Currently in production
PLASTIC LOVE!
Unwrapping Japan’s toxic affair with plastic
plasticlovefilm.com
Director, DoP, Editor: Sybilla Patrizia
Producer: Clementine Nuttall
Documentary Film
Expected length: 90min
Original Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Japanese, English
プラスチック・ラブ！
ドキュメンタリー映画
予想上映時間: 90分
言語: 日本語
字幕: 日本語、英語
PLASTIC LOVE!
Unwrapping Japan’s toxic affair with plastic
plasticlovefilm.com
Director, DoP, Editor: Sybilla Patrizia
Producer: Clementine Nuttall
Documentary Film
Expected length: 90min
Original Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Japanese, English
プラスチック・ラブ！
ドキュメンタリー映画
予想上映時間: 90分
言語: 日本語
字幕: 日本語、英語
PLASTIC LOVE! traces the origins of Japan’s toxic obsession with plastic from mass-consumption all the way to its end-of-life. From the depths of the ocean to the colorful world of waste disposal — the country's most innovative thinkers unravel decades of unsustainable practices that have led Japan to become one of the planet’s worst hidden plastic polluters, sparking a search for ideas that may save us all from a plastic-wrapped future...
映画『プラスチック・ラブ！』では、日本人が愛するプラスチックの、生産から消費そして廃棄に至る複雑なシステムが大胆に探求され、生き生きと映し出される。海の底から山まで、日本を代表する頭脳とともに、日本でこそ生まれる持続可能な発想を探す旅に出よう。私たちの、そして地球の未来がプラスチックまみれにならないように…
映画『プラスチック・ラブ！』では、日本人が愛するプラスチックの、生産から消費そして廃棄に至る複雑なシステムが大胆に探求され、生き生きと映し出される。海の底から山まで、日本を代表する頭脳とともに、日本でこそ生まれる持続可能な発想を探す旅に出よう。私たちの、そして地球の未来がプラスチックまみれにならないように…
Autumn in Tokyo: A Photo Essay
Financial Times
December 2022
*See the full article here
Photography: Sybilla Patrizia
Article: Leo Lewis
“Guidebooks, social historians, wizened tea-ceremony masters, variety-show hosts and anyone else with a view on Japan will remind you, again and again, how uniquely important seasonality is to the island nation. And even if that is a bit of a confection, it’s a harmless one with plenty of truth in it. The often short passage from the stifling, unbearable muggy heat of Japan’s long summers to the brisk chill of autumn is very much a cause for celebration — a stint of comfort and physical beauty before the real bite of winter digs in.”
— via the Financial Times
Featuring:
Kyu Asakura House
Todoroki Valley
Rikugien Gardens
— via the Financial Times
Featuring:
Kyu Asakura House
Todoroki Valley
Rikugien Gardens
The Lobby by Stan Smith
adidas Tokyo
Production + Creative Direction: ACUMEN TOKYO
Director and Producer: Sybilla Patrizia
Director of Photography: Rei Takaji
Editor: I Han Chen
Music: Fu Takada
ACs: Kaito Ashizawa, Ralph Mangila
PA: Yassmine El Adib
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Video 2:
UNCENSORED
Inside the Pedophilic Manga Industry in Japan
Aired on VICE News and VICE on Showtime (Season 3 Finale)
September 2022
16min
Watch HERE.
Correspondent: Hanako Montgomery
Director of Photography: Sybilla Patrizia
B-Camera: Shiori Ito and Jayce Ong
Additional Sound Recording: Paul Doroshevich
A loophole in Japan’s law on child abuse material allows artists to freely draw sex with children. Despite a growing number of nations moving to ban this fictitious work, in Japan, the material is protected by a thriving manga industry and an artist’s freedom of speech.
VICE News’ Hanako Montgomery explores why Japan hasn’t moved to ban sexual depictions of children in manga, despite international and domestic pressure to outlaw the comics.
— via VICE News and Showtime
Accompanying article on VICE:
“He Abused Kids For 24 Years. Now He Wants Manga Sexualizing Children to be Banned”
VICE News’ Hanako Montgomery explores why Japan hasn’t moved to ban sexual depictions of children in manga, despite international and domestic pressure to outlaw the comics.
— via VICE News and Showtime
Accompanying article on VICE:
“He Abused Kids For 24 Years. Now He Wants Manga Sexualizing Children to be Banned”
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