Asako

Mix of arthouse, comedy, horror. A man who has committed numerous crimes rescues a dog. An unique experimental movie in which a dog who died in a traffic accident after being tossed around by humans is reborn as a heretic and attempts revenge on humans. Under the guidance of the devil, he is reborn as a scarecrow to bring the Blood Festival. A 35mm independent film by the director who loves to make movies, but is not interested in professional film directors. The director who was shocked to see a picture of a dog abused and abandoned by humans, devoted his passion to this unique work that took seven years to complete.

In 2011, pets and livestock left behind in the restricted area within 20km radius of the Fukushima Faiichi Nuclear Power Station accident were buried in the dark by the Japanese government. In this documentary I inflitrate this forbidden Zone.

A documentary film concerning the dog and cat meat eating practice in the East Asia (China, South Korea, Japan …) what is gaining global attention in late years. The number of dog and cats killed for food is supposed more than 30 million of them a year throughout the world. In late years, by the development of Internet and SNS, the actual situation is finally coming to light.

One day, Kenji, a man who makes his own monster movies, meets a 9-year-old girl named Juria, who is wandering around town. When Kenji learns that Jurian is not attending school and is being abused by her mentally ill mother, he gives her a dog-shaped toy to watch over her and tells her to turn on the recording switch to film when her mother abuses her. Later that day, he receives a dog toy from Juri Anne, which contains images that make him want to cover his eyes.

Kohane befriends a mysterious transfer student who pukes a lot, while her mother stars in a sleazy film production by a self-professed Japanese Ed Wood.

Exposing the Contradictions and Deception Behind Japan's Animal Welfare Act. In 2017, a former tax accountant was arrested for a series of cat killings in Saitama Prefecture. Despite the shocking brutality of the crimes, the court sentenced him only to a suspended prison term for violating the Animal Welfare Act—a ruling many viewed as little more than an empty gesture. The case horrified the nation, and more than 220,000 people signed petitions calling for a harsher punishment. Troubled by the glaring disconnect between public sentiment and the judicial system, the director spent four years conducting an independent investigation, confronting numerous animal abusers in an effort to uncover the deeper issues surrounding animal cruelty. What ultimately emerged was a deeply ironic picture: a legal system whose contradictions and shortcomings make Japan's Animal Welfare Act appear almost as if it were designed to protect animal abusers rather than their victims.

The 20 km zone surrounding the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant was designated an evacuation zone due to the radiation caused by the accident in March 2011. However, the thousands of people of Itate, situated just outside the zone, and those who had fled the area and taken shelter there were left to their own devices for over a month. Later on Itate became a restricted area and the residents were allowed only visits having to leave the area for good. The place became a ghost town, as it was too close to the Zone and many pets and farm animals are stranded there. There are said to be 150~200 dogs, 400~800 cats, 50 chickens and a pig although the exact numbers are unknown. The public interest in the accident has all but gone but there is one man who still cares what happens to those animals.

Yohei and his wife Yumi found an abandoned kitten and named it Kiu. They lovingly raised it, but one day Kiu went missing. A few days later, they discovered that Kiu had been a victim of abuse by a city hall employee, who was arrested but later released on probation. Disappointed by Japan's weak animal protection laws, the devastated couple's despair led Yohei to seek revenge on the abuser.