Koji Yahagi

Koji Yahagi is a creative director/producer that has taken leadership in a number of narrative films and commercial productions. He was born in Osaka, Japan and spent his youth and college in the United States, Italy, and Japan. He studied film by watching works of great filmmakers such as Ozu, Mizoguchi, and John Ford. He has written and directed 12 short films. His films have concentrated on the drama surrounding the maturing process of youth. Films such as "Youthless" and "Moon Pulled Water" delicately portray internal conflicts of adolescents. His latest film "Dandelion" is also a subtle and mysterious piece that depicts a young boy's deeper internal conflict between romantic love and family love. Koji Yahagi is scripting his first feature film based on Raymond Carver's "Why Don't You Dance?" which investigates a story about a young man who realizes that becoming an adult is very much about accepting the loneliness that accompanies it.