Tokyo-born Masashi Nagadoi received a B.A. in International Studies and Economics & Business from Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota in 1987, and worked as a business management consultant at Arthur Young International (now Ernst & Young) in Los Angeles. He received a M.F.A. from UCLA's Graduate Film School in 1994. His dramatic short film, MOMENT CAFE, won the Gold Award at Worldfest-Houston. His first directorial feature, CRUEL GAME (with Mako, Jennifer Tung and Victoria Silvstedt) was released on DVD by Universal and aired on Showtime. Masashi appears in the role of Admiral Ichimaru in “Letters from Iwo Jima” directed by Clint Eastwood. At present he is developing several feature-length projects. Tokyo-born Masashi Nagadoi is an actor, writer, director and producer. He received a B.A. from Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota and a M.F.A. from UCLA's Graduate Film School.