Nao Yoshigai Movies

The "shadow" begins to see fragmented memories that transcend time and place. In an underground, it touches and listens carefully to the memories of...

A female musician lives in a traditionally built Japanese house. There are spirits running around the house that she cannot see. The spirits are...

A helpless woman confronts a “black object” with a power greater than hers. The “black object” shoots her questions. The...

For some reason, there is very little snow in the winter of 2020 on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a special place located in the northernmost part of...

Along with vegetable and sea life, the camera is but one element of a sensual ride along a coastal road and playground in this masterful short.

A storyteller of peace serves as a guide in the “Gama”—natural caves where many local people lost their lives during the Battle of...

Last gasps of the Seiza-sha house in Kyoto devoted to Torajiro Okada’s still-sitting meditation method from the late-Meiji era’s...

Rolling along on a bike or floating in a doctor’s office’s seasonal hamster display, Wheel Music explores the aesthetic feeling and...

A girl and a boy brave the cold sea at dusk to observe the little wonders of nature. Equipped with cell phones, they reveal their fascination in...

A nine-minute film with intricate hand-drawn animation and dance.

Ayano is out of step with other people her own age. The growing obsession with fruit connects them to Satoko, who tends to the trees. A missing pear...

A misty body of water holds the moving human form, flesh, glass, and fabric placed in iridescent relation. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film