Cinematography
This short film depicts the sense of closure of Japan due to COVID-19 through the episodes of three groups of people. A man picks up shards of glass night after night on a moonlit beach. A mysterious girl lies on the edge of the waves. A policeman at a police box along the beach. A young mother searches aimlessly for her missing daughter, and a man works with her. A young man in a rabbit suit who keeps distributing leaflets to find his missing girlfriend. What exactly is the "girl" that each of these people is searching for...?
Co-Editor
Кинотеатр Setouchi Kinema закрывают. Его завершающий сеанс — ночной марафон японских фильмов о войне. Ударившая в кинотеатр молния отбрасывает троих молодых людей из кинозала в прошлое, где они становятся участниками событий, происходящих на экране: гражданской войны Босин, Второй японо-китайской войны, битвы за Окинаву. Наконец они оказываются в Хиросиме накануне атомной бомбардировки, где встречают труппу передвижного театра «Сакура-тай». Но могут ли они изменить ход судьбы и спасти труппу?
Director of Photography
Кинотеатр Setouchi Kinema закрывают. Его завершающий сеанс — ночной марафон японских фильмов о войне. Ударившая в кинотеатр молния отбрасывает троих молодых людей из кинозала в прошлое, где они становятся участниками событий, происходящих на экране: гражданской войны Босин, Второй японо-китайской войны, битвы за Окинаву. Наконец они оказываются в Хиросиме накануне атомной бомбардировки, где встречают труппу передвижного театра «Сакура-тай». Но могут ли они изменить ход судьбы и спасти труппу?
Editor
Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
Director of Photography
Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
Editor
In 2011, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a Japanese village that underwent destruction during both World War II and the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, and is now notable for the fireworks it launches annually in memory of the victims of war. She is there for two reasons: firstly, to learn about the experiences of Nagaoka's inhabitants, and secondly, to watch a stage play written by an enigmatic student of her ex-boyfriend, which depicts the bombing of the city during WWII.
Director of Photography
In 2011, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a Japanese village that underwent destruction during both World War II and the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, and is now notable for the fireworks it launches annually in memory of the victims of war. She is there for two reasons: firstly, to learn about the experiences of Nagaoka's inhabitants, and secondly, to watch a stage play written by an enigmatic student of her ex-boyfriend, which depicts the bombing of the city during WWII.
Cinematography
Shinko (Karin Aiba) is a high school student from Hamamatsu. Due to university admission pressures, she struggles with her mother. She hasn't really made conversation with her mom in a year. Shinko's friend Misato (Mayuu Kusakari) then recommends to her to join the school's calligraphy club. Shinko is impressed by Teacher Yatsushiro's (Kazuki Namioka) words. Teacher Yatsushiro is the one who takes care of the calligraphy club. Shinko decides to join the calligraphy club.
Director of Photography
Based on Minoru Nagao's 1969 experimental book Illustrator: Basara ningen.
Director of Photography
Fifteen-year-old Masaharu (Yanagisawa Daisuke) lives on the small island of Aogashima, which has a population of 197. On the island, life is simple and facilities are spare. As there are no high schools on the island, Masaharu, in his final year of junior high, will be leaving for Tokyo after he graduates. He is the editor of Blue Island Times, the local newspaper he started with a friend, who has hit on hard times in Tokyo. One day, Yuki (Naka Riisa) transfers from the city to his island school, and Masaharu is immediately smitten. As the two grow closer, Masaharu discovers his new friend's secret...
Director of Photography
2004 film
Director of Photography
No Pants Girls is a 3 segment film directed by Sono Sion, Shô Tsukikawa and Reiko Saito. They deal with girls discovering sexuality, through their innocent eyes. The actors and actresses are the same in the three films.
