I learned script writing at the University of Texas at Austin film school from Edward Dmytryk, who directed movies such as “The Caine Mutiny (1954),” “The Raintree County (1957),” and “The Young Lions (1958).” I am not certain how many of his movies he actually wrote scripts for, but I learned a great deal from him. Topis for my screenplays are quite diverse. “The Night of Elysium” may be deemed an homage to the disco generation, while “Concerto,” which has won the Best Japan Feature Screenplay Award also at the Tokyo Screenplay Awards, can be said an homage to classical music. “Galliard,” which was awarded the Best Crime Screenplay Award also at Tokyo Screenplay Awards, on the other hand, is a crime mystery about a missing high school student. I write my screenplays both in English as well as in Japanese so that the movies can be made in both languages.