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.
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Japan Institute Of The Moving Image: Short Docs (NC 2018)
ひいくんの歩く町
Hiikun no aruku machi
Japan 2017
47 minutes
Director
Taku AOYAGI
Cinematography
Mitsumasa YAMANOME
Production
Japan Institute of the Moving Image
World sales
Japan Institute of the Moving Image
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.