Raised in New York and Tokyo, Neo Sora is a filmmaker, artist, and translator living between the two cities. He directed the feature-length concert film Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus (2023), which premiered at Venice. He is the director/writer of the short films The Chicken (Locarno 2020) and Sugar Glass Bottle (Indie Memphis 2022, winner, Best Narrative Short), and was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2021. Happyend is his debut fiction feature as a writer/director.

Accolades

Neo Sora and Albert Tholen and Aiko Masubuchi and Eric Nyari and Alex C Lo and Anthony Chen
Best Film, 2024

Neo Sora and Albert Tholen and Aiko Masubuchi and Eric Nyari and Alex C Lo and Anthony Chen

Best Film, 2024

Neo Sora and Albert Tholen and Aiko Masubuchi and Eric Nyari and Alex C Lo and Anthony Chen

Happyend

In a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake pervades daily life, two rabble-rousing best friends are about to graduate from high school.…

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Neo Sora
Best Screenplay, 2024

Neo Sora

Best Screenplay, 2024

Neo Sora

Happyend

Raised in New York and Tokyo, Neo Sora is a filmmaker, artist, and translator living between the two cities. He directed the feature-length concert film Ryuichi…

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Films

Happyend

Happyend

Japan, United States of America

Happyend

In a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake pervades daily life, two rabble-rousing best friends are about to graduate from high school.…

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