Round and Round
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Live-action Competition Japan Best Short Award / Governor of Tokyo Award
On an autumn afternoon, Sana and Asa reunite at the park where they once spent their days.What begins as small talk slowly sets the memories that had been paused for ten years back into motion.Told in a single, fixed shot, this is a quiet story of two people ? and two unspoken confessions.
- Director
- Hayato Otogi
- Time
- 0:13:26
- Country
- Japan
- Genre
- Sci-Fi
- Year
- 2025
- Cast
- Nao Ota, Ayaka Kutsuna, Yuga, Mio Maruyama
Awards Nominations
Obu Film FEST (JAPAN) oneCut@scene Category
Palma Versus International Short Film Festival 2026 (SPAIN)
Director
Hayato Otogi
In addition to working as an actor in Japan, he is also active as a film director. Drawing on the techniques and sensibilities he developed through theater, he frequently creates fixed-camera, one-shot films.
Cast
Nao Ota, Ayaka Kutsuna, Yuga, Mio Maruyama
Screening
Screening Venue
| Venue | Schedule | Ticket Reservation |
|---|---|---|
| kino cinéma Shinjuku | 2026.11.07 [Sat] 14:10-15:30 |
Online Screening
| Online | schedule | Online Screening |
|---|---|---|
| Online Screening | 2026.11.09 [Mon] - 2026.11.22 [Sun] |
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Organizer
Committee for Short Shorts Film Festival Asia
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kino cinéma Shinjuku
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Recommended comments
The story unfolds in a single fixed long take, where the actors’ precisely timed performances?down to the second?shine despite the absence of cuts. The interplay with Saya’s music is also a key highlight.