Novelist, playwright, screenwriter, theater director and film director. Born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. His parents' home was an old book store in Okayama City. He dropped out of Kamakura Academy. When he was young, he studied under Kobo Abe. He joined the New Japanese Literary Society and made his debut as a novelist. In 1974 , together with Shoji Kaneko and others, he launched a theater company and was actively engaged in underground theater activities.
A Pool Without Water
(Writer)
Summer of Demon
(Writer)
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
(Screenplay)
Scrap: A Love Story
(Screenplay)
Virgin Blues
(Screenplay)
Statue in Fire
(Screenplay)
Younger Sister
(Screenplay)
The Woman with the Red Hat
(Screenplay)
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
(Screenplay)
Eien no 1/2
(Screenplay)
The Bloody Afternoon
(Screenplay)
I Hate You... Not
(Screenplay)
I Hate You... Not
(Director)
I Hate You... Not
(Executive Producer)
Kirai ja nai yo 2
(Director)
Kirai ja nai yo 2
(Screenplay)
Detective Story
(Writer)