Shōichirō Sasaki Movies

The story of Czech architect Jan Letzel, who designed the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

The story of a man and woman dealing with amnesia, set in Prague.

A boy rescues a girl who has collapsed in a river, from their exchanges and memories a tale of loneliness and meaningful connection gradually unfolds.

A composer who can no longer compose music is led back to the past by his mother's voice. As a boy in the past, he encounters various characters,...

Second in the River series. Piano tuner Eiko visits a town on the banks of the Guadalquivir River in Andalusia, Spain. In the dazzling light, she...

Adaptation of a manga by Yoshiharu Tsuge.

This is the first work in the "River" series, born from Sasaki's idea that "music was born on the banks of the river." The lives of people living on...

Conductor Ichiro Nakamura visits Prague and reminisces about his boyhood, his father, and his mother, Fumiko, as well as his evacuation experience...

Minyoung is a university co-ed living in Seoul. One photograph left to her by her late grandmother brings Minyoung all the way to Japan. And wherever...

A Czech woman goes to the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima to hang a small bell made by her grandmother, and meets a Japanese boy.

A 15-year-old boy, Hiroshi, wanders about in atmospheric early-1970s Japan. It is a drama that depicts human encounters in exploration of the...

A nine-year-old boy, Ken, alone in the city of Kobe during the port festival and holding on to the image of his absent mother, encounters people who...

Eiko grows up through the seasons, navigating a series of encounters with sound and people. Her journey intertwines her professional work as a piano...

A Japanese woman travels around Australia in search of her lover whose whereabouts are unknown. Her interactions with the people whose lives are...

One summer, under the bright sky, the boy Akira rushes about Finland on a journey. This production has the beautiful, invigorating tones of a fairy...

In this NHK Special, Olga Struskova, author from Prague, appears. Connections to the world of life on the streets of Tokyo are explored

While working for NHK as a 16mm film cameraman, Suzuki traveled to various parts of the country, particularly for shooting on location for rural...

Third in the River series. Piano tuner Eiko travels up the Danube River. In the ancient city of Bratislava, where Mozart's melodies flow, she...