Kazuto Kodama (born 1976 ) is a Japanese filmmaker , film director , and screenwriter. Born in Akita Prefecture , he attended Akita Prefectural Akita High School , graduated from the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences , Waseda University, completed his master's course at the Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Language and Society , and dropped out of his doctoral course. While working as a film staff member since his student days, he began making his own independent films, and his wor ...