Yû Shibuya

Playing Dead

Hiroshi Yoshida wanted to become an actor, but before he knew it, he only played the roles of corpses.

Colorless

A bittersweet love story depicting the end of the romance between an amateur model named Yuka and Koyamada, a photographer who wants to capture her real face.

Bicycle

A co-worker confronts Mamoru on his apparent apathy toward life, and this results in Mamoru leaving his job out of humiliation. Now alone and without work, just as it seems that things could not possibly get worse, parts of Mamoru's bicycle begin to disappear, one by one. In frustration, Mamoru leaves a note for the thief, begging him to just take the whole thing. The note left in response is signed God, leaving Mamoru only more confused. At last, when the only remaining piece of the bicycle is a lonely bell, Mamoru receives an envelope, containing addresses at which each piece of the bicycle might be retrieved.

Kakurenbo

A young man who struggles with depression and desperately fears being alone with his own thoughts. After encouragement from his doctor, he finds himself in Japan- a promising hiding place from the life of busyness and pressure he faces back home. While in Japan, he discovers being found by himself and by others is not the fearful thing he first believed. This is the story of Kakurembo. This is the story of 'Hide and Seek.'