
Biography
Japanese screenwriter. In 1971 , he was arrested for student protests and dropped out of Kyushu University . After 12 years of legal battles and 2.5 years of imprisonment, he decided to become a screenwriter at the age of 36 and studied under Haruhiko Arai . In 1999, he won the Kikushima Ryūzō Award for "One Step on a Mine, It's All Over". He is currently a lecturer at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image.
Wrote 9
2010s
- 2010
1990s
- 1997
End of Our Own Real
Screenplay
- 1996
Oishinbo
Writer
- 1993
Singapore Sling
Screenplay
- 1991
Nowhere Man
Screenplay
- 1990
1980s
- 1988
Only 5 Grams
Screenplay
- 1981
Acted in 1
1980s
- 1988
Only 5 Grams
Movie