1960年1月1日、東京・渋谷生まれ。14歳で初めて8ミリカメラを手にする。87年「電柱小僧の冒険」でPFFグランプリ受賞。89年「鉄男」で劇場映画デビューと同時に、ローマ国際ファンタスティック映画祭グランプリ受賞。主な作品に、「東京フィスト」、「バレット・バレエ」、「双生児」「六月の蛇」「ヴィタール」「悪夢探偵」など。製作、監督、脚本、撮影、照明、美術、編集などすべてに関与して作りあげる作品は、国内、海外で数多くの賞を受賞。北野武監督作「HANA-BI」がグランプリを受賞した97年にはベネチア映画祭で審査員をつとめ、05年にも2度目の審査員としてベネチア映画祭に参加している。俳優としても活躍。監督作のほとんどに出演するほか、、石井輝男、清水崇、利重剛、三池崇史、大谷健太郎、松尾スズキらの作品にも出演。「とらばいゆ」「クロエ」「溺れる人」「殺し屋１」で02年毎日映画コンクールほか男優助演賞を受賞している。他、テレビコマーシャルのナレーターとしても活躍。
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Born in Tokyo, Japan on Jan 1, 1960. He started making films when he was a junior high school student. He graduated from Nippon University, majoring in oil painting. After graduating the university, he was employed by a TV commercial film production. While working for the production, he participated in stage activity along with the people who became both the cast members and film cre for his film, Tetsuo The Iron Man (’89). The film instantly put him in the limelight as a filmmaker with an original vision and style in the international film scene. The films that followed Tetsuo received many rave reviews and prizes: Tetsuo II, the Body Hammer (’92), Tokyo Fist (’95), Bullet Ballet, and A Snake of June (’02) which won the Jury’s Prize (Contro Corrente section) at the Venice Int’l Film Festival. He recently completed his trilogy of Tetsuo films, with Tetsuo The Bullet Man (’09) which entered the competition at the Venice Int’l Film Festival. In his 2004 film Vital, the closing theme song was provided by Cocco who is the main lead in his latest film, Kotoko.

He is also an ardent actor and has acted for many directors. He received the Best Supporting Actor at the Mainichi Newspaper Film Concours in 2002.
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