Futsu no seikatsu

Ordinary Life

Berlinale Shorts 2025

Ordinary life repeats itself every day. The succession of moments that we repeat over and over again is never the same, and everything changes and wavers. The moment we touch something, our consciousness can go to a place that does not exist anywhere in the past, nor in the future. In an uncertain and fluctuating world, only the feeling of the body touching something, which exists only in this present reality, can be recognised as “now”. That moment is lovely.

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by Yoriko Mizushiri (Director, Screenplay) France / Japan 2025 Without dialogue 10' Colour World premiere | Animation

Crew

Director	Yoriko Mizushiri
Screenplay	Yoriko Mizushiri
Cinematography	Yoriko Mizushiri
Editing	Yoriko Mizushiri
Music	Kengo Tokusashi
Sound Design	Takashi Watabe
Animation	Yoriko Mizushiri
Producers	Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron
Executive Producers	Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Nobuaki Doi
Co-Producer	Nobuaki Doi

Produced by

Miyu Productions

New Deer

World Sales

Miyu Distribution

Photos

Yoriko Mizushiri

Born in Aomori, Japan in 1984, she creates animations that bring body parts and everyday objects to life. In addition to short films, she also makes music videos, commercials and films for art installations. Her work has featured in festivals around the world. Snow Hut and Veil screened in Berlinale Shorts in 2014 and 2015 respectively while Anxious Body was selected for the 2021 Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes and won a total of 15 international awards.

Filmography (short films, selection)

2012 Futon 2013 Kamakura (Snow Hut) 2014 Maku (Veil) 2021 Anxious Body 2025 Futsu no seikatsu (Ordinary Life)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025