- Wrote two novels called "Suzaku" and "Hotaru".
- Is the first Japanese director to be a member of the Cannes jury (2003).
- Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) since 2016.
- Enjoys playing basketball.
- Graduated from the Osaka School of Photography in 1989, where she worked as a lecturer the next four years.
- Gave birth to her first child in spring 2004.
- After being left by her parents, she was raised by her grandparents. She digested those experiences in her movies Ni tsutsumarete (1992) and Kya ka ra ba a (2001).
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