Emerging from a non-professional background as a pre-teen, Yuya Yagira entered the film world when he was cast at twelve in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s critically acclaimed drama Nobody Knows. His raw performance earned him the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Actor prize in 2004, making him the youngest recipient of the honor.
Following that breakthrough, Yagira moved into television and a series of featur…
