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Date of Birth
30 May 1969, Osaka, Japan

Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)

Trade Mark

Stylized offbeat camera angles, hyper-kenetic camera movement (very similar to Sam Raimi's "old school" style).

Over the top & bombastic action sequences


Trivia

Briefly studied film making in Australia

Speaks fluent English

Has cast actor Tak Sakaguchi in every one of his films but 2008's The Midnight Meat Train.

Was offered the job directing The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, but turned it down, citing a poor script.

Was introduced to an American agent by Samuel L. Jackson, whom he met at a party and discovered was a great admirer of his work.


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