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Masashi Sogawa is a Japanese movie director and producer, also working in short movies, dramas, and commercials. In September 2020, his short movie “Midnight” was nominated for the Grand Prize at both the Kyoto International Movie Festival and the Shiga International Movie Festival. In September 2023, his short movie “Salty Blue” was nominated for the Grand Prize at the Shimokitazawa Film Festival and the Kansai Queer Film Festival. He is currently working as an assistant director under Koji Fukada and runs his own production company, Ten Rivers Film.

Salty Blue is screening at Nippon Connection

In stage play style, the 16-minute short begins in an empty bathhouse, where Mitsuki is intently smelling a piece of cloth, evidently taking pleasure in the act. It turns out the item belongs to her best friend, Umi, who soon arrives. The two have slipped away from a group blind date and, just before closing time, secretly entered the public bathhouse.