2026| IN/VISIBLE

A docu-fiction short film inspired by a non-fictional story published in a national publication.

After a morning shift at a warehouse in Tokyo, NAGANO, a (former) kickboxer, gets on an empty local bus and sits in a designated priority seat. A few stops later, he wakes up to a full bus where a pregnant woman comes on board searching for a priority seat, and occupies the space in front of him.

In Japan, priority seats are reserved for the elderly, physically disabled, pregnant women, and adults carrying infants. 

Two elderly passengers in their priority seats get off at a stop. The pregnant woman continues to stand. Refusing to take any of their seats, she continues to obsess over the seemingly able-bodied NAGANO and his priority seat. 

Music by Bach evokes the perpetual motion of a bus.

Photo by Yunosuke Ishibashi

2022| The Little Match Girl

A site-specific family musical adaptation based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale.

Venue: Royal Naval College, London.

Photo by Emi Davis

Art direction by Eureka Toki || 土生百合香

2022| “Christie Done It”

In November 1949, Beryl Evans and her baby, Geraldine, are murdered in their Notting Hill home. Timothy Evans, a lorry driver, father to Geraldine and wife to Beryl, is eventually executed for the murder. Yet just 3 years later, it was discovered that John Christie had murdered at least eight women in the same building.

Where is the truth in the mess of lies, false confessions by Timothy, and a justice system biased towards Christie? Concept inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon.

Premiered at The Cockpit, London.

Photo by Eureka Toki || 土生百合香

2019| The Stronger

Adaptation of the play by August Strindberg. Inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s Persona.

Two women meet in a dressing room inside a theatre. Who’s “the stronger” woman — X who remains married to her husband despite knowing he’s cheating with Y, or Y who remains silent about the accusations?

Presented at the Caryl Churchill Theatre, London.

Photo by Anastasia Xu