Yasuo Mikami

Biography

Yasuo Mikami is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and producer born on January 20, 1958, in Osaka's Central Ward. After graduating from Kansai University's Commerce School of Business Administration, he attended Fort Wright College in the United States. Mikami began directing self-produced films at age 16 with his group BJcc, which produced four feature-length films during his university years. He established his production company in 2012 and has since directed notable films such as "蠢動" (1982) and "武蔵 -むさし-" (2019).