JAPANESE SHORT FILM SERIES: THE ANCESTOR
Synopsis
In the dark, silent darkness, he hears someone calling him from afar and wakes up to find a troubled young man in front of him who says he is his descendant. The world is 1000 years in the future, in 3022. He has been forcibly summoned to the world as a guide on how to solve problems.
Director's biography
Seji O’Hara has worked on the Japanese-French co-production Soratobu Machi and music videos for Universal Music, and also made the documentary film Let's Talk About the Old Days Shuichiro Moriyama-Voice-Acting With Heart. Film The Ancestor won the Best Short Award in the Japan Competition at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2018, which qualified for the Academy Awards. His other film, Ayesha, won the Osaka Governor's Award and the Best Voice Actor Award at the Kadoma International Film Festival.