ARTISTS
Shingo Ota / Hydroblast
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Shingo Ota / Hydroblast
Japan／Film director, Actor
Born in 1985, Nagano Prefecture. Ota graduated from Waseda University School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Waseda University, where he studied philosophy and narratology. “Graduation” received an award at Image Forum Festival 2010. His first full-length documentary film “The End of the Special Time We Were Allowed” (2013) was presented at Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2013 and distributed in 12 countries over the world. Other works include, “Fragile” (2014) with direction and acting, a short film “Sunrise Vibration” (2021), a documentary film “Imagination” (2021) and TV series “Food Trucker Minami Minegishi” (8 episodes broadcasted from July 12th). Since his first appearance on stage for “Five days in March” by chelfitsch in Hong Kong (2010), he continues his career as an actor. He has appeared in stage works like “Crazy Honey” produced by PARCO (2011) and “Unfulfilled Ghost and Monster” produced by KAAT (2021) and in TV series “To Give a Dream” (WOWOW, 2015) and “Tokyo Kaiki Sake” (TV Tokyo, 2021).
2022 project
The last geisha (working title)
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Inspired by the vanishing geisha culture in Kinosaki, a film director and actor Shingo Ota started this project in winter of 2021. As an actor, through the experiences of lessons and practices of the arts of geisha and interviewing them, Ota will examine issues like inheritance of culture, hierarchies at the working environment, and sex and gender identity. The rehearsal has started off already with the presence of Hidemi, an ex-geisha in Kinosaki onsen, in collaboration with actor Kyoko Takenaka and producer Moemi Nagi. In this residency, in addition to the creation of a performance, Ota plans to open a bar in cooperation with local citizens and to renovate an old uninhabited house.
