Taku AOYAGI 青柳拓

The Road He Walks: A Story of He-Kun

ひいくんの歩く町

Nippon Docs   ¾ 

Hidehiko, also known as He-kun, is 38 years old and lives with his mother in the provincial city of Ichikawamisato, famous for its paper production and spectacular fireworks. He spends each day wandering the streets, doing odd jobs here and there. Taku AOYAGI brings us the story of a very normal, but also very special, person.

ひいくんの歩く町
Hiikun no aruku machi

Japan 2017

47 minutes

Director
Taku AOYAGI

Cinematography
Mitsumasa YAMANOME

About Taku AOYAGI
青柳拓

Taku AOYAGI, born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1993, studied at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. In 2018, he premiered his graduation film THE ROAD HE WALKS: A STORY OF HE-KUN (2017 / NC ’18) internationally at Nippon Connection. TOKYO UBER BLUES (2022 / NC ’23) is his first feature-length documentary.

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