Eternal Flame

Name: Eternal Flame
Director: Keigo Ito
Genre: Animation
Released: 2016-03-05

2016 · 4 min · Animation

In the pitch darkness a man cannot see anything. Only light source is a light lit with a match by someone else. The light is lit and put out. This repeats sometime and eventually the man makes up his mind.

Directed by Keigo Ito

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