It has been called one of the "starting points in contemporary Japanese cinema", along with Ishii's own Shuffle, Panic High School, and Crazy Thunder Road.
It was while at university that he first became involved in film, acting in director Sogo Ishii's student film Crazy Thunder Road (1980).
He cites Gakuryū Ishii as his favorite Japanese director, and Ishii's 1980 Crazy Thunder Road as his favorite film.
1980 Crazy Thunder Road (狂い咲きサンダーロード, Kuruizaki Sandā Rōdo) (co-editor with Sōgo Ishii)
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