While studying business administration at a university, the director also studied animation basics at an art school. After graduating he wrote and directed three short live-action films. Screened in Japan film festivals, they won several awards including grand prix. His latest work is his 4th short story, "The Master of the Bathhouse." The director prefers using the 16mm film format mainly for shooting, He is currently preparing his new short film, which will also be in the 16mm film format.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
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Japan Art Center 13th Movie Grandprix
Tokyo
OFFICAL SELLECTION - Top50
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Tokyo Independent Film Festival
Tokyo
BEST SHORT SOUNDTRACK
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Halicarnassus Film Festival
Bodrum
OFFICIAL SELECTION
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International World Film Awards
BEST ACTRESS – SHORT FILM , BEST SOUND DESIGN
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Cine Paris Film Festival
Paris
OFFICIAL SELECTION – FINALIST
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Boden International Film Festival
Boden
BEST SHORT FILM , BEST ACTRESS – SHORT FILM , BEST DIRECTOR – SHORT FILM
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Stockholm City Film Festival
Stockholm
BEST ACTRESS – SHORT FILM , BEST ORIGINAL SCORE , BEST SOUND DESIGN
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Berlin Indie Film Festival
Berlin
OFFICIAL SELECTION – BEST SCREENPLAY , OFFICIAL SELECTION – BEST SOUNDTRACK
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Madrid Film Awards
Madrid
BEST ACTOR
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Brussels International Film Festival
Brussels
HONORABLE MENTION
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Germany International Film Festival
Berlin
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Australia Film Festival
Sydney
BEST SCREENPLAY – SHORT FILM
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Cannes Continental Film Festival
Cannes
OFFICIAL SELECTION – SHORT FILM FICTION , OFFICIAL SELECTION – BEST SOUNDTRACK
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Buenos Aires International Film Festival
Buenos Aires
OFFICIAL SELECTION
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Film Language International Film Festival
Paris
BEST INDIE SHORT FILM
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Brno Film Festival (European Short Awards)
Brno
OFFICIAL SELECTION
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Asia Film Festival
Mumbai
BEST SCREENPLAY – GOLDEN - SHORT FILM 
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Dubai Film Festival
Dubai
BEST DIRECTOR , BEST ACTRESS , BEST DEBUT ACTOR
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Venice Art & Film Festival
Venice
BEST SCREENPLAY , BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
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Buenos Aires Indie Shorts Awards
Buenos Aires
BEST DIRECTOR , BEST ACTOR , BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
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Portugal Indie Film Festival
Lisbon
BEST SHORTFILM PRODUCER , BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY , BEST COSTUME , BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR
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Travancore International Film Award
Trivandrum
BEST SHORTFILM
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New York Tri-State International Film Festival
New York
QUARTER - FINALIST
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Portugal Remur International Film Festival
Lisbon
OFFICIAL SELECTION
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Winter Leopard International Film Festival
Stockholm
BEST SHORTFILM DIRECTOR - screening
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Prague Independent Film Festival
Prague
BEST ACTRESS - screening
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Portland Shorts International Film Festival
Portland Oregon
OFFICIAL SELECTION - screening
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Firenze Film Festival
Firenze
”The unimportant follows the fad, the important follows the moral, and the art follows my will" - Yasujirou Ozu
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