He is a filmmaker, artist and translator who grew up between New York and Tokyo. He was part of Berlinale Talents Tokyo and the Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Lab program. He wrote and directed The Chicken, a short film selected at the Locarno and New York festivals. After premiering the documentary Ryūichi Sakamoto: Opus, he was part of the Orizzonti selection of Venice with his first fiction feature, Happyend.
