Born in Tokyo, Japan, he studied film at New York University. After working as an assistant director for the documentary filmmaker Kazuo Hara, he became a production assistant on Japanese films such as Shinji Aoyama’s Eureka and Naomi Kawase’s Firefly. He also oversaw international co-productions such as H-Story by Nobuhiro Suwa and was an advisor on Sofia Coppola’s Oscar-winning drama Lost in Translation. He directed and produced Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J. In 2017 he made Ryūichi Sakamoto: Coda which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.
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