Naoki Katō

A Bao A Qu (2007)

Hasegawa is writing a sequel to his previous novel, based on a true character who murdered 9 people on the street, with the premise that the killer had a brother. The main character in his new novel, Harumi, drops out of high school and leads a quiet life, unable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Katō
CAST:  Hideo Nakaizumi  •  Toshiki Hirose  •  Aoba Kawai  •  Arata Takase

Hasegawa is writing a sequel to his previous novel, based on a true character who murdered 9 people on the street, with the premise that the killer had a brother. The main character in his new novel, Harumi, drops out of high school and leads a quiet life, unable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Katō
CAST:  Hideo Nakaizumi  •  Toshiki Hirose  •  Aoba Kawai  •  Arata Takase

Abraxas (2010)

Former punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His manic depression handicaps him further. Music seems to be the only solution for him to exorcise his demons, against all obstacles and sound volume controllers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Katō
CAST:  Manami Honjo  •  Hidetoshi Hoshida  •  Kaoru Kobayashi  •  Reiko Kusamura

Former punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His manic depression handicaps him further. Music seems to be the only solution for him to exorcise his demons, against all obstacles and sound volume controllers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Katō
CAST:  Manami Honjo  •  Hidetoshi Hoshida  •  Kaoru Kobayashi  •  Reiko Kusamura

2045 Carnival Folklore (2015)

Like a noise rock Brave New World with echoes of Alphaville, this gorgeous black and white vision of Japan after a nuclear disaster pits chaos against control and secret agents against an oppressive government agency.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Katō
CAST:  Ryosuke Hayashi  •  Junya Ishii  •  Toshiji Mikawa  •  Hiroyuki Nagashima

Like a noise rock Brave New World with echoes of Alphaville, this gorgeous black and white vision of Japan after a nuclear disaster pits chaos against control and secret agents against an oppressive government agency.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Katō
CAST:  Ryosuke Hayashi  •  Junya Ishii  •  Toshiji Mikawa  •  Hiroyuki Nagashima

FRAGMENTS Tokyo murder case (2005)

A film unique of it's contrast, capturing a day of an ordinary college girl, eventually overwhelmed by the flooding sound of noise . The noise continues to over flood the peaceful mid day in Ikebukuro public park, until it is shut down by an arrival of a sudden ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Katō
CAST:  Toshiyuki Ozu  •  Keisuke Masuda  •  Ritsuo Kanazawa  •  Hiroki Sakanoshita

A film unique of it's contrast, capturing a day of an ordinary college girl, eventually overwhelmed by the flooding sound of noise . The noise continues to over flood the peaceful mid day in Ikebukuro public park, until it is shut down by an arrival of a sudden ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Katō
CAST:  Toshiyuki Ozu  •  Keisuke Masuda  •  Ritsuo Kanazawa  •  Hiroki Sakanoshita

Echo Never Goes Out (2011)

A short story by Naoki Kato produced as a part of Sendai Short Piece Film Festival's movie production project “3.11 Tomorrow”. A 3 min 11 sec piece captured in film, driving nearly 1000 km in the land of Fukushima, which also was a location for Kato's commercial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Katō
CAST: 

A short story by Naoki Kato produced as a part of Sendai Short Piece Film Festival's movie production project “3.11 Tomorrow”. A 3 min 11 sec piece captured in film, driving nearly 1000 km in the land of Fukushima, which also was a location for Kato's commercial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoki Katō
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