Way of Ink
Art Film
Director Andy Scarano invited me to collaborate on a film featuring Junko Azukawa, a traditional Japanese calligraphy artist, created to accompany her upcoming exhibition in Melbourne, Australia.
Told across five chapters, the film offers a quiet, meditative look into Junko’s artistic process — exploring the balance between movement and stillness, discipline and expression, as ink and brush become an extension of her spirit.
Chapter 1: Preparation Before it happens there is the recalling of a sacred moment...
第1章... 事が起こる前の神秘的な時間
Chapter 2: The call It asks her to pick up a brush and devote herself to the stroke...
第2章: 何かに導かれるように彼女は筆をとり1本の線に捧げられる
Chapter 3: Ego The brush marks respond to the conversations in her head...
第3章: エゴ - 筆跡は彼女の頭の中の会話に応える
Chapter 4: Let go Free of expectation her brush begins to lead the dance...
第4章: 雑念から解放され、彼女の筆は動き始める
Chapter 5: Be The experience evolves into One...
第5章: その経験全てが一つとなる
Artist: Junko Azukawa
Director: Andy Scarano
DOP: Adam Kaiser-Lynch
Style + Makeup Artist: Hanae Milburn
Costume Designer: Haruko Ogiso
1st AC: Aidan Heller
Prod Assistant: Eashaan Dassanayaka
Music: Ai Yamamoto
Awards:
Bronze Australia Cinematography Society Award
