Six streamers, one dystopian Shibuya, zero privacy. Your phone is already watching.
Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestThis is a streaming video set in Shibuya in 2036. Through the young video streamers living at the bottom of the digital society, we will reveal the problems that will occur in Japan in the future.
Direction
Koji Shiraishi weaponizes the screenlife format for social critique.
Production
Authentic Japanese streaming interfaces feel uncomfortably real.
Creator
Koji Shiraishi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's 2021 state of emergency, the series eerily predicted pandemic-era digital dependency and the explosion of 'reality' streaming culture.
Koji Shiraishi—the 'Japanese found footage king' behind 'Noroi: The Curse'—deliberately cast actual influencers to blur documentary and fiction, with some performers using their real streaming handles.
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