Tokyo-born Masashi Nagadoi received a B.A. in International Studies and
Economics Business from Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota with
International Economics Honor Society (Omicron Delta Epsilon) in 1987,
and worked as a management business consultant at Arthur Young
International (now Ernst&Young) in Los Angeles before attending UCLA's
Graduate Film School. He completed the Spanish Language and Cultural
Program in Guadalajara, Mexico in the Summer of 1985, and then in the
Winter of 1986, proceeded to study European arts, focusing on
Impressionism and architecture in England and France. Selected an
All-Minnesota Rugby Football team member as scrum-half in 1986 and
1987, he competed in the Mid-West National Championship in Kentucky in
1986. At UCLA, he was a recipient of the Motion Picture Association of
America Award in 1992. He received a M.F.A. in the Spring of 1994.
Since the graduation, he has directed a short film, promotional video,
and produced numerous Television shows, documentaries, commercials and
multimedia projects for the Japanese market. At present he is
developing several feature-length projects.
Cruel Game(2002)
Moment Cafe(1998)
Samurai Salesman(1992)
Final: The Rapture(2013)as Masashi Hiroyuki
BladeStorm: Hundred Years War(2007)as Yoshimasa
Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)as Admiral Ichimaru
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun(2003)
1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position(2010)
The Last Mission(2003)as Colonel Masataka Ida
