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Ashi Films is a Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film collaboration between filmmakers Fuyuko Mochizuki and John Enos centered on film productions in Japan.

Launched in 2016, our more than 100 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, ” 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 documentary production and film team offers flexible solutions. Producers, translators, and directors for co-productions with external production and overseas companies from places like Singapore, California, New York, and Europe on documentary film projects for companies like Patagonia, to feature-length documentaries for Wall to Wall, Warner Bros., Original Productions which are destined to major VOD streaming distribution on sites such as Netflix, Amazon or Rakuten TV.

Based along the Nakameguro river in Tokyo, our Tokyo-based filmmakers and production team researches and develops stories based on Japanese culture and current affairs. Our storytelling has covered a broad spectrum, from video games and seaweed farming to false confession and teen suicide.

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Latest Work

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Netflix Originals: Earthstorm Ep. 3

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

Directed, Edited and Produced by Ashi Films
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Feature Doc – Hostage Justice in Japan

Produced and Directed by Ashi Films
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Patagonia Documentary

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High Score Netflix Original Documentary

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

Tribeca 2020 X Finalist -
Documentary about Architect Kengo Kuma Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

Kengo Kuma Documentary

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Japans Salt Farming Tradition

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films Japan
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From Mud to Kimono

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
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Amami Oshima’s Sumo Tradition

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
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Scissor Craftsman

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
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Japan’s Train Composer

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
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Pharmaceutical Samurai

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
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Singing the Tokyo Blues

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
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Japan’s Male Geisha

Directed and Produced and Edited by Ashi Films
Juju Noda Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

World’s Youngest F3 Racer

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
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The Artist Keeping Japan’s Bathhouse Art Alive

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Aizome Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

The Link Between Japanese Samurai and Aizome

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
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Sushi’s Roots – Funazushi

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Techno Hoyo Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

Japan’s DJ Monk Spins the Holiest Beats

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Momiji Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

When in Japan, Deep-Fry Some Maple Leaves

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Nebuta Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

Illuminating the Night

Directed and Produced and Edited by Ashi Films
Tsukiji Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

New Years Auction – Tsukiji Fish Market 2018

Directed and Produced and Edited by Ashi Films
newspaper artist Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

The Animal Sculptures Giving New Life to Recycled Paper

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
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Japan’s Town With No Waste

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
ama-san Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

Freediving With Japan’s Pearl Divers

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
arakawa Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

Aquatic Affection

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
katsuo Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

How the Japanese Craft the World’s Hardest Food

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Robot Restaurant Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

All Hail Tokyo’s Robot Queen!

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
japanpost Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

Japan’s Post Box Under the Sea

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Curry Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

A Homemade Meal . . . From a Vending Machine

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Michelangelo Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

The Michelangelo of Microsoft Excel

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
Owl Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

Japan’s City of Gold Protects a Valuable Tradition

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
miho Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

納品用[野中生萌]

Directed and Produced and Edited by Ashi Films
robot sumo Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

The Freakishly Fast World of Robot Sumo

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
anti-nuke Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

Tokyo Street Artist Anti-Nuke 281

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
rice field art Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

Rice Fields of Dreams

Directed and Produced by Ashi Films
HIP HOP Tokyo Based Documentary Production and Film

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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