Nao Yoshigai

ほったまるびより

Nao Yoshigai

Shibata Satoko, Oda Risa

A female musician lives in a traditionally built Japanese house. There are spirits running around the house that she cannot see. The spirits are delivering smells that they collect around the house to a being inside the water of the bath tub.

いま いちばん美しいあなたたちへ

Nao Yoshigai

Hanna Chan

A helpless woman confronts a “black object” with a power greater than hers. The “black object” shoots her questions. The woman has answers to these questions, but can’t say them aloud. She feels up against the wall, and begins to throw up beautiful colorful flowers instead of speaking.

Stories Floating on the Wind

Nao Yoshigai

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.

Night Snorkeling

Hirofumi Nakamoto, Nao Yoshigai

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 front of the luminescent and strange creatures that inhabit the sea. A carefree film that reminds us of the fragile beauty of our planet.

Breathing House

Nao Yoshigai

Last gasps of the Seiza-sha house in Kyoto devoted to Torajiro Okada’s still-sitting meditation method from the late-Meiji era’s intercultural ferment. -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

Wheel Music

Nao Yoshigai

Nao Yoshigai

Rolling along on a bike or floating in a doctor’s office’s seasonal hamster display, Wheel Music explores the aesthetic feeling and social character of Sendagi, an old town in Tokyo under urban development in preparation for the planned Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.

Across the Water

Nao Yoshigai

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

梨君とたまこの牙のゆくえ

Nao Yoshigai

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 and a frightening item left behind may mean something else is near. Perhaps something sinister.