Directing

Musashi Wakaki

Born February 17, 1997 · Nerima, Tokyo, Japan (age 29)

Musashi Wakaki is a Japanese Australian director and actor with a drive to tell stories through open and honest collaborations with filmmakers of varying perspectives and experiences. His top priority is to provoke and challenge the audiences' emotional and intellectual understandings surrounding film. All in the hopes to support and encourage change in how we evoke human expressions through the l…

Known For

Burning In

MovieDramaMystery

A paranoid woman struggles to maintain her picture perfect relationship when she becomes distracted with a supposed stalker encroaching into her life.

Lilium

MovieDramaThriller

A naive teenager is lured captive into a stranger's home and must escape the abuse she has stepped into.

Komorebi

Komorebi · 2025

MovieDramaFantasy

A burnt-out white-collar worker stumbles upon a plastic bag in a bustling city. As suffocation drags him out of an anxiety attack toward fleeting peace, an unexpected encounter offers something more than a breath of relief.

Reus

MovieThrillerMystery

A man drives in the night, leading to an accident. This moment repeats itself, like a loop, the man reliving the nightmare of this one night. In order to escape, he must face his demons and his worst enemy, no matter the cost.

Come Down

Come Down · 2025

MovieMusicDrama

A couple bound by drugs and chaos must confront the emptiness of their relationship when the highs fade and only the void remains.

Claire

MovieScience FictionDrama

Lara, a young musician is force isolated by a smart house system in the hopes that she will create a masterpiece.

Last Chance to Evacuate Earth

Last Chance to Evacuate Earth · 2026

Last Chance to Evacuate Earth

MovieScience FictionDrama

A casual kidnapping takes Crystal to rural Victoria with her estranged best friend. Though Chester promises a pleasant getaway, the mystery of his unexplained two-year absence - and a looming cosmic event threaten to overshadow their journey.

Mata-ne

A distant son rejects reuniting with his father only to cerebrate their relationship and lack of memories shared.

Filmography

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Burning In

MovieDramaMystery

A paranoid woman struggles to maintain her picture perfect relationship when she becomes distracted with a supposed stalker encroaching into her life.

Director

Lilium

MovieDramaThriller

A naive teenager is lured captive into a stranger's home and must escape the abuse she has stepped into.

Director

Komorebi

Komorebi · 2025

MovieDramaFantasy

A burnt-out white-collar worker stumbles upon a plastic bag in a bustling city. As suffocation drags him out of an anxiety attack toward fleeting peace, an unexpected encounter offers something more than a breath of relief.

Director

Reus

MovieThrillerMystery

A man drives in the night, leading to an accident. This moment repeats itself, like a loop, the man reliving the nightmare of this one night. In order to escape, he must face his demons and his worst enemy, no matter the cost.

First Assistant "A" Camera

Come Down

Come Down · 2025

MovieMusicDrama

A couple bound by drugs and chaos must confront the emptiness of their relationship when the highs fade and only the void remains.

Director

Claire

MovieScience FictionDrama

Lara, a young musician is force isolated by a smart house system in the hopes that she will create a masterpiece.

Director

Last Chance to Evacuate Earth

Last Chance to Evacuate Earth · 2026

Last Chance to Evacuate Earth

MovieScience FictionDrama

A casual kidnapping takes Crystal to rural Victoria with her estranged best friend. Though Chester promises a pleasant getaway, the mystery of his unexplained two-year absence - and a looming cosmic event threaten to overshadow their journey.

First Assistant Director

Mata-ne

A distant son rejects reuniting with his father only to cerebrate their relationship and lack of memories shared.

Director

To Spark a Wildfire

To Spark a Wildfire · 2024

To Spark a Wildfire

Three lonely people trying to find solace in each other and mend misunderstandings rooted in trauma, cultural taboos and old regrets.

Director

Don't Forget

Don't Forget · 2020

A daughter residing within a smoke polluted world waits anxiously for her mother's return.

Director

The Morning Comes

The Morning Comes · 2024

The Morning Comes

A portrait of a man confronting the dread of another day in grief and solitude by the seaside.

Director

En Plein Air

En Plein Air · 2024

MovieDocumentary

A short film documenting a day out with artists practicing their craft through plein air style paintings.

Director

A Hitchcockian Date

A Hitchcockian Date · 2019

A Hitchcockian Date

A dinner date to remember, this short film is inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's discussion surrounding the distinction between surprise and suspense.

Director

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

The Narrow Road to the Deep North · 2025

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

SeriesDramaWar & Politics

Dorrigo Evans, an Australian surgeon on the Burma Railway during WWII, is haunted by his time as a POW, as well as a forbidden affair he had with his uncle's wife prior to the war.

Japanese Guard