Hiroki Horanai
Directing
Known For

This project, a fusion of poetry, music, and movies, gives birth to a new style of filmmaking, through the work of five directors.
That Moment, My Heart Cried

Edo, 1863. Aisuke Kajiki, a young blind swordsman, is entrusted the son of his best friend Toramaru Sakakibara, who is about to join the Shogun's Samurai Unit and promises to train him well. However, after Toramaru's death in battle, Eisuke drowns in a river and is transported in time to present-day Tokyo. Eisuke and his descendant, Ryusei, a college student, go to meet Toramaru's descendant, Taiga, a swimmer. The blind samurai's promise to his best friend in Edo is fulfilled 160 years later in present-day Tokyo through para-swimming.
Samurai Swordfish

It has been announced that a comet will crash in Tokyo in a year's time. Sho’s school is evacuated, but he hitchhikes to go help his big brother, Sora, in Tokyo.