
Directing
Born March 23, 1964 · Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
Born in Tokyo in 1964. Graduated from the Architectural Department of the Faculty of Engineering of Tokyo University in 1988. Studied film production at the Image Forum Institute of the Moving Image and was recognized for his 3-hour long thesis film "The Film of Buddy Matsumae" ("Matsumae-kun no eiga" 1989). His film "Swimming Prohibited" won the Special Juror's Prize at the 1990 Image Forum Festival. Moved to Kochi City in 1991, and in 1992 directed the Jurgen Brunning production "Tarch Trip" ("Tachi torippu" 1993). Directed his first 35mm fiction film "I Like You, I Like You Very Much" in 1994. In 1996 his "Heaven-6-Box", a production of the Kochi Musuem of Art, won the NETPAC Prize at the 1995 Berlin International Film Festival. Recently he has been involved in performing live music at screenings of his work. (www.yidff.jp)
Toshi Shi
2020

Creation of a Single Powder Painting
2013

Fujica Single Green
2013
g8-2
2006

Inside the Mind
1999
Yusho-Renaissance
1999
3+1
1997

Tama asobi
1996

Heaven-6-Box
1996

Tears of Ecstasy
1995

I Like You, I Like You Very Much
1994

Tarch Trip
1994
Melody for Buddy Matsumae
1993

Color Eyes
1992
Landscape Catching
1992
Shujinkou
1991
Color Wind
1991
Boy of Summer Solstice
1990
Kansen
1990

Buddy Matsumae
1989
Swimming Prohibited
1989
The Traveling Schoolroom
1986
Tadashii yokubou
1984
Matsumae-kun's red(public pants)film