Hashiguchi Ryosuke directed 8mm-films while still at secondary school.
In 1989 his short film "A Secret Evening" won the grand prix at the Pia
Film Festival. In 1992 he made his first feature "The Slight Fever of a
20-year old", which was screened in Berlin and broke box-office records
at one of the cinemas it was screened in in Japan.
- IMDb mini biography by: Chris Abbenhuis <keller@telebyte.nl>