Hirose Nanako made her debut with the feature film His Lost Name (2018), which had its world premiere in the New Currents section of the Busan International Film Festival and gained recognition at film festivals such as Minsk, Palm Springs, and Melbourne. She subsequently directed the feature documentary Book-Paper-Scissors (2019), which was screened at the Busan International Film Festival and Tokyo FILMeX, and received a Special Mention in the Tokyo FILMeX Competition section.
