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Ashi Films is a documentary collaboration between Tokyo based filmmakers, Fuyuko Mochizuki and John Enos centered on film productions in Japan.

Launched in 2016, our more than 80 documentary films have covered everything from traditional free divers in Japan to Syrian refugee camps in Greece.

In 2019, we produced the Japan portion of the highly acclaimed Netflix series “HIGH SCORE”.  We directed and produced the documentary “Beauty and Buddhism” which was a finalist at the 2020 Tribeca X Film Festival.

“In the Eyes of Children”, our 2016 independent short was chosen as an official selection to 7 different international film festivals from Sydney to New York.

Our nimble Tokyo based production offers a flexible solutions.  Producers, translators and directors for co-productions with external production and overseas companies from places like Singapore, California, and Europe on documentary film projects for companies like Patagonia, to feature length documentaries for Wall to Wall, Warner Bros., Original Productions and many others.

Based along the Nakameguro river in Tokyo, our Tokyo based filmmakers and production team manages a variety of documentary projects and branded video assignments for streaming clients such as Netflix, CNN, Channel News Asia, VICE Media and Patagonia.

  • Ashi Films Documentary Collaborations

Latest Work

Netflix Originals: Earthstorm Ep. 4

Japan Direction and Cinematography by Ashi Films
Shinshu University - Carbon Nanotubes

Shinshu University – Carbon Nanotubes

Directed, Edited and Produced by Ashi Films

Feature Doc – Hostage Justice in Japan

Produced and Directed by Ashi Films
Japan Documentary Patagonia: Filmmakers Fuyuko Mochizuki and John Enos

Patagonia Documentary

Ashi Films Researched and Developed the Japan portion.

High Score Netflix Original Documentary

Research & Development, Field Production, Camera Operator by Ashi Films
Beauty & Buddhism

Beauty & Buddhism

Tribeca 2020 X Finalist -
Documentary about Architect Kengo Kuma

Kengo Kuma Documentary

Ashi Films - Japan Documentary

Japans Salt Farming Tradition

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films Japan
Tokyo Based Filmmakers

From Mud to Kimono

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Tokyo Based Filmmakers

Amami Oshima’s Sumo Tradition

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Tokyo Based Filmmakers

Scissor Craftsman

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Tokyo Based Filmmakers

Japan’s Train Composer

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Tokyo Based Filmmakers

Pharmaceutical Samurai

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Tokyo Based Filmmakers

Singing the Tokyo Blues

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Japan Male Geisha Documentary

Japan’s Male Geisha

Directed and Produced and Edited by Ashi Films
Juju Noda

World’s Youngest F3 Racer

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Tokyo Based Filmmakers

The Artist Keeping Japan’s Bathhouse Art Alive

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Aizome

The Link Between Japanese Samurai and Aizome

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Tokyo Based Filmmakers

Sushi’s Roots – Funazushi

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Techno Hoyo

Japan’s DJ Monk Spins the Holiest Beats

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Momiji

When in Japan, Deep-Fry Some Maple Leaves

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Nebuta

Illuminating the Night

Directed and Produced and Edited by Ashi Films
Tsukiji

New Years Auction – Tsukiji Fish Market 2018

Directed and Produced and Edited by Ashi Films
newspaper artist

The Animal Sculptures Giving New Life to Recycled Paper

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
kamikatsu

Japan’s Town With No Waste

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
ama-san

Freediving With Japan’s Pearl Divers

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
arakawa

Aquatic Affection

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
katsuo

How the Japanese Craft the World’s Hardest Food

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Robot Restaurant

All Hail Tokyo’s Robot Queen!

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
japanpost

Japan’s Post Box Under the Sea

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Curry

A Homemade Meal . . . From a Vending Machine

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Michelangelo

The Michelangelo of Microsoft Excel

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Owl

Japan’s City of Gold Protects a Valuable Tradition

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
miho

納品用[野中生萌]

Directed and Produced and Edited by Ashi Films
robot sumo

The Freakishly Fast World of Robot Sumo

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
anti-nuke

Tokyo Street Artist Anti-Nuke 281

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
rice field art

Rice Fields of Dreams

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
HIP HOP

Hip-Hop Dancing at Age 60

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
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Ashi Films Independent Films

“BOZE” 2019

Within the Tokara archipelago lies the remote Japanese island of Akuseki-Jima, or rather “Evil Rock Island”. Home to 83 residents, and one mysterious creature called BOZE, this is a community unlike any others in Japan, one that accepts all that arrives from the sea, even a lost boy.

Cast: Koki Hisanaga, Kazunori Arikawa, Miyo Hisanaga

Director: Fuyuko Mochizuki, DP: John Enos Producer, Producer: Yusaku Kanagawa, Editor: Fuyuko Mochizuki, Sound Mixer: Rob Mayes

Year: 2019 Runtime: 14 minutes 25 seconds

“In The Eyes Of Children” 2016

Inspired on our visit to Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece during the summer of 2016.

Over the past few years, many documentaries have been made about the refugee crisis and the refugees in Greece. We had a desire to make a documentary that told the story from a new perspective. We feel that although it’s too overwhelming to consider our lives as refugees, perhaps we could relate to how it feels to help someone in need and how that experience enriches our lives.

Made on a shoestring budget, our documentary focuses on the life and work of a middle aged Greek photographer who found his own identity by becoming an integral part of the refugees lives in the camp near his home by initiating a Tuesday movie night for the children.

Vassilis Nikas, a Greek photographer who has made it his priority to replace despair with hope and smiles by being true to not only his own core beliefs but all of ours.

The summer of 2021 our film will be playing at Lieu d’Europe, in companion with an expansive exhibition of Vassilis Nikas photography from the refugee camp.

Ashi Films

ASHI FILMS LLC

Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
+81 (0)80 4880 1233

info@ashifilms.com

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