
Person
Makoto Nagahisa
Directing · Born 1984-08-02 · Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Born August 2, 1984, in Tokyo, Makoto Nagahisa directed films and music videos while working as a commercial planner at a major ad agency. Nagahisa wrote and directed the short film And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool. (2017) and was the first Japanese director to win the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES is his first feature-length film. Influences include Juzo Itami, Nagisa Oshima, Gil Evans and Boris Vian. Has long hair, which he wears braided on formal occasions. Source: Nagahisa's website
Known for

Sunny
Director

FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS
Series Director

BURN
Director

I Am Dead!
Director

We Are Little Zombies
Screenplay

And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool.
Director

Kaguya
Director

DEATH DAYS
Screenplay

Pisko the Crab Child Is in Love
Writer

The Rite of Love and Death (but we are still alive)
Director
Filmography
- 2026BURNDirector
- 2024SunnyDirector
- 2024Pisko the Crab Child Is in LoveWriter
- 2023I Am Dead!Director
- 2022KaguyaDirector
- 2022DEATH DAYSScreenplay
- 2021FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGSSeries Director
- 2020The Rite of Love and Death (but we are still alive)Director
- 2019We Are Little ZombiesScreenplay
- 2017And So We Put Goldfish in the Pool.Director
- 2009FrogDirector
- —ゼロ年代全景Director
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