Born in 1984 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Suzuki Yohei graduated from the Department of Moving Images and Performing Arts Faculty of Art and Communication at Tama Art University. His debut feature, OW (2014), was nominated for the Best New Director Award at Vancouver International Film Festival 2014 and screened at New Directors/New Films 2015, Vienna International Film Festival 2015 and International Film Festival Rotterdam 2016. His idiosyncratic humor satirizing Japanese society received high praise from the likes of British writer and film commentator Tony Rayns. His latest title, YEAH (2018), premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018. He is currently working on his second feature, ABOKKE.