Comedy Films
Trick or Treat: I LOVE America! (9 min/ 2014)
(writer, director, co-producer, editing consultation)
A cross-cultural comedy with slapstick, satire, wit and heart, based loosely on the shooting incident in Louisiana, where a Japanese exchange student was shot to death for knocking on the wrong house when trick-or-treating.
Winner of Best Creative Idea & Best Cinematography in Comedy at the Rome Web Awards 2015 (Italy)
Collaboration with MEGWIN TV.
© MEGWIN TV/ Globetrot Productions 2014
Cast Me If You Can (97 min/ 2010)
(writer, director, producer, actor)
Story of a perpetual supporting actor, who lives in the shadow of his famous playwright father, who gets cast as a lead in a Woody Allen remake. He meets his muse, falls in love and struggles to play the lead in his own life.
With Toru Masuoka, Hiromi Nagasaku, Masahiko Tsugawa, Keiko Matsuzaka, Akira Emoto.
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© Dream On Productions 2010
Eternally Yours (15 min/ 2006)
(writer, director, producer)
Battle of wits between an elderly lady and a conman in the Japanese countryside.
With Toru Masuoka & Michie Ikeda
New Directors New Films (MoMA & Lincoln Center)
(created for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Japan)
© Globetrot Productions 2006