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.
Full Filmography
Directing
TBX (Noise Version)
(1982)
Director
Memory of Seaside
(1982)
Director
Ghost Town at Dawn
(1983)
Director
The World Lies Down in Scrap
(1984)
Director
Chill-Out
(1984)
Director
The Landroute Goes to the Bottom of Night
(1985)
Director
Born in the Mud
(1986)
Director
Preparation to Take Off
(1987)
Director
Guiding Star
(1987)
Director
V/M. Drifting
(1990)
Director
The Cat Night
(1992)
Director
I Have No Myself To Desert
(1993)
Director
Goddess of 8mm film
(1994)
Director
Pu
(1994)
Director
100 years after
(1994)
Director
A Port in Vain
(1996)
Director
Dreamed Lion Dreaming
(1996)
Director
GOOTARIPUTRA
(1999)
Director
Filmletter★oufuku IV
(1999)
Director
AITAI (2002 Version)
(2002)
Director
SPILLING GOLDEN MOON
(2002)
Director
FAR AWAY
(2003)
Director
LetMeEndWithYou
(2003)
Director
Rest In Eternalism
(2005)
Director
A Rautrec Alley
(2005)
Director
Phantasmagoria: A Collection of Images Sealed in Darkness
(2006)
Director
My Night Heart
(2007)
Director
Associations of Silverpencils
(2011)
Director
Palm Forest at Night
(2011)
Director
Deep Sweets Junior
(2015)
Director
Deep Sweets Senior
(2017)
Director
Like a Heavenly Edge
(2024)
Director
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