WINNER -
Best Actor (Star AMETS) to Atsushi Ogata in Mona Lisa Cowboy, Bilbao Seriesland 2017 (Spain)
Best Comedy Sketches, Dublin Web Fest (Ireland) , Best Creative Concept, Miami Web Fest (USA)
Best Character (Amets) & Web Series Mag Interview Awards, Bilbao Web Fest (Spain)
Special Mention for Outstanding Performance as an Actor, Sicily Web Fest (Italy)
Web Series Word Cup 2015 #12 Ranking
Best Actor & Best Film Editing (Sketch Comedy), Rome Web Awards 2016 (Italy),
Best Web TV, 2nd Montreal Web Fest (Canada)
Best Screenplay, 2nd K Web Fest (Korea)
Silver Award, 5th DC Web Fest (USA)
Best Sketch Comedy, Seoul Web Fest (Korea)
Best Costume Design, Asia Web Awards 2017 (Korea)
NOMINATED - Best Male Performance, Rio Web Fest 2015 (Brazil) , Best Vlogger, Rio Web Fest 2016 & 2017, Best Sketch, Dub Web Fest 2016
SELECTED - 10th Camera Japan Festival (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), 21st Tous-Ecrans Geneva International Film Festival (Switzerland),
3rd T.O.Web Fest (Canada), Wendie Webfest Hamburg 2016 (Germany), Roma Web Fest 2016(Italy), Die Seriale 2017 (Germany),
Austin Web Fest 2017 (USA), Tuscany Web Fest 2017 (Italy).

Cross-Cultural Comedy

ATSUSHI OGATA wins

BEST ACTOR (Star AMETS) at

BILBAO SERIESLAND for

MONA LISA COWBOY!

(October 27th, 2017. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain)

Yukata Cowboy wins Best Sketch Comedy at Seoul Web Fest, Korea!

New Episode of Yukata Cowboy!

Yukata Cowboy Awarded at DC WebFest, Washington DC, USA

BRAVO!!! "Yukata Cowboy" wins Best Web TV at Webfest Montréal!

Tweets by @yukatacowboytv

"Atsushi Ogata - Lasso-swinging filmmaker Ogata has been capturing attention with his cross-cultural sketch comedy series, Yukata Cowboy. "(Bentobox, September 2016, Toronto, Canada)

Yukata Cowboy in Tokyo Cinema & Book Launch!

Best Actor & Best Editing (Sketch) Rome Web Awards!

Best Comedy Sketches at Dub Web Fest!

Special Mention for Outstanding Performance as an Actor at Sicily Web Fest!

Web Series Mag (Liberation) (November 17th, 2015)

"This Lonesome Japanese Cowboy Shoots Faster Than His Shadow" (by Joel Bassaget)

Snobby Robot Magazine

(September 2nd, 2015)

YUKATA COWBOY: A LITTLE SLICE OF LIFE AROUND THE WORLD

by Chris Hadley

"I want to show them slices of other people's lives in other countries, beyond the cliches"

Yukata Cowboy' filmmaker Atsushi Ogata goes his own way! (Asahi Weekly July 17th, 2016)

Article - How We Made Yukata Cowboy!

Japan Spotlight (May/June 2016)

(Click here for full article)

Eurobiz Japan (February 2016)

" Filmmaker with European Appeal" by Lucy Birmingham

Chopstick New York (October, 2015)

Sketch Comedy Yukata Cowboy to be Released Online

Snobby Robot Magazine (August 31st, 2015)

Inside K Web Fest Part 3 - Producing for a Global Audience

Latest Comedy Clip

Feature Trailer

Director in Action

Thoughts on Comedies