Shiroki Men (The White Mask)

Film· 2026· 3 min· Fantasy, Drama, Martial Arts, Short Film

Kazami Island floats above a sea of clouds. Every year at noon on the summer solstice, a swordsman in a white mask appears beneath the great tree on the hill. Ten years ago, Aoi's sword master vanished without a word. Since that day, she has climbed the hill every solstice to face the white mask, and lost every time. This is her tenth duel. "Don't swing with your arm. Listen to the wind." A 3-minute story about ten years of waiting, answered in a single word. In Japanese. Visuals, voices and music made with generative AI.