He started his career in the film industry in 1989.
In 1994, he established Bitters End which is one of the most active art house distribution and production companies in Japan.

He has produced, co-produced and executive produced films including DRIVE MY CAR (Ryusuke Hamaguchi), ASAKO I&II (Ryusuke Hamaguchi), DAGUERREOTYPE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa), TOKYO! (Bong Joon-ho, Michel Gondry, Leos Carax ), CUT (Amir Naderi), TOUCH OF SIN(Jia Zhang Ke), Un Couple Parfait (Nobuhiro Suwa), SHADY GROVE (Shinji Aoyama), LINDA LINDA LINDA (Nobuhiro Yamashita), and ONE SECOND AHEAD,
ONE SECOND BEHIND (Nobuhiro Yamashita). Bitters End also has released critically acclaimed directors’ works including Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Bong Jonn-ho, Otar Iosseliani, Fatih Akin, Bela Tarr, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Mikhael Hers…etc.