Directing
Community Rating
6.3
TMDB estimate
Born
March 23, 1964
Died
October 14, 2025 (age 61)
Born in
Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
Born in Tokyo in 1964. Graduated from the Architectural Department of the Faculty of Engineering of Tokyo University in 1988. Studied film production at the Image Forum Institute of the Moving Image and was recognized for his 3-hour long thesis film "The Film of Buddy Matsumae" ("Matsumae-kun no eiga" 1989). His film "Swimming Prohibited" won the Special Juror's Prize at the 1990 Image Forum Festival. Moved to Kochi City in 1991, and in 1992 directed the Jurgen Brunning production "Tarch Trip" ("Tachi torippu" 1993). Directed his first 35mm fiction film "I Like You, I Like You Very Much" in 1994. In 1996 his "Heaven-6-Box", a production of the Kochi Musuem of Art, won the NETPAC Prize at the 1995 Berlin International Film Festival. Recently he has been involved in performing live music at screenings of his work. (www.yidff.jp)
Matsumae-kun's red(public pants)film
as Director
TBA
—Toshi Shi
as Director
2020
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Creation of a Single Powder Painting
as Director
2013
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Fujica Single Green
as Director
2013
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Toro Axe Part 3: All Things Change
as Cinematography
2012
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The Family Complete
2010
—g8-2
as Director
2006
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Angel's Body Temperature
as Thanks
2001
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The Whispered City
as Kenichi's friend
2000
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Looking for an Angel
as Original Music Composer
1999
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Inside the Mind
as Screenplay, Director of Photography, Director, Music
1999
—Yusho-Renaissance
as Director
1999
—3+1
as Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Sound
1997
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Tama asobi
as Director of Photography, Director
1996
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Heaven-6-Box
as Director
1996
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Tears of Ecstasy
as Hiromi, father, Director, Screenplay
1995
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I Like You, I Like You Very Much
as Takano, Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
1994
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Tarch Trip
as Editor, Writer, Director
1994
—Melody for Buddy Matsumae
as Director
1993
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Color Eyes
as Director
1992
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