is a Japanese

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and a professor at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. He started his career with

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, and since then he has dealt with a wide range of subjects regardless of genre. He won the award for Best Director at the 12th

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for ''

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''.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1990) * ''Coquille'' (1999) * '' Konsento'' (2001) * '' Tomie: The Final Chapter -Forbidden Fruit-'' (2002) * ''

'' (2008)

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1951 births Living people Japanese film directors People from Kagoshima {{Japan-film-director-stub