CALL4 Documentary Journalist Shiori Ito visits Tokio Ito, who now lives in a local community, and asks about his experiences and the issues behind them.

For the promotional video “Samsung Galaxy Z Flip × Google Gemini Kōki, Edition,” I was responsible for directing, filming, and editing. Through scenes of Kōki, enjoying cooking while using Google Gemini, the film depicts how technology naturally blends into everyday life.

A giant mechanical contraption made by combining Brother products, with a total weight of 3.5 tons. In addition to being a “karakuri device,” we also pursued its beauty as a three-dimensional sculpture.

Saori Watanabe, a stop-motion animation artist, directed and wrote the screenplay for the Idemitsu Kosan 105th Anniversary Special Movie, “Papercraft Movie The History of IDEMITSU,” which is now available. Idemitsu Kosan is a leading Japanese energy company founded in the Meiji era. The released movie is a stop-motion animation that depicts, in papercraft, the history of Idemitsu Kosan—which continued to take on various hardships—and Japan, which achieved remarkable growth in the postwar period. All of the objects that appear are made entirely of paper. We created a film with a flat yet deeply dimensional look. It is a painstaking work shot over 18 days, with thick craft paper cut out by laser cutter and replaced frame by frame, while the camera work, as well as the position and distance of the craft paper, were adjusted little by little. The sunrise scene, a major centerpiece of this work, was also animated by gradually moving the actual sun (lighting) little by little. Please also pay attention to the atmospheric music and sound effects. A making-of movie offering a glimpse into the filming process and papercraft production is also now available. Please take a look as well↓ “The Making of History [Idemitsu Kosan]” vimeo.com/199440756