Biography

He graduated from the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Artsx (Tokyo Geidai). His short film "The Time Walker" won the Grand Prix of the Jury at "Louis Vuitton Journeys Awards 2009," where Wong Kar Wai and Sofia Coppola served as jury members. His feature film "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" was released in 2017 and won 41st Japan Academy Prize for Best Picture and Topic of the Year. In 2022, feature film "Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight," for which he wrote the screenplay, was officially invited to 27th Pusan International Film Festival. This film's attendance is the second highest among all Japanese live-action films released in South Korea. His first Netflix series "Yu Yu Hakusho" ranked Top1 on the Netflix Weekly Global Top 10 chart (non-English series) and Top2 in all language series including English.
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