About K-zone.
K-zone. is a Tokyo-based film production company established in 2020. Through films, documentaries, sound installations, and diverse forms of expression, we visualize people’s memories and prayers. With experience in co-productions across nine countries, we collaborate beyond cultural and linguistic boundaries. We are also committed to creating inclusive experiences, such as barrier-free screenings, to make our works accessible to a wide range of audiences.
Founder / Representative: Kentaro Kishi
Trained under playwright Akio Miyazawa, Kentaro Kishi began filmmaking in 2003 while continuing his career as an actor. His feature film A Record of Life (2010) was screened at the SKIP City International D-Cinema Festival, Torino Film Festival, and Denver International Film Festival. His short film Hammock (2020) won the SIGNS Award at the Urbino International Film Festival in Italy and the Housen Short Film Award at the Osaka Asian Film Festival. In recent years, he has been active as a DOP and screenwriter, with credits including Winny (screenplay, DOP) and Along the Sea (DOP), among many others.
2011 Record of the Future (Director / Screenwriter / DOP) Torino Film Festival
2018 Bagmati River (Screenwriter / DOP) Moon Cinema Project / Best Pitch Award
2018 Fragile l (DOP) Tokyo International Film Festival
2018 The Sower (DOP / Lead Actor) Thessaloniki International Film Festival
2019 Noise (DOP / Actor) Raindance Film Festival / Montreal World Film Festival
2019 Passage of Life (DOP) Tokyo International Film Festival – Asian Future Section / Best Picture Award, Audience Award
2020 HAMMOCK (Director / Screenwriter / DOP) Osaka Asian Film Festival / Best Short Film Award
2021 Suzuki-san (DOP) Tokyo International Film Festival
2022 Along the Sea (DOP) San Sebastián International Film Festival / Shindo Kaneto Award, Nagisa Oshima Award
2023 Detective Mariko and the Sorrowful Sky (DOP) Porto International Film Festival / Audience Award
2023 Winny (Screenwriter / DOP) Shanghai International Film Festival
2023 The Road to Love (DOP) Osaka Asian Film Festival
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Listen to the Sound of Prayer
STAGE DIRECTION , DIRECTOR , DOP :
Kentaro Kishi
STARRING:
Ena Sato
MUSIC:
Daisuke Osugi, Takashi Aikawa
SOUND DESIGN:
Ryoma Ochiai
PAINTING:
Shiori Konno , Shuo Saito
Hammock
DIRECTOR, WRITTEN , DOP, EDITING:
Kentaro Kishi
ART DIRECTION:
Yosuke Takeuchi, Yoshio Saito
MUSIC:
Ernst Reijseger
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Yuki Suematsu
SOUND DESIGN:
Ryoma Ochiai
COLOR GRADING:
Toshimitsu Hoshiko
STARRING:
Kanai Kishi, Naoko Ema, Kaoru Kishi, Philippe Emar, Hugo Minak
Winny
DIRECTOR, WRITTEN :
Yusaku Matsumoto
DOP, WRITTEN :
Kentaro Kishi
SOUND RECORDING / SOUND MIXING:
Yūki Itō
STARRING:
Masahiro Higashide, Takahiro Miura
Hidetaka Yoshioka , Mitsuru Fukikoshi
ORIGINAL STORY:
Toshimitsu Dan
EDITOR: Genta Tamaki
PRODUCER : Chikara Ito, Koji Fujii, San Kim
The Sower
DIRECTOR, WRITTEN BY, PRODUCER, EDITOR: Yosuke Takeuchi
STARRING, EDITOR, VFX, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Kentaro Kishi
STARRING: Suzuno Takenaka, Arisa Nakajima
Along the Sea
DirectorAkio FujimotoScreenplayAkio FujimotoCinematography
(Director of Photography)Kentaro KishiProducer
Kazutaka Watanabe Josh Levy Nguyen Le HangStarringHoang Phuong (as Phuong)
Huynh Tuyet Anh (as An) Quynh Nhu (as Nhu) Dinh Do (as Broker)LanguageVietnamese, JapaneseCountryJapan, Vietnam
Where Love Goe
DirectorEmily MortimerWriter (Screenplay)
Emily Mortimer
Based on the novel byNancy MitfordCinematographerZac NicholsonComposerClint MansellStarringLily James (as Linda Radlett) Emily Beecham (as Fanny Logan) Dominic West (as Uncle Matthew) Emily Mortimer (as The Bolter) Andrew Scott (as Lord Merlin)
Mr. Suzuki
DIRECTOR, WRITTEN:
Sou Sasaki
DOP:
Kentaro Kishi
STARRING:
Asako Ito, Norihiko Tsukuda, Hisako Ogata,
Nao Honaga, Kai Shishido
EDITOR:
Sou Sasaki
PRODUCER:
Sou Sasaki, Kazuhisa Matsumoto, Takeshi Otaka
Life of Mariko in Kabukicho
RoleNameDirectorsEiji
Uchida Shinzo
KatayamaScreenwrit
ers
Yoriki Yamada
Eiji Uchida Shinzo
KatayamaCinematographerKentaro KishiStarring (Lead)Sairi Ito (as Mariko)Main CastYutaka Takenouchi Yukiya Kitamura Shiroi Kubo and others
The Waxing and Waning of Life
DIRECTORS:
Shota Koseki, Kentaro Kishi
CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING:
Kentaro Kishi
STARRING:
Shota Koseki, Tsuyoshi Uehara, Saki Kato, Yoshinori Ito, Hirota Otsuka, Masahiro Umeda
Passage of Life
DIRECTOR, WRITTEN BY, EDITOR:
Akio Fujimoto
DOP: Kentaro Kishi
STARRING:
Kaung Myat Thu, Khine Myat Thu, Aise, Thet Myat Naing
SOUND RECORDIST:
Yuki Yaei
PRODUCER：
Kazutaka Watanabe
ALONG THE SEA
Noise
Main Cast Tatsuya Fujiwara Kenichi Matsuyama Ryunosuke Kamiki Haru Kuroki Masatoshi Nagase
Original Work Tetsuya Tsutsui (Manga)
Director Ryuichi Hiroki
Screenplay Junichi Ishizuka
Theme Song [Alexandros] Rock The World
Bagmati River
Director / Screenwriter / Editor: Yusaku Matsumoto Screenwriter / Director of Photography: Kentaro Kishi Producer: Fujii Cast: Junko Abe, Kenji Kobashi
Koukou go on a picnic
Director & Screenplay Kana Yamada
Cast Reiko Kataoka Yoshihiko Hosoda
Production Libertas Distribution/Publicity MIRRORLIAR FILMS
fragile
DIRECTOR, WRITTEN BY, EDITOR: Shingo Ota
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Kentaro Kishi
MUSIC: abirdwhale, Kakinoki Masato
STARRING, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Kentaro Kishi
Made in Japan
DIRECTOR, WRITTEN BY, EDITOR: Yusaku Matsumoto
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Kentaro Kishi
MUSIC: You’ll Melt More!
Reiwa Uprising
DIRECTOR, WRITTEN BY: Kazuo Hara
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Kazuo Hara, Chihiro Shimano, Kentaro Kishi, Ikuo Horii, Noa Nagaoka, et al.
EDITORS: Demo Tanaka, Miki Koike
The End of the Special Time We Were Given
DIRECTOR, WRITTEN BY: Shingo Ota
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Kentaro Kishi, Ryo Iizuka
MUSIC: Ichiko Aoba
STARRING: Sota Masuda, Kurando Tominaga, Shingo Ota, Yuma Hiraizumi, Yasuhiro Arita
Nigorie
Director / Screenwriter: Shutaro Oku
Cinematography / Editing: Kentaro Kishi
Cast: Mirai Moriyama
Bleached Bones Avenue
DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Kentaro Kishi
WRITTEN BY: Kentaro Kishi, Yusaku Matsumoto
MUSIC: Satoru Kōsaki
STARRING: Rino Higa, Takahiro Konishi, Mao, Kohei Shintani, Akane Tsuchiyama
Record Future
DIRECTOR, WRITTEN BY, DOP, EDITING:
Kentaro Kishi
PRODUCER:
Tetsuya Shimizu
MUSIC:
Daisuke Osugi, Ken Goto, Takashi Aikawa
STARRING:
Satoshi Kamimura, Anji, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Mizuki Machida, Chizuko Sugiura, Yukichi Kobayashi
UNCLE Vanya
RoleNamePlaywrightAnton ChekhovNew Version byHeidi SchreckDirectorLila NeugebauerScenic DesignMimi LienCostume DesignKaye VoyceLighting DesignLap Chi Chu and Elizabeth HarperSound DesignMikhail Fiksel and Beth LakeStarringSteve Carell (as Vanya) William Jackson Harper (as Astrov) Alfred Molina (as Alexander) Alison Pill (as Sonya) Anika Noni Rose (as Elena)
DRAMA
DIRECTOR, WRITTEN BY: Yusaku Matsumoto
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Kentaro Kishi
SOUND RECORDIST: Hisashi Takeuchi
STARRING: Haruka Fukuhara, Karin Ono, Kentaro Ito, Yuki Kura, Rena Takeda, Yuta Hayashi
Main Cast Taishu Fujiwara Hiyori Sakurada Aruku Kubozuka Maira Arai Yuki Furukawa
Original Work Ayumi Komura (Manga)
Director Daisuke Yamauchi
Screenplay Yoko Izumisawa
Theme Song sumika Glitter
Production Hulu Nippon TV
Director Kenji Yamauchi (Series Creator and Main Director) Yusuke Morii Yutaka Nakayama Hideaki Yamamoto
Screenplay Kenji Yamauchi
Cast (Select Episodes) Minami Takahashi Mizuho Takasugi Tokio Emoto Kouhei Matsushita
Production WOWOW Office Shirous
Director / Screenplay: Yusaku Matsumoto
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Kentaro Kishi
Starring: Manatsu Akimoto (Nogizaka46)
Main Cast Manatsu Akimoto
Director Ken Ninomiya
Screenplay Ken Ninomiya
Based on Nogizaka46
TV/MV/PV/short
