Tadasuke KOTANI, born in Osaka in 1977, first studied painting and then film at Visual Arts College Osaka. His directorial feature film debut LULLABY (2002) won the second prize at the Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival. His second feature film GOOD GIRL (2006) was screened at the PIA Film Festival. In 2008, he made his first feature-length documentary film LINE, which won the Cult Award at the 2009 Torino Film Festival. His documentary THE CAT THAT LIVED A MILLION TIMES (2012) premiered at the Busan International Film Festival.