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Rain looks out over an unfamiliar world in the golden light.

Whale’sTales

A film by Yohtaro Abe

Rain enters cryogenic sleep hoping for a cure. Each awakening takes her further from the life she knew.

Science-fiction short · Japan · 12 min 10 sec

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The story

Facing a terminal illness, Rain chooses cryogenic sleep in the hope of a cure. Each awakening carries her further into a future transformed by technology—and further from the life she knew.

Rain emerges from a cryogenic pod surrounded by cold vapour.
Yohtaro Abe

The filmmaker

Yohtaro Abe

Writer & director

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

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Film details

Science-fiction short · Japan · 12 min 10 sec

Written & directed by
Yohtaro Abe
Produced by
Binh Cong Nguyen
Production
Yo Ho Studio
Completed
August 2026

English-subtitled excerpt. For full-film language versions and screening materials, contact the studio.

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Whale’s Tales · 32 seconds · Original sound

Read the excerpt transcript

My name is Rain Holloway, 21 years old. But it seems like I'm the oldest person alive. I'm reaching out... to any of you still out there.

Go ahead, tell your story. Tell us from the very beginning.

It was 2033 when I met him. On Earth. What was then called Tokyo.
Rain is supported by Len as they cross a golden landscape beneath suspended debris.
01 / 05 — An unfamiliar world

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