Neo SORA

Happyend

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Tokyo in the near future: After Yuta and Ko prank their principal, a surveillance system is installed at their high school. The political situation in the country also becomes increasingly oppressive. While Ko longs to resist, Yuta is only interested in techno music. This realistic science fiction film explores the dreams and fears of a generation.

Japan, USA 2024

113 minutes

Director
Neo SORA

Script
Neo SORA

Cinematography
Bill KIRSTEIN

Music
Lia Ouyang RUSLI

About Neo SORA

Neo SORA, born in New York in 1991, is a filmmaker, translator, and artist who lives in New York and Tokyo. He has worked on numerous film, video, and commercial projects as a director, cameraman, and producer. He is a part of both the artist-filmmaker collective Zakkubalan and the artist collective Lunch Bee House, with whom he made the documentary AINU NENO AN AINU (2019 / NC ‘21). Both his concert film RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: OPUS (2023) and his feature film debut HAPPYEND (2024 / NC ‘25) had their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival.