SUB CATEGORY :

COSTUME DESIGN

COMPANY ENTERING :

SIX INC., TOKYO

TITLE :

A TRAIN OF MEMORIES

BRAND :

SOTETSU

ADVERTISER :

SOTETSU HOLDINGS

AGENCY :

SIX INC., TOKYO/GOOD DESIGN COMPANY, TOKYO

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR :

MANABU MIZUNO

CREATIVE DIRECTOR :

YUTA OKUYAMA

ART DIRECTOR :

KEI KAWABE

CREATIVE PLANNER :

YUSUKE AMAGAI/YUKI YOKOI

CREATIVE PRODUCER :

YUKIKO MIZUNO/KIMIKO INOUE

PR PLANNER :

SAKURA OKAMOTO

AGENCY BUSINESS PRODUCER :

TOMOHIRO NAGASHIMA/YUKO TANAKA/SAYA YAMADA

FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY :

SPOON., TOKYO

DIRECTOR :

SHOW YANAGISAWA

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY :

RYOKEN OKAMURA

DIT :

KEI KIMURA

STEADICAM OPERATOR :

TAKUMA IWATA

GAFFER :

SHIN TAKAKURA

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR :

MASAHIDE KIMURA/HIDENORI TSUMOTO

FILM PRODUCER :

DAI SANO/HIROMI SATO

PRODUCTION MANAGER :

RYO KAMIYA/SHINTARO YAMASHITA/KOICHI HIRAO

PRODUCTION DESIGNER :

YUKIKO KURIBAYASHI

CASTING :

JUNKO SUZUKI/KEITA TAKASAWA/KEITA NAGAHARA/
REIKA UEDA/KANON KATSURA/HIROTO HORINAGA

CHOREOGRAPHER :

CHIHARU SHIMURA

STYLIST :

TAKERU SAKAI

HAIR ARTIST (BEARD) :

TAKAHARU ARAI

HAIR & MAKE-UP :

EITO FURUKUBO

POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY :

SLANTED, TOKYO

OFFLINE EDITOR :

TAKASHI TANAKA

COLORIST :

TOSHIKI KAMEI

SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPANY :

SLANTED, TOKYO

LEAD CG ARTIST :

KAZUKI OTSUKA

CG DIRECTOR :

FUTOSHI YAMAUCHI

CG PRODUCER :

SHINJI SANTOH

SOUND PRODUCTION COMPANY :

PIANO INC., TOKYO

SOUND EFFECTS :

YOSHIO NAKAMURA

RECORDING MIX ENGINEER :

SHOJIRO WATANABE

MIXER :

MASAYUKI SATO

MUSIC ARTIST :

PUNPEE

MUSIC PRODUCER :

KEISUKE TOMINAGA

ENGLISH SYNOPSIS :

Our film follows the track of the father-daughter relationship evolving over twelve years as they commute to work and school on the same train on the sotetsu line. the entire story is set on a train and was filmed in one shot.
As the daughter grows, she explores new social values, ventures beyond her family circle, and becomes distant from her father. The ever-changing father-daughter relationship throughout the years is styled as a seamless time-lapse sequence of 50 lookalike actors with train's winding movements to express the swaying emotions of the two. It reflects how life goes by in a succession of ordinary moments like an uncut one-shot film.
In the final scene, the father prepares to get off at their usual station, except this time, the daughter will continue on to her new university in Tokyo. She is on the new connecting line that goes directly into Tokyo.

ENGLISH CONTEXT EXPLANATION :

Sotetsu is a japanese railway company operating entirely within kanagawa prefecture, which neighbors Tokyo, since 1917. In march 2023, it established a direct through service to central Tokyo by connecting with the tokyu line.
Our mission was to promote the newly-opened link to families and potential families, showcase how it provides transfer-less access from the kanagawa suburbs to downtown Tokyo, and present it as a place for families to settle down. Our idea draws from two perspectives relevant to the brand purpose of supporting local lifestyles.
The first is to celebrate the beauty of ordinary family life: the sotetsu line isn’t for temporary events. Instead it’s a long-standing vital infrastructure that supports the everyday lives of its passengers, particularly families.
The second is to celebrate the newly-extended potential of those living along its lines: the direct connection to Tokyo expands their scope of activity and opens up new possibilities.