Short Film Project "Yukuharu - The Fading of Spring"

When I was in film school it was all about directing, followed by editing and writing. I was in 16mm hell (which was, I later realized, heaven).

I never planned to become a film journalist/translator/consultant or all around benriya. They are things I'm lucky and grateful to have had a chance to do, especially in Japan. There are a thousand worse ways to earn a living. Nonetheless, it's been quite a few years of putting time and energy into other people's movies to put it bluntly, though I'm certainly not done with such work. Things are moving along with Max Mannix' Yellow Earth, I'm still translating (this is the latest movie) and writing for Screen International.

I previously mentioned a refocus on my own feature scriptwriting, which is progressing. Now I'd like to make a short film. It's been quite some time since I shot anything narrative, but if not now then when?

I've decided to try out crowd source funding for my project Yukuharu - The Fading of Spring. I was disheartened to find out that Kickstarter limits fundraising projects to US residents, but was pleased to discover IndieGogo soon after.

I'm currently working on the story for Yukuharu and will go into pre-production later this month. Project details can be found here.

Yoroshiku!