Neo Sora

Neo Sora is a Japanese-American filmmaker, translator, and artist living and working between New York and Tokyo. His works have been written up in Variety and Cahiers du Cinéma, and recently, Filmmaker Magazine has named Neo one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. His installation and video artworks have been shown around the globe at the 2019 Singapore Biennale, the 2019 Dojima River Biennale, Watari-um Museum of Contemporary Art, and the 2017 Reborn-Art Festival, among others.

The Chicken (2020)

On an unseasonably hot day in November, Hiro, a Japanese immigrant in New York City, decides to butcher a live chicken for dinner. While showing his visiting cousin Kei around, the pair encounter a medical emergency on the street. After they mishandle the situation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neo Sora
CAST:  Taiju Nakane  •  Junshin Soga  •  Sandra Maren Schneider

On an unseasonably hot day in November, Hiro, a Japanese immigrant in New York City, decides to butcher a live chicken for dinner. While showing his visiting cousin Kei around, the pair encounter a medical emergency on the street. After they mishandle the situation ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neo Sora
CAST:  Taiju Nakane  •  Junshin Soga  •  Sandra Maren Schneider

Earthquake

A near-future Tokyo awaits destruction as the city is rocked by a series of foreshocks that predict a larger, more disastrous quake on the horizon. With the anxiety looming over them, a group of teenage best friends and musicians get into typical teenager trouble ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neo Sora
CAST: 

A near-future Tokyo awaits destruction as the city is rocked by a series of foreshocks that predict a larger, more disastrous quake on the horizon. With the anxiety looming over them, a group of teenage best friends and musicians get into typical teenager trouble ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neo Sora
CAST: 

Ainu Neno An Ainu (2021)

This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit communities. They feel deeply connected by their culture and tradition. With gorgeous pictures, the directors ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neo Sora  •  Laura Liverani
CAST: 

This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit communities. They feel deeply connected by their culture and tradition. With gorgeous pictures, the directors ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neo Sora  •  Laura Liverani
CAST: 

Sugar Glass Bottle (2022)

Near-future Tokyo. Kou, through the help of his high school best friend, finds a surprising way to express his mounting frustration at the insidious forces of commercialism that are forcing out the neighbors he cares most about. Initially inspired by a prank that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neo Sora
CAST:  Kimura Fumiya  •  Yuta Koga  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Kentez Asaka

Near-future Tokyo. Kou, through the help of his high school best friend, finds a surprising way to express his mounting frustration at the insidious forces of commercialism that are forcing out the neighbors he cares most about. Initially inspired by a prank that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neo Sora
CAST:  Kimura Fumiya  •  Yuta Koga  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Kentez Asaka

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022 (2022)

On December 11, 2022, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s solo piano performance will be streamed in the form of a concert. However, what we will experience that day is carefully recorded footage of Sakamoto performing a few pieces of music each day over the course of a week, that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neo Sora
CAST:  Ryuichi Sakamoto

On December 11, 2022, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s solo piano performance will be streamed in the form of a concert. However, what we will experience that day is carefully recorded footage of Sakamoto performing a few pieces of music each day over the course of a week, that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neo Sora
CAST:  Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (2023)

Ryuichi Sakamoto's last performance, a concert film featuring just him and his piano playing for the last time before passing away.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neo Sora
CAST:  Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto's last performance, a concert film featuring just him and his piano playing for the last time before passing away.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neo Sora
CAST:  Ryuichi Sakamoto