He began working while still in university, gaining experience across diverse fields including video production, event producing, and restaurant management. Influenced by friends with whom he made 8 mm films during his student years, he took his first steps into independent filmmaking. His early short film SECRET PLAN received recognition at film festivals, and in 2014 he completed his first self-produced feature, Pistol & Fried Egg. Aiming for a quality on par with commercial cinema despite limited resources, Yasuda succeeded in securing nationwide theatrical screenings, including at major multiplexes.

At the center of his work is his self-managed production label, Mirai Eiga-sha, through which he has maintained a singular creative approach—handling planning, directing, cinematography, lighting, and editing himself. His films defy easy genre classification, blending humor and human drama with a unique perspective that connects the ordinary and the extraordinary.

Released in 2024, A Samurai Time-Slipper is a period comedy that follows a time-traveling late-Edo samurai striving to make a second life for himself as a background swordsman in a film studio. What began as a single-theater release grew into an exceptional nationwide success driven by word-of-mouth, ultimately showing in over 300 theaters across Japan. The film made a significant impact on the domestic film scene, receiving multiple honors at the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize, including Best Film, Outstanding Editing, Director of the Year, Screenplay of the Year, Cinematography, and Lighting.

Alongside his filmmaking career, Yasuda also took over his family’s rice farm, pursuing rice cultivation with passion. Known as a creator who is both a filmmaker and a farmer, he has spoken about how his agricultural experiences inform his creative work, adding layers of depth and human insight to his artistic vision.

For Nijo Castle Sakura Nights, Yasuda brings the storytelling and direction techniques he has refined in cinema into the format of live immersive theatre—pushing beyond the screen so that audiences can step directly into the heart of the narrative. Rather than pursuing abstract art, he aims to create an experience that draws audiences in, stirs emotion, and delivers the kind of unfiltered excitement found in heroic shows and samurai dramas, updated through contemporary spatial design.

Joining him in this effort is SWAG, a creative team with extensive experience in large-scale visual and spatial productions. By interpreting the historic architecture of Nijo Castle as an integral part of the stage, SWAG’s use of imagery, light, and physical space merges with Yasuda’s human-centered direction to produce an experience uniquely suited to this remarkable setting.