Eyes (まなざし)
- Drama (PG)
Director: Akihiro Toda
Length: 21min 41sec
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Completed date: 2015
Yu, who is working to become a photographer in Tokyo, returned to her home at Kushiro, Hokkaido for the first time after her father passed away. Like the familiar streets she knows, Her mother, Keiko did not change a bit. However, as she looks through the finder of her camera, it shows a view that was different from the ones she has in her memories. Even to this moment, Yu has not accepted the death of her father. However, after realizing the love from the family, and people around, she and her mother finally accepted that her father's depth and move on with their lives.
This is a story that took place at the end of Winter at Kushiro, Hokkaido, a story about Yu who tried to hid her lost, and her mother, Keiko's memories of her beloved husband.
Director: Akihiro Toda
Writer: Kazuhisa Kotera, Akihiro Toda
Producer: Masahiro Yoshida, Masayuki Koide, Chikara Ito, Yasunori Matake
Cinematophrapher: Kenichi Negishi
Editor: Akihiro Toda
Cast: Reina Ikehata, Eri Ishida, Seiko Seno, Reina Kobayashi, Akira Otani
Film Festival Awards:
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Sapporo International Film Festival
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Short Short Film Festival




About the filmmaker
Akihro Toda
Cheese Film Inc. Representative
Active as a film director, theatre actor, and acting instructor.
In 2014, Akiro made his first feature film "Cat & Orange", and won the First Runner Up Prize from New Director Film Festival.
In 2015, he completed his other film "The Diameter of the World".
