Sasaki Yusuke

Sasaki Yusuke

Still: Cinephilia Now: Part 1 – Secrets Within Walls
SASAKI Yusuke (1985, Japan) is an artist, filmmaker and scholar. He holds a doctoral degree from the Tokyo University of the Arts and is a lecturer at Tottori University. He made his directorial debut with Letter (2002), which screened at IFFR. In 2010, he directed Always Dreaming… So, No Sleep. He directed its follow-up Our Brand-New Landscape Kasanegafuchi that same year. Cinephilia Now: Part 1 – Secrets Within Walls (2020) is his second film to screen at IFFR. He often uses landscape cinema to examine Japanese culture and its history.

Filmography

(selection) Tegami/Letter (2002), Yumebakari Nemurihanai/Always Dreaming… So, No Sleep. (2010), Shinkei Kasanega Fuchi/Our Brand-new Landscape Kasanegafuchi (2010), Atmosphere (2011), Asphalt (2013), And the Hollow Ship Sails On (2015, short), Drop Shadow (2015, short), TRAILer (2016, short doc), Call History (2019), Eiga ai no genzai: Part 1 – Kabe no mukode/Cinephilia Now: Part 1 – Secrets Within Walls (2020, doc)

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