Sora HOKIMOTO 甫木元空

A Song That Never Ends

終わりのない歌

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What is "memory"? Does time heal all wounds? After the death of his father, a stage designer, Sora HOKIMOTO created this impressionist collage of home video footage and theater scenes as a very personal way of saying farewell.

終わりのない歌
Owari no nai uta

Japan 2014

68 minutes

Director
Sora HOKIMOTO

Script
Sora HOKIMOTO

Cinematography
Aya KAWAZOE

Music
Shizu HOKIMOTO, Sora HOKIMOTO

About Sora HOKIMOTO
甫木元空

Sora HOKIMOTO, born in Saitama Prefecture in 1992, studied at the Department of Moving Images and Performing Arts at Tama Art University, where he was particularly influenced by director Shinji AOYOMA and where he made the films 11. (2012 / NC ‘13) and A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS (2014 / NC ‘15). After studying, he worked as an assistant director for Masashi YAMAMOTO and Ryosuke HASHIGUCHI. His feature film debut came in 2016 with HARUNEKO, which had its world premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. His second feature film VISIT ME IN MY DREAMS (2022) was shown at the 35th Tokyo International Film Festival.