Creative Direction for the music video Ashitaka and San by Joe Hisaishi. This song is a pivotal part of Mononoke Hime, the classic film by Studio Ghibli’s Hayo Miyazaki. The concept of this MV was to bring the audience to a deeper connection to Hisaishi-san’s music and nature.

Working with Japanese arist, Lisa Kogaawa, the creative plays with shapes and a delicate balance of shadows and light. In order to bring a deeper connection within the song. The plants Lisa drew are from her extensive research and sketches of plants that actually exist in Yakushima, Kagoshima (where Mononoke Hime’s forest was inspired by).

Team Credits

Production: Mothership
Director: Dorothée Murail
Commissioner: Liz Hart
Creative Direction: Annie Stoll & Dyan Jong
Director of Photography: Toshihiko Kizu
Projection Illustrations: Lisa Kogawa
Gaffer: Satoshi Tani
Lighting Board Operator: Seiji Onishi
Electrics: Satoshi Fuji, Shinji Tomoyasu, Toshio Suzuki
Chief AC: Masanori Yokota
1st AC: Yuka Eto
2nd AC: Jason Taylor
Steadicam Operator: Kevin Yasutomo Yoshida
Steadicam Spotter: Yuta Shibata Crane
Grips: Maki Ryosuke, Nakamura Ryusuke, Suzuki Hiroyuki Production
Sound Mixer: Christian Storms
BTS Photography: Steve Gaudin
BTS Videography: Keiichi Shirakawa
Wardrobe Stylist: Soichiro Kobayashi
Makeup: Junko Komada
Editor: Banri Nagase
Color & Finishing: Gabe Sanchez
1st Assistant Director: Sean Reyes
Executive Producers: Derek Frampton Davis, Ryota Hamada
Production Manager: Fernando Saldhana
Production Assistant: Toru Hirano