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