Art director. Born 1958 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from Doshisha University in 1982, he joined Nikkatsu in April of that same year. He went on to study under the art director Takeo Kimura.
Known For
The Grudge
(2004)
Production Design
The Grudge 2
(2006)
Production Design
Ring
(1998)
Production Design
Premonition
(2004)
Production Design
Hit Woman
(1985)
Art Direction
Kingdom
(2019)
Production Design
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
(2003)
Art Direction
Flower and Snake 5: Rope Magic
(1987)
Art Direction
Another Heaven
(2000)
Production Design
Full Filmography
Art
Onsen Geisha: Yubune de Ippatsu
(1982)
Art Direction
Izumi Jun midareru!
(1983)
Art Direction
Rorikon hausu: Oshimeri Junko
(1983)
Art Direction
Oniroku Dan: Best of SM
(1984)
Art Direction
Koichiro Uno's Wet and Swinging
(1984)
Art Direction
Hit Woman
(1985)
Art Direction
Ōgazumu Mariko
(1985)
Art Direction
Nurse Girl Dorm: Sticky Fingers
(1985)
Art Direction
Hell in a Bottle
(1986)
Art Direction
Mandaraya no Ryôta
(1986)
Art Direction
Flower and Snake 5: Rope Magic
(1987)
Art Direction
Dogra Magra
(1988)
Art Direction
Bed Partner
(1988)
Art Direction
Neko no youni
(1988)
Art Direction
Bu-ra-i no onna
(1988)
Art Direction
Saejima Nao: Akume kinenbi
(1988)
Art Direction
Freeway Speedway
(1988)
Art Direction
No Life King
(1989)
Art Direction
Natsu no pēji
(1990)
Art Direction
Nowhere Man
(1991)
Art Direction
Shimanto River
(1991)
Art Direction
Private Lessons II
(1993)
Production Design
119
(1994)
Art Direction
Don't Look Up
(1996)
Production Design
Ring
(1998)
Production Design
Another Heaven
(2000)
Production Design
Quartet for Two
(2001)
Art Direction
Love Song
(2001)
Production Design
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
(2003)
Art Direction
To the Bracken Fields
(2003)
Art Direction
The Grudge
(2004)
Production Design
Premonition
(2004)
Production Design
Inferno
(2005)
Production Design
Who's Camus Anyway?
(2005)
Production Design
Sayonara Color
(2005)
Art Direction
9/10
(2006)
Production Design
First Love
(2006)
Production Design
The Grudge 2
(2006)
Production Design
Dream Cruise
(2007)
Production Design
Sand Chronicles
(2008)
Production Design
Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope
(2013)
Art Direction
All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa
(2014)
Production Design
Library Wars: Book Of Memories
(2015)
Art Direction
Kingdom
(2019)
Production Design