Production - Godfrey Dadich Partners
Agency - HAKUHODO
Director - Paula Chowles
Executive - Producer Paula / Chowles Scott Dadich
Producer - Zuberoa Marcos
Post Production Supervisor - City Keyes
Lead Editor - Chris Waldorf
Dialogue Editor - Ken Honjo
Assistant Editor - Satya Gomez
Story Producer - Angela Doland / Fendi Wang
Motion Graphic Designer - Melody Fitzgerald / Anthony Zazzi
Designer - Luke Williams / Sydney Gilles
Composer - Josh Lim
Online Editor - Michael Lee
Colorist - Samuel Gursky
Audio Mixing - Joaby Deal
日本の四季や自然によって育まれた美意識、匠の技を生み出すクラフトマンシップなど、 日本ならではの文化が生み出してきた豊かさや価値を＜時＞という視点から再発見し、 “ジャパン・ラグジュアリー”の魅力を世界に発信するプロジェクト「THE GIFT OF TIME」。 2024年7月に始動し、プロジェクトの一環としてショートフィルムを制作。 ショートフィルムの公開を機に、セイコーグループの展開するラグジュアリーブランドの魅力をはじめ、日本文化の豊かさや奥深さを世界に向けて発信していきます。 ＜「THE GIFT OF TIME －時と生きる－」特設サイト＞ https://www.seiko.co.jp/thegiftoftime...
Executive Producer / Joann Shin Cordeiro
Creative Producer / David Shin
Producer / Helen H. Ota
Director + DP + Editor / Ken Honjo
Cam Asst / Aika Taguchi
Since 1934, the Nisei Week Japanese Festival has celebrated Japanese and Japanese American culture and history, connecting friends, families, and communities for generations. Meet some of the people who have experienced and contributed to this time-honored celebration.
Director + Editor + Animator : Ken Honjo
Producer : Taka Mizuno
Client : Round 1 USA
Producer / Deena Umeda
Director + Editor / Ken Honjo
Videographer / Yoshimasa Miyazaki
LTSC’s Ebb and Flow: Mental Health Conference is a day of powerful speakers, engaging workshops and small group discussions that explore mental health and wellness topics through an Asian American lens. The conference is open to all community members to learn and connect through workshops and activities for all ages and mental health interests, no matter where you are in your wellness journey.
Ebb & Flow is presented by Little Tokyo Service Center in partnership with JANM.
Client / Coin Parking Delivery + HYPE DROP
Model / Yu Kanamaru
Director + Editor / Ken Honjo
Videographer / Koki Nakamura
Producer / Atsuhiro Kishida
COIN PARKING DELIVERY
2018年、電車での移動時間にスマートフォンを使い、指で絵を描きだしたことからクリエーション活動をスタート。現代人の必須アイテムでもあるスマホを片手に、「今」というこの時代ならではの疑問や理想を落とし込んだ作品を制作、国内外で高い評価を得る。近年では、データのみならず造形、空間、ドローイング、海外のパブリックスペースの外壁など、さまざまな場所で独自の世界を構築している。
Producer / Deena Umeda
Director / Ken Honjo
Videographer / Yoshimasa Miyazaki
Changing Tides is a program of Little Tokyo Service Center located in Los Angeles, California. We seek to inspire greater mental health discussion within the Japanese American and broader Asian American community while tackling the associated stigma. We were raised by generations of strength and hard work. It is with these values that we dare to change the way mental health is viewed. We are starting the conversation, educating the community, and changing the tides. Let’s create a new, open-minded generation.
一時的とはいえ日田に移住させていただいて２年。第二の故郷と呼べる場所に貢献できるムービーを制作させていただくことができました。第一の故郷どこやねんって感じですが。嫁の生まれ育った日田に魅了され、この美しい街を映像化したいと思っていた矢先、お誘いいただいたのがこの案件。小鹿田焼や日田下駄をはじめとした様々なものづくりの職人の現場を4ヶ月間撮影させていただき、日田の旨みがぎゅっと詰まった映像を作ることができました。まだまだ表現できていない日田の魅力がたくさんありますが、少しでも４Kの美しい映像を通して、この街の魅力が伝われば幸いです。
Director / DP / Editor : Ken Honjo
Producer : Taichi Mochimatsu
Client/Production : Hita Industrial Association
Sponsor : Pref. Oita
Photo credit : Hita City Museum / Landscape of Riverside City HITA
English subtitle translation : Remina Tiffany
French subtitle translation : Alexandre Bouquin
Participated Company
Nakashima Vegetables
Masanobu Kuroki / Onta Pottery
Wood Art Raku
Rikiho Sculpture
Inoue Shuzo
Toraya Confectionery
Mokushosha
Ouchi Kogei
Aizawa Lacquer art studio
Uratsuka Kobo
Takamura Lumber
Hita City Museum
Creative Director : Yuzuru Kitagawa (Dentsu Kyushu)
Art Director : Yusuke Nonoaka (Dentsu Kyushu)
Directer + Color + Offline Editor : Ken Honjo
Producer : Kasumi Tomari (WONDERLAND HOUSE)
Production Manager : Rui Tamura (WONDERLAND HOUSE)
DP : Noriyuki Shiozawa (U2)
DP : Tatsunori Yokosuka
Offline Editor : Tomoaki Yonemura (U2)
Sound Mixer : Kiyoto Nakashima
Agency : Dentsu Kyushu
Production Co : WONDERLAND HOUSE
3種目のトップチームが集まる日本屈指のスポーツ大県、佐賀ならではの特長を活かした夢のコラボ企画を実施。各チームのコーチ等による本物の指導を体験することで、本物の才能や本物の好きに出会ってもらう企画です。こどもに何をやらせたらいいんだろう？どのスポーツが向いているのだろう？と悩んでいる親御様の思いにも応えます。こどもの夢や目標が見つかるきっかけづくりとして是非ご参加ください。
Luxuwa（ルクスワ）とは、表装裂地とトルソーが組み合わさった新しいディスプレイです。広島県福山市にある織物工場と神奈川県横浜市にあるディスプレイ会社、東京都西荻窪にあるアートギャラリーで撮影させていただきました。今までにない新しいものが生み出されたことを表現するために、鏡面仕上げのボックスを使い、福山市の海岸などで自由に撮影しました。伝統的な織物機が今も使われている様子を撮影しているときは、なんとも言えない興奮を感じました。
Client : Ad Spot
Producer : Atsuhiro Kishida
Director : Ken Honjo
As the first Asian American astronaut, Ellison Onizuka ventured from his humble beginnings on the coffee field of Kona, Hawaii and dared to journey into the unknown. With the unveiling of two new murals in Little Tokyo, the film explores Onizuka's enduring impact as he continues to inspire exploration and the boundless potential of human aspiration. We won the third place at CineSpace Short Film Competition.
Producer Kentaro Yoshimura
Director Ken Honjo
Artist : Kentaro Yoshimura / Paul Juno / Julien Carrere
Special Thanks
Daniel M. Tani
Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Committee
Little Tokyo Community Council + Etco Homes
Photos & videos
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Artist : Genki Iwahashi
Producer : Taishi Mizuno
Dir + DP + Editor - Ken Honjo
1st AC - Tatsuya Ueno
Still Cam - Yoshimasa Miyazaki
Hair Makeup - Minaho Takahashi
Hair Makeup - Akina Shimizu
Production Assistant - Dan Aoki
Color - Roy Sun (Reason Studio)
Security - Tyler Hightower
Dancer - Sarah Seese
Dancer - Kylie Montoya
Dancer - Christian Garcia
Dancer - Eric Whitehurst
Production - TC Studio
Client : Wismettac USA + Yamamoto Shuzo / Satsuma-sendai, Kagoshima
Director : Ken Honjo
Producer : Taishi Mizuno
Official selection / special jury award for Los Angeles Film Awards
In the summer of 2021, two artists are invited to paint a mural on the island of Shishmaref, Alaska. As they learn more about the culture and the impact of the melting permafrost that erodes away at the island each year, they begin uncovering the deeper history of the local Inupiaq people and their future in the face of climate disaster.
Producer Kentaro Yoshimura
Director Ken Honjo + Kentaro Yoshimura
Director of Photography Ken Honjo
Editor Ken Honjo
Music Composer Mando Ortega
Colorist Roy Sun (Reason Studio)
Local Coordinator Shaun Milligan
Production Assistant Lucy Guyver
Kokura-ori fabrics were woven in Buzen Kokura (currently named Kitakyushu City) since the Edo Era (early 1600's). Kokura-ori was used to make "hakama" trousers and "obi" sashes that were used by the samurai class. The women and children of the Ogasawara samurai, were responsible for cultivating and spinning the cotton yarn, then weaving it into fabrics, which were in turn made into specialty items that were prized in Japan. There are written records of Tokugawa Ieyasu who favored coats used for falconry, that were made of Kokukra-ori fabrics. A Kokura outer-garment, which was part of a kyogen costume from the mid-Edo Period (18th century), is in the collection of the Tokugawa Art Museum. During Japan's Westernization movement of the Meiji Era, the "hakama" style was developed into summer uniforms for male students, using factory-woven Kokura-ori in a salt and pepper pattern woven from grey yarns. The demand for Kokura-ori cotton clothing spread across the country, and factories could not keep up with demand, resulting in the manufacture of imitation Kokura fabrics that were manufactured in other areas of Japan. Kokura-ori fabrics were manufactured for more than 300 years, but production ceased in the early Showa Era. Textile artist Noriko Tsuiki was dedicated to reviving the fabric and after much trial and error, in 1984 she succeeded in the restoration of Kokura-ori. The cotton threads are yarn-dyed, then woven in factories. Noriko Tsuiki's successors ensure that Kokura-ori will carry on into the 21st century.
Artist @yayoidaimon
Dancer @yurisa
Producerd by @whoisjekajeka
Director @kenhonjo
Cam Asst @yoshimiyazaki
MUA @marinkadowaki
Wardrobe @i_am_natsuki_suki_tanaka
Special Thanks @vidakush
#KETSUFURE
#KETSUFURECHALLENGE
#TWERK
#TWERKGIRL
#TWERKQUEEN
#JAPANESETWERK
I had a pleasure of producing the product and the branding contents for @samurai_denim. Shout out to @alovemovement!!!
CD / DP @kenhonjo
Still Cam @fraudfix
HM @minahohairmakeup
Model @myui.co7
Model @jabarrib
Model @whadduprachelle
Client : RICHILL https://richill.life/
Creative Producer : Atsuhiro Kishida
Director : Ken Honjo
Producer : Takuro Fujii
Actor : Takuro Nakamura
Production Co : GunsRock
Creative Director Ryusuke Kondo
Producer Itsuko Shimizu
Director + Editor Ken Honjo
Animator Yan Dan Wong
Music Taisuke Kimura
Production : STORIES
Client : Japan Foundation
Video @kenhonjo
Still @yoshi_miyazaki
Production @do-way
Client : Wismettac
Producer : Taishi Mizuno
Director : Ken Honjo
1st AC : Yoshi Miyazaki
Prop Master : Yuiko Maki
Production : TC Media
Client : Gekkeikan USA
Director + DP + Editor : Ken Honjo
Producer : Takuya Fujiwara
Director - Ken Honjo
Producer - Takuya Fujiwara
Prod Co - Tyrant King
Restaurant - BRESCA
https://www.brescadc.com/
Creative Director Gene Ivery
Director + DP Ken Honjo
Producer Ryusuke Kondo
MGFX Artist Votgaus
Music Taisuke Kimura
Production STORIES
"Dance is not about impressing others. Dance is about having fun." This documentary is about a man who's living his life teaching many influential "b-boys" in Los Angeles and became a hidden legend who's goal is not to become famous but to spread the joy of dancing and pass on.
Directed by Ken Honjo
Starring
Adrian “Ace” Harburda
Charles Montgomery
DJ Erineil Coroma
Jeffery “Machine” McCann
Neils “Storm” Robitzky
Special Thanks / Tatsuki Yamaguchi
Videographer + Editor : Ken Honjo
Producer : Yosuke Kuroki + Hiroyuki
Presented by Hita Tourism office / Yabukukuri / Thinning
Sakura Festival was virtually hosted this year due to the covid-19 pandemic. I got to work with Japanese high school students who were supposed to travel to Washington DC as well as the local American students to make a quick video featuring their lives during the lock-down and hopes they have toward the future.
Producer : Ryusuke Kondo
Producer : Ikuko Shimizu
Director / Editor : Ken Honjo
https://nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/
Terasaki Budokan is close to its completion. Seeing and filming the old building and the early stage of construction, working on this project was a special experience for me. It was literally the whole birthing process of an important building in Little Tokyo. It was the third time I filmed Kent working on his murals, and it's always inspiring because he has so many things I don't have that I wish to have. Working with an inspirational friend gives me great stimulus to improve yourself.
http://www.kentaronic.com/
https://www.terasakibudokan.org/
Master Artist Hirokazu Kosaka
Director + DP + Editor Ken Honjo
Producer Helen Ota
Client : Richill
Creative Producer : Atsuhiro Kishida
Producer : Takuro Fujii (Guns rock)
Director + DP + Editor : Ken Honjo
Actor : Hazuki Omija
Cam Asst :
Gaffer :
Hair-makeup :
Stylist :
Artist : Genki Iwahashi
Director + Editor : Toru Nomura (Matsuri, inc.)
Producer + DP : Ken Honjo
Cam Asst : Yoshi Miyazaki
Gaffer : Yuichi Kumai
Hair-makeup : Minaho Takahashi
Dancers : Kylie Montoya, Lizzie Mason, Taylor Tarantino, Sara Seese, Giovanni Tisera, Arthur Yemchyk, Vinny Guzman
Director + Editor : Ken Honjo @kenhonjo
Producer : Jackie Hirai @hisahirai
DP : Yuki Noguchi @yukixnoguchi
HM : Minaho Takahashi @minahohairmakeup
STY : Natsuki Tanaka @i_am_natsuki_suki_tanaka
Colorist : Roy Sun @coloristroy
Music : T-Spice @tomospice
A short documentary @sumioshima and I made at Palm Springs during Desert X, an outdoor art installation exhibition. Sumi recently appeared on “So You Think You Can Dance” and a number of advertisements including Toyota TV commercial. She’s a talented artist and lovely friend :)
Shout out to @ryo.araki, @marinkadowaki for hair make up!
This is a series of social media contents for Anime Expo. I had a pleasure editing interviews of famous creators from Japan.
Producer Shingo Kidaka / Director Kenhonjo / DP Teru Yoshida / Gaffer Hitoshi Tomonori / Art Director Hiroko Watanabe / Food Stylist Takako Murayama / Colorist Roy Sun / Sound Designer Joy Yang
Kuni and I had the opportunity to serve Little Tokyo Service Center again. This time we were asked to make a promo video to support the fundraising for a new multi-purpose gym being built in the middle of Little Tokyo. We asked our friends to participate and perform their professional skills on Aratani Stage. The video was screened at Straight Outta Little Tokyo. They named the new gym “BUDOKAN.”
Featuring Chikako Fukuyama
Featuring Taishi Tamaki
Producer T-Spice
Director Ken Honjo
BTS Nao Tharp
Creative Director James Darrah
Cinematographer Michael Elias Thomas
Video Artist Ken Honjo
Audio Producer Robert Wolff
Program
BEETHOVEN (ORCH. MAHLER)
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, Serioso
https://youtu.be/utfV30gU6b8
Crave is a commission-free ordering system designed to help both customers and business owners. You can order and pay on your phone through a QR code at a restaurant or from home. Learn more about Crave at https://craveup.com/
Director / DP : Ken Honjo
Photographer : Yoshi Miyazaki
Producer : April Cho
Rocky Peter is a Nigerian American Poet, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Multi Instrumentalist, and Motivational Speaker. He has performed on American IDOL, 2016 Rio Olympics, Nobel Peace, United Nations, NBC, Paramount Studios, and More. His story, though sad is very inspiring. This is a music video for his new single "Write & Erase".
Director / Editor : Ken Honjo
Executive Producer : Sean Tsai
Producer : Tadashi Tawarayama
Steadicam : Tatsuya Ueno
1st AC : Yoshi Miyazaki
Prop : Master Lisa Nagai
Art PA : Yuiko Maki
Hair Make-up Artist : Tiffany Ingalls
Special Thanks : Toru Uchikado
http://www.rockypeter.com/
https://www.facebook.com/peter.ajoku.5
Ramen District is a brand new ramen experience. You can order your favorite ramen from the most popular ramen shops. It’s the best way to eat good ramen now. Soup and noodles arrive frozen so all you need to do is just boil them. Better than dry noodles and so much better than to-go ramen. To-go ramen is lame. Don’t even think about it.
Executive Producer : Takeo Shibatani
Director / Editor : Ken Honjo
Actress : Yuiko Maki
Prop Master : Risa Nagai
Special Thanks : Mariko Lochridge
https://www.ramendistrict.store/
Executive Producer Patricia Wyatt
Creative Director Hirokazu Kosaka
Director Ken Honjo
Producer Helen Ota
Artist Rocky Peter
Video Ken Honjo
Hair Make-up Tiffany
That’s it. Really. No one else.
A trailer for the exhibition "Reconnecting" by Japan House Los Angeles
japanhousela.com/exhibitions/reconnecting-a-vision-of-unity-by-kengo-kito/
Featuring Grace Chikui
Calligrapher Kuniharu Yoshida
Director + DP Ken Honjo
Produced by Sustainable Little Tokyo
Shodo for Little Tokyo staff : Alma Guzman, Mimi Wada, Scott Oshima, Yasue Katsuragi
Feunded in part by California Arts Council and The Kresge Foundation
It’s been 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake devastated the Tohoku region but I honestly never had a chance to talk to anyone who survived the earthquake or visited the impacted area. Talking and working with Masako-san who started Love to Nippon Project was a precious learning experience and the opportunity to think how I can be prepared for such a devastating natural disaster that could happen to anyone at any moment.
Executive Producer : Masako Unoura
Producer : Noriyasu Tani
Producer : Kuniharu Yoshida
Director / Editor : Ken Honjo
Official Music Video for "imacoco" by MINMI, produced by T-SPICE
official HP：http://minmi.jp
Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/minmidesu/
STAFF Instagram：https://instagram.com/minmi_staff_off...
Twitter：https://twitter.com/minmides
STAFF Twitter：https://twitter.com/minmi_staff
Facebook：https://ja-jp.facebook.com/minmidesu/
和紙は1400年以上の間、知識や歴史を新しい世代へ繋いできましたが、明治以降、洋紙の製造方法が普及したことによって、手間と時間のかかる和紙の需要は激減してしまいました。この映像は埼玉県にある工房で、和紙の文化や技術をより多くの人々に知ってもらおうと様々な活動をされている手漉き職人に密着したものです。
手漉き和紙 たにの
http://monme.net/
NextGen JCA cancelled their annual live event due to the pandemic this year. Instead, they live-streaming virtual performances on YouTube and Facebook. I had a privilege to join the team on this epic journey and remotely directed all the video contents.
Credit :
Executive Producer : Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto
Executive Director : Akiko K. Takashima Yarbrough
Streaming Media Producer : Alex J. Sinclair
Graphic Designer : Elaine Joe
AV Technology Specialist : Robert C. Wong
Kabuki Buyo : Bandō Hirohichiro
Kabuki Buyo : Bandō Naō
Calligrapher : Kuniharu Yoshida
Koto Player : Brian Mitsuhiro Wong
Koto Player : Kaori Takada
Koto Player : Isabella Kazuai Lew
Ktoto Player : Isako Kajun Kashino
Shamisen Player : Kyle Abbot
Shamisen Player : Su Benjamin
Client / Kokura Shima Shima Inc.
Producer / Toshi Okada
Director / Ken Honjo
Still Photographer / Yoshi Miyazaki
Hair Make-up / Minaho Takahashi
Kimono Stylist / Sueko Oshimoto
Kimono Stylist / Kentaro Terra
Model / Destiny Beyon
Model / Adam Holmgren
QTAKE is a software that VTR uses on set to record and playback shots. It has a remote feature that allows you to have your clients / creatives connected wherever they are, as long as they have smartphone app or laptop with internet. This is especially useful recently because of the covid-19 pandemic where you can't travel but wanna shoot oversea.
Another videos about the new gym in Little Tokyo
https://www.terasakibudokan.org/
Music video for “What Time Is It on the Clock of the World?” by Nobuko Miyamoto. This track is a part of her album “12,000 stories” sponsored by Smithsonian Folkways.
These are participants of a calligraphy workshop that our friend Kuniharu was hosting during his artist residency program at Little Tokyo in 2018. Most of them are local Japanese American residents who came to learn how to write their names in Japanese for the first time. This is a documentation of their final task.
I invited my friend Matt to a quick journey to the Palm Springs Area to find out what the outdoor art installation event called Desert X is all about.
Kinusara is a new kind of sake with a lot of probiotics. It’s like a sake version of yakult. Super healthy for your beauty and digestion.
Producer @do_way
Kuniharu Yoshida participated in +lab artist residency program hosted by Little Tokyo Service Center in 2018. This is a short documentary film about his encounters and experiences in his 3 month residency and history of Little Tokyo, one of the 3 remaining historic Japan town left in the United States.
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Trailer (JPN)
Trailer (ENG)
Main Movie
「チョウチンアンコウ」は、シンプルな要素の組み合わせの中に、いろいろな思想が詰まっている作品です。分裂したアメリカの今、焦点のズレたメディア論争、戦い返す術を知らない国民、無意識に矛先をむけられる人種間の溝。情報の海で溺れながら、夜の街で窒息しかけながらも、なんとか選択をしながら生きている人々の姿を、ダンスとカメラで表現しました。
関係ないかもですけど、朝焼けのドライレイクは、なにものにも代え難いスケール感があります。連れて行くんでぜひ。
A friend of mine whom I met through "A Love Movement" filming is Brittney Banks, an illustrator. She recently moved to England to live together with her fiancé. This short documentary was shot as a product of cancelled job. The idea was the same, just no product advertisement, which really helped expressing her true beauty as a person and an artist residing in Venice, CA.
