Directing
Kenta Sasaki
Place of birth
Hokkaidō, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
4 titles
Born in Hokkaido in 1985. Graduated from Rikkyo Universtiy's Departmend of Body Expression and Cinematic Arts. His student film "Kuran Optic" was selected for the Sendai Short Film Festival and "Captain Coffee Is Risen" was screened at the Pia Film Festival 2015. At Tokyo University of the Arts he directed the short film "Doudemo iikedo" and the fantasy short film "Alice".
Known for
NRHigh school studen Mafu lost her mother when she was a child and lives with her father, step-mother and six-year-old half-sister Maaya. Her drunken father beats her and she feels isolated at school, and her only companion is little Maaya with her vivid fantasy life. One day, Mafu and Maaya get lost in the woods and meet Masa and his uncle Jiro, who live in an old house at the forest entrance and make a living as hunters. As she spends time with Masa, Mafu recalls songs from her childhood and memories of her mother. Mafu and Maaya embark on new a journey in this mysterious forest overflowing with music and song.
Children in Musique
2018
NR"In the year 2015, a device called 'ACT' was discovered. Through their will before death, the deceased can borrow the body of a blood-related individual for five days."
Captain Coffee Is Risen
2015
Behind the camera
NRHigh school studen Mafu lost her mother when she was a child and lives with her father, step-mother and six-year-old half-sister Maaya. Her drunken father beats her and she feels isolated at school, and her only companion is little Maaya with her vivid fantasy life. One day, Mafu and Maaya get lost in the woods and meet Masa and his uncle Jiro, who live in an old house at the forest entrance and make a living as hunters. As she spends time with Masa, Mafu recalls songs from her childhood and memories of her mother. Mafu and Maaya embark on new a journey in this mysterious forest overflowing with music and song.
Children in Musique
2018
NRHigh school studen Mafu lost her mother when she was a child and lives with her father, step-mother and six-year-old half-sister Maaya. Her drunken father beats her and she feels isolated at school, and her only companion is little Maaya with her vivid fantasy life. One day, Mafu and Maaya get lost in the woods and meet Masa and his uncle Jiro, who live in an old house at the forest entrance and make a living as hunters. As she spends time with Masa, Mafu recalls songs from her childhood and memories of her mother. Mafu and Maaya embark on new a journey in this mysterious forest overflowing with music and song.
Children in Musique
2018
NR"In the year 2015, a device called 'ACT' was discovered. Through their will before death, the deceased can borrow the body of a blood-related individual for five days."
Captain Coffee Is Risen
2015
NR"In the year 2015, a device called 'ACT' was discovered. Through their will before death, the deceased can borrow the body of a blood-related individual for five days."
Captain Coffee Is Risen
2015
