Trevor Smith works as a first assistant camera for film and television productions. He's a graduate from Biola University, La Mirada, California, USA, with a BA in Cinema and Media Arts.
Gone Are the Days sigue la historia del notorio proscrito, Taylon Flynn. Envejecido, enfermo e incapaz de reconciliar al hombre que era con quien se ha convertido, Flynn está empeñado en salir de esta vida en un arrebato de gloria. Sus planes se tuercen al descubrir la vida sórdida que su hija se ve obligada a vivir. Para salvarla, debe convocar a los demonios internos que purgó hace mucho tiempo, y encuentra que la redención es un camino difícil de recorrer.
Cicada is the story of Jumpei-- a man who loses sight of his progeny when he finds out he is infertile, but then is given the gift of clairvoyance and begins to see glimpses of the future. These glimpses lead him to a series of cicada shells, which become symbolic of his desire to shed his old self. Though his lineage ends with himself, Jumpei starts anew as a father-figure to his sister's young son.
Tamotsu is expecting a persimmon to dry and yet he cannot accept that it is time for a man on his deathbed to die. As the persimmon mysteriously, or supernaturally, holds out from drying, so Tamotsu tries his hardest to keep the man alive. Only when Tamotsu has let go can the persimmon take its natural course.
