Biography
Osaka, Japan, 1965. A member of the erotic movie directors’ group Seven Lucky Gods. He started off in pink films after college. He debuted with Waiting for the Comet (1995). With Lunch Box (2004) and Frog Song (2005) he achieved nationwide distribution in Japan.
Sitges Film Festival
Director
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Shape of My Heart |
| 2023 |
Is This Heaven? |
One Way Love |
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Two On the Road |
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Umibe no Koibito |
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| 2021 |
Aoi chan wa yarasete kurenai |
| 2020 |
Reiko iruka |
| 2018 |
Yamikin gurentai |
| 2017 |
Deep Story |
Long Goodbye: Tantei Furui Kurinosuke |
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| 2016 |
The Temptation Came at Stormy Night |
Waiting for You |
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| 2014 |
Kawašita-san wa nando mo jattekuru |
The Woman of Shinjuku |
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Tsuma ga koishita natsu |
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| 2011 |
Underwater Love |
| 2010 |
Shimada yoko ni aitai |
| 2009 |
Hakujitsumu |
| 2008 |
Tasogare |
| 2006 |
Uncle's Paradise |
| 2005 |
Frog Song |
| 2004 |
Lunch Box |
| 1999 |
Despite All That |
| 1998 |
Bottled Vulva 1 |
Demeking |
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| 1996 |
Chikan densha: Kanjiru iboibo |
Screenwriter
Actor
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Daradara |
| 2017 |
Sweating the Small Stuff |
| 2016 |
Aki no rijú |
| 2015 |
La La La at Rock Bottom |
| 2014 |
Sekai no owari no izuko neko |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2006 |
What's a Director? |
Producer
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Shinpei, |