Summer Project

Production Country: Japan
Running Time: 15mins
Year: 2025

Lonely Akira discovers a severed head and names it "Nakagawa-san" for his summer project. This secret wins him friends who excitedly hunt for the body. But as the head decays, their innocent adventure transforms into an irreversible nightmare.

FILM CREW:
Director: Yuki Hara
Producer: Kazuaki Kubo,Yuki Ueno
Exec Producer: Josuke Arai, Seitaro Tonka,Kanichi Yoshihiro
Writer: Yuki Hara
DOP: Daisuke Odachi
Editor: Shota Ozawa
Sound Design: Kenji Shibasaki
Composer: Akira Yamaoka
Production Design: Tsuyoshi Koizumi
Costume Design: Yuki Ikeda
Hair & Makeup: Ayumi Shinji
VFX: Daisuke Odachi,Shota Ozawa,Yuki Hara
Casting: Kazuaki Kubo

Cast: Iori Sugimoto, Yuto Ouchi, Ryutaro Nakamura, Yu Suenaga, Taiki Ogomi, Misa Wada, Mutsuo Yoshioka


FESTIVALS:
Oldenburg International Film Festival September 2026
MOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film FestivalSeptember 2026
HollyShorts Film FestivalAugust 2026
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film FestivalAugust 2026
Asian American International Film FestivalJuly 2026