“I came to Tokyo as an actor and my debut role was actually a starring role, but it was very rare for me to have that chance. There aren’t that many opportunities to continue doing that. So, I worked many jobs part time and I got very tired and I was very jealous of people that were doing better than m, but then a friend of mine told me that if you’re so jealous and so aspirational, then you should write your own screenplay. That’s how I came to write my own screenplay and produce an independent film when I was around 26 or 27, and I got into Japanese indie movie festivals. ”