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:
Aesthetica Film Festival November 2026
MOLINS HORROR FILM FESTIVAL November 2026
Donostia-San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival October 2026
The Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival October 2026
San Jose International Short Film Festival October 2026
FilmQuest October 2026
Celluloid Screams Horror Film Festival October 2026
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival October 2026
Newport Beach Film Festival October 2026
Oldenburg International Film Festival September 2026
MOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival September 2026
HollyShorts Film Festival August 2026
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival August 2026
Asian American International Film Festival July 2026