General Information
Duration: 10 min 17 sec
Genres: Documentary, Experimental, Short
Language: Japanese
Country: United States
Submitted By: Haruka Motohashi
Festival Rating
Nostalgia for Tokyo is an artistic short documentary about a 2022’s trip in which an expatriate Japanese director comes back to her hometown Tokyo to see her hospitalized mother.
While her mother becomes deeply sick during the director’s stay, the film continues to depict everyday activities on the street by utilizing analogue 35mm film imagery and digital camera together, sharing the director's contemplation on mother, memory and home.
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DirectorHaruka Motohashi
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ProducerHaruka Motohashi
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Camera/EditToyoko Motohashi
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Camera/Editoshua Eichenbaum
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Camera/EditTilemahos G Koutsogeorgas
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Camera/EditHaruka Motohashi
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Film TypeDocumentary, Experimental, Short
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GenresAging, Japan, Women
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Runtime10 minutes 17 seconds
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Production Budget2000 USD
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Country of OriginUnited States
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Country of FilmingJapan
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Film LanguageJapanese
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Shooting FormatHD
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Aspect Ratio16:9
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Film ColorBlack & White and Color
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Student ProjectNo
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First-time FilmmakerNo
Director's Biography
Haruka Motohashi is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. She also works as a colorist and an editor, based in New York City. Born in Tokyo.
Her documentaries have been screened at numerous Film Festivals: Her short film Back Home was screened at DOC NYC 2019, won the best documentary at Big Muddy Film Festival (IL, USA) 2018, and has been picked up by a French distributor.
Haruka’s documentaries interweave intimate, personal, and cultural memories with deeply artistic visuals, reflecting on her background in visual art practice.
Currently she is working on a documentary utilizing 35mm film images and digital camera together that echoes with the feeling of nostalgia for her hometown Tokyo.
She holds an MFA in film from the City College of New York and a BFA in Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
