Kengo Kuma Documentary Film “particle dance” Coming to Uplink Kichijoji from Friday, May 15 2026.05.13
We are pleased to announce that the second screening venue for the documentary film “particle dance” featuring Kengo Kuma has been confirmed at UPLINK Kichijoji. The film will be released from Friday, May 15, 2026.
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Friday, May 15 – After the 7:20 PM screening
Speakers: Kyoichiro Murayama (film critic), Director Hiromoto Oka
Saturday, May 16 – After the 12:30 PM screening
Speakers: Taku Furukawa (animation artist, illustrator, and picture book author), Junichi Konuma (music and literary critic), Director Hiromoto Oka
Sunday, May 17 – After the 12:30 PM screening
Speakers: Michinori Katsumoto (sound designer), Director Hiromoto Oka
Wednesday, May 20 – After the 7:20 PM screening
Speakers: Director Takahisa Zeze, Director Hiromoto Oka
Wednesday, May 27 – After the 7:20 PM screening
Speaker: Director Hiromoto Oka
【Film Overview】
Title: particle dance
Year: 2025 | Japan | 145 minutes | Color | 1.78:1 | 4K | 5.1ch | DCP
Featuring: Kengo Kuma
Director / Cinematographer / Editor / Producer: Hiromoto Oka
Music: Kazuma Fujimoto
Sound Design: Michiaki Katsumoto
Title Calligraphy: Taku Furukawa
Spanning fifteen years since 2010, director Hiromoto Oka independently produced this film in an effort to preserve for future generations the works and wisdom of his former university mentor, architect Kengo Kuma. Self-taught and operating the camera himself, Oka documented more than 80 architectural projects across 16 countries.
Beginning shortly before the Great East Japan Earthquake, the film captures Kuma’s reconstruction projects in the Tohoku region, as well as his work surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Games and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout these changing times, Kuma continuously questioned and redefined the role of architecture. The film portrays his daily travels, creative process, and approach to architectural education in a poetic, fragmentary style reminiscent of linked verses.
In particular, through recorded footage of reconstruction efforts and everyday life in places such as Minamisanriku, Rikuzentakata, and Tome, the film conveys the resilience and collective wisdom of the Japanese people in the face of recovery.