Born in 1985 raised in Kanagawa Japan After graduating from Tokai Universitys School of Cultural Studies Department of Creative Writing Kusano completed the 12th Fiction Course of the Film School of Tokyo In 2014 she directed her first featurelength film Antonym Rasen Ginga which received the SKIP City Award and Best Director Award at the 11th SKIP City International DCinema Festival in Saitama Japan Her second featurelength film Domains was created on the invitation of Aichi Arts Center Japan