Sasaki Shoichiro

Minyoung is a university co-ed living in Seoul. One photograph left to her by her late grandmother brings Minyoung all the way to Japan. And wherever she goes, she finds the enchanting melody of Mozart. The dreams of the people she meets vibrates together with harmonic beauty…

Minyoung is a university co-ed living in Seoul. One photograph left to her by her late grandmother brings Minyoung all the way to Japan. And wherever she goes, she finds the enchanting melody of Mozart. The dreams of the people she meets vibrates together with harmonic beauty…

A Japanese woman travels around Australia in search of her lover whose whereabouts are unknown. Her interactions with the people whose lives are rooted in the area are enchanting

One summer, under the bright sky, the boy Akira rushes about Finland on a journey. This production has the beautiful, invigorating tones of a fairy tale.

In this NHK Special, Olga Struskova, author from Prague, appears. Connections to the world of life on the streets of Tokyo are explored

Third in the River series, the Danube. The works of this trilogy feature stories about rivers linking three themes: rivers, sound, and human encounters.

Second in the River series. Eiko continues her travels, this time to Andalusia, Spain.

The first in the River series. Eiko travels around northern Italy to get a violin repaired.

This drama features Eiko (a homonym of A-ko, meaning literally "a girl"), played by Sachiyo Nakao, whose memories are elevated by poetic visuals and music into a "remembrance of sound," and culminate in a universal lyricism. She not only portrayed Eiko, she lived as her.

Adaptation of a manga by Yoshiharu Tsuge.

A boy helps an unconscious girl by the river. The girl wakes up, but there is little conversation between the two, and the past emerges as a girl's memory. A girl with a broken heart and a lonely boy. The boy recalls the girl's thoughts and gets lost in the memory of the intersecting girl. Or is it a boy's memory? A unique drama that intuitively visualizes beyond the concept of time and space. Written and directed by Shoichiro Sasaki. The debut work of Yukiyo Nakao as the heroine.

A 15-year-old boy, Hiroshi, wanders about in atmospheric early-1970s Japan. It is a drama that depicts human encounters in exploration of the meaning of life.

A 15-year-old boy, Hiroshi, wanders about in atmospheric early-1970s Japan. It is a drama that depicts human encounters in exploration of the meaning of life.

The story of a boy named Ken, who has no mother.

The story of a boy named Ken, who has no mother.