A brother films his sister for a year—no narration, no agenda, just radical love in every frame.
I don’t know how to describe my sister. So instead of conveying with words, I decided to point a camera. The documentary 'Chizuru' was directed by Masakazu Akasaki of Rikkyo University's Department of Body Expression and Cinematic Arts in the School of Contemporary Psychology. This film, planned as his graduation project, is a fresh and gentle family story that continuously filmed Akasaki's sister, Chizuru, who has severe intellectual disabilities and autism, and their mother over the course of a year.
Direction
Student filmmaker's restraint shows radical trust in his subjects.
Editing
Year-long observation distilled without exploitation or sentimentality.
Production
Zero-budget graduation project that outclasses most funded docs.
Director
Masakazu Akazaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
JP
