
Directing · Born Sep 16, 1959 · Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
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.

Beyond the Vermilion Ring
2026

Like a Heavenly Edge
2024

Deep Sweets Senior
2017

Deep Sweets Junior
2015

Red Bat Girl
2011

Associations of Silverpencils
2011

Palm Forest at Night
2011

My Night Heart
2007

Phantasmagoria: A Collection of Images Sealed in Darkness
2006

A Rautrec Alley
2005

Rest In Eternalism
2005

LetMeEndWithYou
20036.0

FAR AWAY
2003

AITAI (2002 Version)
2002

SPILLING GOLDEN MOON
2002

Moh-Roh-Ushi Hot Springs
2000

Filmletter★oufuku IV
19995.0

Cha-cha-cha for Night
1999

GOOTARIPUTRA
19994.0

GRISAILLE (Gray Over)
1997

A Port in Vain
1996

Dreamed Lion Dreaming
1996

Kajol's Pigeon
1996

Goddess of 8mm film
1994

Pu
19949.0

100 years after
1994

I Have No Myself To Desert
1993

The Red Rose For June 15
1993

V/M. Releasing
1993

The Cat Night
1992

V/M. Bardoing
1992

V/M. Heartbeating
1991

V/M. Drifting
1990

JYOPPIN
1988

Preparation to Take Off
1987

Guiding Star
19875.0

DEREKKI
1987

Born in the Mud
1986

The Landroute Goes to the Bottom of Night
1985

Chill point out period
1984

The World Lies Down in Scrap
1984

Ghost Town at Dawn
198310.0

Memories of the Seaside
19825.0

TBX (Noise Version)
1982

Breathing
1982

A Short and Elegant Hospital Stay
1980

Happy Days of Mr. M
1979