Tokyo · Japan

Yo Ho Studio presents

Yohtaro Abe

Film Director Creative Director

Film direction for brand, event, and narrative projects.
Tokyo-led production for global clients.

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CLIENTS AND COLLABORATIONS

CLIENTS AND COLLABORATIONS.

Across industry, finance, technology, and culture.

Selected films

Corporate VP

Kawasaki Brand Film

Fifteen-second silent excerpt from the Kawasaki Heavy Industries brand film, showing workers and industrial craft.

Year: 2026
Credit: Directed by Yohtaro Abe
Programme: Kawasaki Heavy Industries · industrial brand film

A documentary-style portrait of industrial craft, continuous improvement, and the people behind it.

Event Digest

IREX 2025

Twelve-second silent excerpt from Kawasaki’s IREX 2025 event digest, showing Tokyo Big Sight, Kawasaki speakers, and robotics.

Year: 2025
Credit: Directed by Yohtaro Abe
Programme: International Robot Exhibition · event digest for Kawasaki

An event portrait of the people, robotics, and industrial ideas behind Kawasaki’s exhibition.

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Family Protocol

Ten-second silent excerpt from the Family Protocol trailer, following a young woman through Tokyo at night.

Year: 2024
Credit: Directed by Yohtaro Abe
Programme: WebX brand short drama · trailer

A family story shaped by inheritance, identity, and a changing future. Selected and Screened at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai · Japan.

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Wire (No) Fee

Ten-second silent excerpt from Wire No Fee.

Year: 2025
Credit: Co-directed by Yohtaro Abe and Yoshiki Meyama
Programme: AI Film Festival Japan · Japanese Works programme

A story about value, connection, and the invisible systems that move between people.

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02 · Recognition

A career in motion.

Awards, programmes, and milestones across a decade of work.

Awards & selections

01 2014 Okuda Seiji Award Archived festival results
02 2016 Best Director
03 2017 Jury Special Prize
04 2018 Official Selection
05 2021 Winner, CM (Commercial) Category Award results
06 06/2025 Official Selection - Expo 2025 Osaka
07 2025 Official Selection · AI Film Festival Japan Festival programme

Career milestones

01 2020 My Christmas Ghost
02 2022 International Brand Films
03 2023 WebX · International Conference in Tokyo
04 2026 iREX 2025 Digest for Kawasaki
05 2026 Kawasaki Heavy Industries Brand Film

About

03 · Yohtaro Abe

Direction with a human point of view.

Film Director · Creative Director

Yohtaro Abe is a Tokyo-based film director and creative director working across narrative film, emerging technology, and industrial cinema.

His work moves between story, technology, and real-world systems—making complex subjects clear without losing human stakes.

Narrative: Character-led shorts and dramatic film.
Technology: Stories about new tools, identity, and change.
Industry: Human-centred films for complex systems.

04 · Global production

Tokyo-led. For global clients.

Yo Ho Studio directs documentaries, brand and product films, institutional stories, interviews, campaigns, and multilingual cutdowns. Creative direction and post-production are led from Tokyo, with local production assembled around each project.

Technology · Industry · Culture · Narrative

Creative direction: Tokyo
Production: Local to project
Post-production: Tokyo

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05 · Contact

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