Mar. 2020
Agency for Cultural Affairs, 2020 Agency for Cultural Affairs Overseas Study Program for Artists (1-year program) (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Mar. 2013

Mar. 2012

Mar. 2009

Aug. 2008

Apr. 2008

Survey thesis, “An Examination of the Development of Essay Films in the Western and Non-Western Worlds.”
Hikaru Suzuki
Bulletin of the Graduate School of Film and New Media Studies, Tokyo University of the Arts ., Oct. 2024, [Reviewed]
The purpose of this paper is to deepen our discussion of “essay film” and to expand the scope of this field. Given the fact that research on this method has not yet progressed much in Japan, we will begin by unraveling the history and transition of this genre in Western countries, and research and clarify the origins and what works use this method in the relevant works. This genre is considered a hybrid genre that straddles the line between documentary and fiction, and one might marvel at its ability to kill two birds with one stone, but in fact there are pitfalls in the postmodernist way of thinking. However, there are actually pitfalls in postmodernist thinking, and when we attempt to give form to something, we run the risk of it disintegrating into pieces without taking form due to its immature form. Finally, we will study the possibility of using this method to give form to a work of art from the perspective of “artistic practice theory” by actually producing our own work.
In the first chapter, we will explore the originality of the essay as literature and what kind of character it has objectively. It discusses the composition of the essay, its similarity to painting in composition, the end and contours of composition, its relationship to rhetoric, its self-reflexivity, and its relationship to lyric poetry.
In Chapter 2, the origins of the essay film will be clarified. It also deepens the discussion of its formation from a technical perspective, discussing the classical works of the documentary and avant-garde to the formation of the essay film. From there, we focus on four artists and examine their transition from the 1950s to the present.
Chapter 3 explores the history of the development of essay films unique to Japan, rather than assuming that they are contextualized against the backdrop of essay films as discussed in Western countries.
In Chapter 4, based on Chapters 1-3, we discuss essay films made at the intersection of these two, focusing on their relationship with diary films and the methods of cinéma vérité, which I further studied in graduate school.
In Chapter V, based on the above, I discuss the original attempts of my work.

Master's Thesis "Cinema Verite Today - Ms. A's Movie "Anrakuto" -"　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Feb. 2011
There is a production method called “cinéma vérité,” in which the filmmaker is actively involved with the subject and the process of filmmaking is documented. Jean Rouch, a French anthropologist and film director, invented this method in the late 1960s, and it greatly influenced the “Nouvelle Vague,” a new wave of film movement that took place in the same period. Thinking from there, he explored cinéma vérité as a production method in the modern age. By overlapping this theme with his own attempt at a film, “Anrakujima,” he responded to the question, "What is a cinéma-vérité work of our time? The discussion took the form of a response to the question, "What is a cinéma vérité work of art today?

Experimental film culture vol.6 in Japan ～Pole Pole alternative～ in catalog　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Non-profit film screening group; “Experimental Film Culture in Japan”; Naeem Mohaiemen; Hitoshi Takeuchi; Umin Xuan; Hiirahi Isaka; Yasunori Ikeda; Yvonne Rainer; Theater Company PuP.; Shinjiro Maeda; Hikaru Suzuki; Tamagawa Ishikawa; Satoshi Nishizawa
Mar. 2025

Experimental film culture vol.5 in Japan - Pole Pole Pole Alternative - Catalogue Contribution　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Co-author Non-profit film screening organization; “Experimental film culture”; Yusuke Sasaki; Daan Komlien; Satoshi Nishizawa; Hikaru Suzuki; Tomoya Nishikawa; John Cassavetes; Toshiko Takashi
Jun. 2023

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2021 Catalogue Contribution_Works
Oct. 2021
Japan Program
BETWEEN YESTERDAY & TOMORROW Omnibus 2011/2016/2021
64min./FHD-digital/STERO/16:9/2021
Planning: Shinjiro Maeda
Directors: Yasunori Ikeda, Hiroyuki Ohki, Hikaru Suzuki, Toshiko Yu
https://www.yidff.jp/2021/cat057/21c059-2.html

Rough Cut
Fukushima Keisou Nikki
Fukushima Keisou Nikki
-Director: Hikaru Suzuki (Japan)
A daily record of his visits to Odaka, Naraha Machi, Futaba Machi, and Iwaki, all located near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. While capturing the climate, topography, and atmosphere of the towns, the director's own personal situation is also intermingled in the images.
https://www.yidff.jp/2021/cat065/21c073-1.html#t1, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2017 Catalogue Contribution_Works Published
Oct. 2017
BETWEEN YESTERDAY & TOMORROW Omnibus 2011/2016
-Japan / 2017 / Japanese / Color / Blu-ray / 43 min

Planning: Shinjiro Maeda
Directors: Hikaru Suzuki, Hiroyuki Ohki, Yasunori Ikeda, Toshiko Yu
Source: SOL CHORD, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

イメージフォーラムフェスティバル2017カタログ寄稿_作品掲載
Sep. 2017

キャメラジャパン In & Out of Japan Vol 2（オランダ）カタログ寄稿_作品掲載　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Oct. 2015

恵比寿映像祭カタログ寄稿_作品掲載
Feb. 2015

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2011 Catalogue Contribution_Works
Oct. 2011
BETWEEN YESTERDAY & TOMORROW Omnibus Vol. 1 “APRIL 2011,” Omnibus Vol. 2 “MAY 2011
-Japan / 2011 / Japanese / Color / Blu-ray / 52 min (Vol. 1) + 52 min (Vol. 2)

Vol. 1 “April 2011” - Japan
Shinjiro Maeda, Hikaru Suzuki, Shigeo Arikawa, Aki Nakazawa, Noriyuki Kimura, Toshiko Takashi, Tamagawa Ishikawa, Shunsuke Matsushima, Noriko Umano, Tomomi Nishimura

Vol. 2 “May 2011”.
Taro Yasuno, Akio Okamoto, Kenichi Hagiwara, Arisa Wakami, Yasunori Ikeda, Tomoko Igarashi, TANJC, Yuuki Hayashi, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Hiroyuki Ohki

Courtesy of SOL CHORD solchord.tumblr.com

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The Shepherd’s Story / Shinjuku 2009 + Ogaki 2010
(Hitsujikai monogatari)
-JAPAN / 2011 / Japanese / Color / Blu-ray (HD) / 42 min

Directors: Maeda Shinjiro, Suzuki Hikaru
Photography, Sound: Ikeda Yasunori, Matsushima Shunsuke
Producer: H.584
Source: Maeda Shinjiro
Inoue Shinta is a flat-surface artist who has been working on “Project Shepherd” in and out of Japan since 1998. He’s a shepherd who wanders through cities that are defined by the words of taxi drivers and barbershop owners; pushing around his cart, tending to faceless and grazing 2-D sheep, one of which becomes lost and overhears various people talking about where they would like to live. While the film goes in search of a subtle form of communication, the scenery of Shinjuku and Ogaki takes shape according to a perfectly matched score created by the directors., Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

第一回 座・高円寺ドキュメンタリーフェスティバル カタログ寄稿_作品掲載
Mar. 2009

共著 群馬青年ビエンナーレ2008カタログ寄稿_作品掲載　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Aug. 2008

ART AWARD TOKYO 2008カタログ寄稿_作品掲載　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
May 2008

Blueray_Assistant Film Translation Supervisor, Too Late Blues, directed by John Cassavetes
Experimental Film Culture in Japan; TamagawaIshikawa; SatoshiNishizawa,HikaruSuzuki, Supervisor
Jun. 2025

Experimental film culture vol.6 in Japan ～Pole Pole alternative～ in catalog　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Non-profit film screening group; “Experimental Film Culture in Japan”; Naeem Mohaiemen; Hitoshi Takeuchi; Umin Xuan; Hiirahi Isaka; Yasunori Ikeda; Yvonne Rainer; Mei Shirao; Megumi Kamimura; Theater Company PuP.; Shinjiro Maeda; Hikaru Suzuki; Tamagawa Ishikawa; Satoshi Nishizawa, Joint work
Mar. 2025

Bulletin of the Graduate School of Film and New Media Studies, Tokyo University of the Arts .
Katsura, Eishi; Yamamura, Koji; Tsutsui, Takefumi; Oishi, Michiko; Matsuura, Noboru; Suzuki, Hikaru; Fish, Wang; Kato, Koji; Hirata, Ryoma; Takenaka, Saori; Mukadas, Mukitar; Kimura, Shin; Jingna; Shishikura; Shinobu, Joint work
Mar. 2025
9784865284669

Bulletin of the Graduate School of Film and New Media Studies, Tokyo University of the Arts .
Eishi Katsura; Toni Hildebrand; Koji Yamamura Noboru; Matsuura Michiko Oishi Hikaru Suzuki Koji; Kato Eva; Piaskowska Regina Pessoa; ağıl Harmandar Mirai Sato Kento; Shimizu; Honami Yano, Joint work
Sayusya, Oct. 2024
4865284400

Co-author of "Katsurao AIR 2023 Catalogue" (Katsurao Village Residence Program), with work published and contributed by Katsurao AIR 2023　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Katsurao Collective https; katsurao-collective.com/katsurao-air, Joint work
Mar. 2024

Experimental film culture vol.5 in Japan ~Pole Pole Pole Alternative~ Catalog　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Co-author Non-profit Film Screening Organization, "Experimental Film Culture", Yusuke Sasaki, Dern Komlian, Satoshi Nishizawa, Hikaru Suzuki, Tomoya Nishikawa, John Cassavetes, Toshiko Takashi, Joint work
Jun. 2023

Experimental film culture vol.4 in Japan - Pole Pole Pole Alternative - Catalog　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Non-profit film screening organization; “Experimental film culture”; Alan Sekula; Noel Birch; Toshiko Yu; Reiji Saito; Lodz Film School; Yutaro Keino; Miko Rebeleza; Carolina Fusilier; Hikari Nagamura; Hikari Suzuki, Joint work
2022

映画翻訳監修 映画『Remote Intimacy』(19分)（シルヴィア・シェデルバウアー監督作品）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Apr. 2021

映画翻訳監修 映画『The Future Perefect』(65分)（ネレ・ヴォールアッツ監督作品）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Apr. 2021

映画翻訳監修 映画『Szenario』(89分)（フィリップ・ヴィトマン監督作品）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Apr. 2021

Experimental film culture vol.3 in Japan ~Pole Pole Pole Alternative~ Catalog　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Non-profit film screening organization; “Experimental film culture”; Philippe Wittmann; Karsten Krause; UTDT-HFBK; Hikaru Suzuki; Shingo Kanekawa; Maria Arche; Nele Wohlatz; Katsuya Okuma; Okamoto Taiga; Kohei Kobayashi; Shingo Takashima; Shu Nakagawa; Shu Kanegae; James Benning; Takayuki Yoshida; Takafumi Kato; Satoshi Nishizawa; Shun Ikezoe; Sylvia Söderbauer, Joint work
Experimental film non-profit film screening organization, “Experimental film culture”., 2021

DVD release film "Anraku Island"　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hikaru Suzuki
SOLCHORD https://solchord.jp/4th.html https://solchord.stores.jp/, 2015

公開講座 : フィルム・キュレーション Vol.2「生と死のヴァナキュラー」　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
04 Nov. 2024, [Invited]

Otemon Gakuin University Faculty of Sociology Arts and Culture Project "Transformation of Landscape" after the film screening
Hiroki Harada (Artis; Hiroko Tasaka (Curator; Tokyo Metropolitan; Museum of Photography; Misora Nishihara; Otemon Gakuin; University sociology studen; Moderator; Yosaku Matsutani; Otemon Gakuin; University sociology professor; Hikaru Suzuki
Jan. 2024, [Invited]

Public Lecture: Film Curation "Essay Film and Vernacular" (Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts (Doctoral Program, RAM Association), Musashino Art University Joint Research "Basic Research on the Utilization of Folk Materials at Art University")　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Lecturers; Professor Koji Kato; Curatorial Program in Liberal Arts; Culture; Musashino Art University; Noboru Matsuura; Guest Lecturer; Graduate School of Film; New Media; Tokyo University of the Arts; Hikaru Suzuki; Doctoral Program; Graduate School of Film; New Media; Tokyo University of; he
21 Oct. 2023, [Invited]

Yebisu Film Festival 2015 "See You on the Planet"　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hiroko Tasaka; Curator; Tokyo Metropolitan; Museum of; Photography; Filmmaker; Hikaru Suzuki
2015 Yebisu Film Festival “See You on the Planet” Artist Symposium organized by Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Feb. 2015, [Invited]

The 4th Series “ART at IAMAS(情報科学芸術大学院大学) / Creativity in Progress” Professor Shinjiro Maeda × Artist Hikaru Suzuki “FUKUSHIMA - BERLIN” - A diary film by Hikaru Suzuki　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
IAMAS Professor; Shinjiro Maeda × Author; Hikaru Suzuki
4th Series "ART at IAMAS / Creativity in Progress, 19 Dec. 2012, [Invited]

Fukushima Keisounikki　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hikaru Suzuki
23 Sep. 2023, Artistic activity

BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hikaru Suzuki
10 Oct. 2021, Artistic activity

A video letter project between Buenos Aires and Fukushima, Yokohama　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Franca Malfatti; Hikaru Suzuki
20 May 2020, Artistic activity

Michiko　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hikaru Suzuki
23 Jul. 2018, Artistic activity

Garden　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hikaru Suzuki
01 Oct. 2016, Artistic activity

Fukushima Berlin　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hikaru Suzuki
08 Mar. 2015, Artistic activity

Das Strahlen　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hikaru Suzuki
01 Mar. 2015, Artistic activity

FUKUSHIMA BERLIN 2　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hikaru Suzuki
01 Jan. 2015, Artistic activity

Mr.S & Doraemon　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hikaru Suzuki
01 Mar. 2012, Artistic activity

Anrakuto　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hikaru Suzuki
01 Mar. 2011, Artistic activity

GOD AND FATHER AND ME　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hikaru Suzuki
01 Mar. 2009, Artistic activity

Slaked lime　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Hikaru Suzuki
01 Apr. 2008, Artistic activity

Video Letter Exchange: Community of Images
Collaborative Cataloging Japan and the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia in partnership with Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
Jul. 2024 - Aug. 2024

映画『Preemptive Listening』（Aura Satz監督作品）の福島撮影（浪江町・楢葉町・震災遺構）の現場監督。ドローン撮影（株式会社fivestar）
Jul. 2021

Berlinare 2018 Report in collaboration with the Goethe Institute　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Goethe Institute, Feb. 2018

Study Abroad for 2nd and 3rd year students of Aizu High School (about 400 students)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Fukushima Prefectural Aizu High School, University of Aizu SGU, Oct. 2016