Three Short Films by Neo Sora

Three Short Films by Neo Sora

3 Episodes

Like his acclaimed feature HAPPYEND, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, these short films by Neo Sora display both his keen eye for vivid cinematic details and ability to connect intimate human stories with broader social and political questions. While THE CHICKEN and A VERY STRAIGHT NECK are striking adaptations of short works by the Japanese writers Naoya Shiga and Momoe Narazaki, respectively, SUGAR GLASS BOTTLE draws from Sora’s own childhood experiences and is very much a thematic precursor to HAPPYEND.

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Three Short Films by Neo Sora

3 Episodes

  • The Chicken
    13:19
    The Chicken
    Episode 1

    The Chicken

    Episode 1

    Directed by Neo Sora • 2020 • United States
    Starring Junshin Soga, Taiju Nakane, Sandra Maren Schneider

    After mishandling a medical emergency he witnesses on the streets of New York City, a young Japanese immigrant cannot bring himself to butcher the live chicken he bought for dinner. Adapted fr...

  • Sugar Glass Bottle
    19:57
    Sugar Glass Bottle
    Episode 2

    Sugar Glass Bottle

    Episode 2

    Directed by Neo Sora • 2022 • Japan
    Starring Bun Kimura, Yuta Koga, Shiyun Nakamura

    In a near-future Tokyo, a sheepish high schooler finds a surprising way to express his mounting frustration at the insidious forces of commercialism that are forcing out the neighbors he cares most about. Inspire...

  • A Very Straight Neck
    10:45
    A Very Straight Neck
    Episode 3

    A Very Straight Neck

    Episode 3

    Directed by Neo Sora • 2025 • Japan, China
    Starring Sakura Ando, Kodachi Kitagata

    The physical and the emotional merge in director Neo Sora’s atmospheric adaptation of Momoe Narazaki’s graphic short story “I Will Go Ahead.” Sakura Ando plays a woman struggling with a painful kink in her neck, a ...

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