Born in Aichi in 1951. Becomes involved in independent filmmaking as a student of Kobe University. Discovers Stan Brakhage in 1974 and steps into the world of individual experimental images. Engages in constructing a petrochemical complex in Iran in 1978. Returns to Japan a year later due to the KhomeinÄ« revolution. Joins the kick off of Voyant CinĂ©mathĂšque in 1983. Leads the image exhibition based on individual and new work shows, "The Image Cosmology", since 1996 and continâŠ