Takuya Kawakami

Filmes

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
Editor
On December 11, 2022, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s solo piano performance will be streamed in the form of a concert. However, what we will experience that day is carefully recorded footage of Sakamoto performing a few pieces of music each day over the course of a week, that was then thoughtfully edited together. This is last performance.
Intimate Stranger
Sound
A psychological thriller set in the post-COVID Tokyo. The film follows a woman looking for her missing son, and a shady young man who approaches her, claiming to know her son.
Te Vejo em Meus Sonhos
Sound
Vemos uma mulher deitada. Ela acorda de um sonho de um festival que ela visitou em sua infância, para uma cena que soa familiar. Essa é uma história sobre amor, e sobre uma mulher.
Ainu Neno An Ainu
Sound Designer
This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit communities. They feel deeply connected by their culture and tradition. With gorgeous pictures, the directors explore how different generations of Ainu reflect on their identity after centuries of oppression.
Ainu Neno An Ainu
Editor
This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit communities. They feel deeply connected by their culture and tradition. With gorgeous pictures, the directors explore how different generations of Ainu reflect on their identity after centuries of oppression.
Okinawa/Santos
Sound
Com ajuda de descendentes de famílias de Okinawa em Santos, o filme investiga um episódio obscuro de abuso de poder e as relações históricas ocultas entre o Brasil e Okinawa.
Acceleration Map
Sound Recordist
A film inspired by Italian author Cesare Pavese’s novel called The Beautiful Summer
The Garden Apartment
Sound
Hikari is a newly expectant mother cohabiting with her boyfriend Taro. However, their relationship seems to be on the rocks. The couple has had trouble finding steady employment since graduating from college, and mounting financial problems further strain their relationship. Taro has a secret: he’s been relying on his eccentric aunt Kyoko, who has been acting strangely since losing her husband at a young age. Hikari’s first encounter with Kyoko does not go well, but Hikari visits Kyoko’s home unbeknownst to Taro and is introduced to a world where young women take part in bacchanals. This could spell doom for her relationship with Taro...