUZE 2
(Director)
GAMUZE 3
(Director)
GAMUZE 4
(Director)