(Japan, 1978) After graduating from the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor of Art in Aesthetics in March 2003, he had been working as an assistant director for film and TV industry for three years. With Happy Hour (2015) he won the Audience Award at D’A 2016. He is now based in Kobe.

Filmography

Asako I & II (2018), Happy Hour (2015, D’A 2016), Touching the Skin of Eeriness (2013), Intimacies (2012), The Sound of Waves (2012), The Depths (2010), Passion (2008), Solaris (2007)