Leo Ashizawa
Whale Ash Productions
Does a whale turn into ash?
Probably not on its own in the ocean. Even on land, it might be too fatty to become ash.
If humans are involved, maybe. We might be able to see what’s left behind.
Whale ash. It sounds like it could exist. But does it?
Some things exist, or can only be created, through the deliberate intervention of something else.
That intervention carries intent. And intent can change the world, or reveal something never seen before.
Our ethos is to portray the world through our eyes, where creation, transformation, and intention meet, and where the unseen, the uncertain, and the unknown are excavated.
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Transitional Beliefs
2024
“If you are chosen, you must not open” echoed in his ears. Megumi, broken hearted after his wife Shinobu leaves him, contemplates taking his own life on the same day that the tower that dominates his town begins to tremble. With nothing to lose, and faced with the choice to challenge a terrifying tradition of the town, he is brought to the edge of a world he was never ready to face.
On a park bench in London, Shun and Paul, two strangers caught in their own personal struggles, begin an awkward conversation that slowly reveals how pain can distort the way we see others. As their misunderstandings deepen, the park quietly becomes the stage for an unlikely moment that changes the way they see themselves and each other.
Nameless Tributaries
(working title)
On the verge of marriage, a man receives a phone call from a friend during an afternoon walk. The news unsettles something deep within him and draws him back to a pub he once frequented. There, he drifts through memories of the time he shared with his partner and of the future they once imagined, now suspended in silence. As past and present begin to blur, he is left to face his choices — and the quiet question of what was truly lost.