is a Japanese television and film director. He began directing commercials and music promotion videos as an employee of Nippon Television. After spending time abroad, he returned and started his own production company, Office Crescendo, from which he works independently. His first television drama on Nippon Television was called Kora! Tonneruzu and ran from 1985 to 1989. He directed Taitei no Ken, an original work by Baku Yumemakura, in 2007.
Selected films
Selected dramas
- Kindaichi Case Files (1995, 1996, NTV)
- Psychometrer Eiji (1997, NTV)
- Keizoku (1999, TBS)
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000, TBS)
- Trick (2000, TV Asahi)
- Stand Up!! (2003, TBS)
- Socrates in Love (2004, TBS)
- H2 (2005, TBS)
- Sushi Ã
Âji! (2007, TV Asahi)
- Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari (2006, WOWOW)
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 Jiken Tokubetsu Taisaku Gakari Jikenbo (2010, TBS)
- ' (2015, TBS)
Ice show
- [https://hyoen.jp/ Hyoen â Mirror-Patterend Demon] (2025)
Awards
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