hiː wˈʌn ðə kjuːnˈɪkoʊ mjˈuːkoʊdə pɹˈaɪz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt fɔːɹ hɪz skɹˈiːnpleɪ nˈiːmjʊɹɹɚɹˌuː mˈɔːɹi ɐ slˈiːpɪŋ fˈɔːɹɪst ænd kˈɛkən zˈɛnjə ðə nˈaɪt bᵻfˌoːɹ ðə wˈɛdɪŋ.
He won the Kuniko Mukōda Prize in 1998 for his screenplay Nemureru Mori (A Sleeping Forest) and Kekkon Zen'ya (The Night before the Wedding).