Time dwells within all that flows. I live in the Ogura-ike Reclaimed Land in Kyoto. Wind, water, and lines of cars pass across this land.
On the highway, time moves straight toward
the future. Yet there are places where time flows backward — rivers, forests, shrines, and
villages, where time returns to its source.
The echo of wind chimes that rang here a hundred years ago still resonates today.
The Stream XV
Hiroya Sakurai
Japan 2025
11′
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Hiroya Sakurai was born in Yokohama, Japan. He graduated from the University of Tsukuba
and is Professor Emeritus at Seian University of Art and Design.
His works are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the J. Paul
Getty Trust.
His awards include the Asolo Art Film Festival (Italy, 2016), the Tokyo Video Festival, and the
Ann Arbor Film Festival (2018).
His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Sydney Biennale (1982), the
San Francisco International Film Festival (2015), and Stuttgarter Filmwinter (2025).
