!!exclusive!!: Miho Ichiki

Title: The Talented Voice Actress Miho Ichiki

Her influence can now be seen in a new generation of Japanese female filmmakers, such as Mai Hasegawa and Hinano Ushijima, who openly cite Ichiki’s "still camera" method. Film schools in Kyoto and Seoul now teach Memories of a Cute Girl as a case study in reflexive documentary—a film that does not just show the subject but constantly questions the act of being shown. miho ichiki

Peach Blossom After the Rain (2022) – A pandemic-era three-channel video installation, not a traditional film. It juxtaposes livestreams of Tokyo streets during lockdown with found footage from 1980s Japanese television dramas. Her critical text accompanying the piece argues that isolation did not create new loneliness but merely revealed the loneliness always present inside the kawaii living room. Title: The Talented Voice Actress Miho Ichiki Her