I started to make movies as video artist activities when I was a student of Musashino Art University, and I got the Special Jury Prize with "Lost in the Garden" in the Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in 1995. I am bisexual and have been exploring the connection between LGBTQ+ and society through filmmaking. "Old Narcissus (2017)”, the short independent film which shows a life of an old gay, was screened in more than 8 countries and got 10 awards in film festivals. In "The Fish with One Sleeve"(2021), my latest short movie screening now in Japan, transgender themselves act main casts. For this film, I carried out the open audition for transgender which is the first time in Japan.
  • Writer (4 Credits)
    Old Narcissus2022
    Feature
    The Fish with One Sleeve2021
    Short
    A Walk Home2019
    Short
    HOMOSOCIAL DANCING2019
    Experimental, Short
  • Director (4 Credits)
    Old Narcissus2022
    Feature
    The Fish with One Sleeve2021
    Short
    A Walk Home2019
    Short
    HOMOSOCIAL DANCING2019
    Experimental, Short
  • Producer (2 Credits)
    Old Narcissus2022
    Feature
    The Fish with One Sleeve2021
    Short
Runner-up Grand Prix
The Fish with One Sleeve
EIBUNREN AWARD 2022
Tokyo
2022
Best Short Film
The Fish with One Sleeve
33rd Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Hong Kong
2022
Official selection
The Fish with One Sleeve
15th KANSAI Queer Film Festival
Osaka
2022
Official selection
The Fish with One Sleeve
24th Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival
Calgary
2022
Official selection
The Fish with One Sleeve
21st Korea Queer Film Festival
Seoul
2022
Best performance in a lead role / Jury special mention
The Fish with One Sleeve
13rd KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
Mumbai
2022
Official selection
The Fish with One Sleeve
16th XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin
Berlin
2022
Official selection
The Fish with One Sleeve
Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC film festival
California
2022
Official selection
The Fish with One Sleeve
Roze Filmdagen 25th Amsterdam LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Amsterdam
2022
Official Selection
The Fish with One Sleeve
Festival du Film LGBTQ de Paris Chéries-Chéris
Paris
2021
Official Selection, Finalist
The Fish with One Sleeve
Cyprus International Film Festival Golden Aphrodite
Nicosia
2021
Official Selection
The Fish with One Sleeve
Queer Film Festival Munich
Munich
2021
Best Featurette
The Fish with One Sleeve
Q Fest : Houston International LGBTQ Film Festival
Houston
2021
Official Selection
The Fish with One Sleeve
Pink Life QueerFest (Pembe Hayat KuirFest)
Ankara, Istanbul
2021
Official Selection
The Fish with One Sleeve
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
Chicago
2021
Official Selection
The Fish with One Sleeve
Out South Queer Film Festival
North Carolina
2021
Official Selection
The Fish with One Sleeve
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
Honolulu
2021
Audience Award
A Walk Home
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
Honolulu
2020
Official selection
A Walk Home
Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival
Barcelona
2020
Official selection
HOMOSOCIAL DANCING
Busan Art Film Festival 2019
Busan
2019
Finalist
HOMOSOCIAL DANCING
Fukui Ekimae Short Film Festival 201
Fukui
2019
Official selection
HOMOSOCIAL DANCING
14th Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market
Sapporo
2019
Birth Date
September 30, 1974
Birth City
Kanazawa
Current City
Tokyo
Hometown
Shinjuku
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
East Asian
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Libra
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