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MILK LADYDir. Sachiko MiyaseShort
NOCTURNAL MELODYDir. Umi IshiharaDocumentary
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An international
Tokyo-based filmmaking hub.

Stories from here.
Films for everywhere.

多様なバックグラウンドの人たちとボーダレスな作品を生み出すクリエイティブチーム。主に映画、ドラマ、漫画を企画制作。開発からプロダクション、宣伝、そして衣裳・小道具制作まで。

A creative team making borderless work with people from many backgrounds. We plan and produce films, drama and manga — from development to production, promotion, and costume and prop making.

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Works Works & producing

Series2026

Netflix Straight to Hell

Props support
CM2025

SONY RX1R III — TVC

Production manager
Film2025

Hero's Island (Takarajima)

Associate producer
Short2025

I, Us (short)

Screenplay
Animation2023

The Imaginary (Studio Ponoc)

Production & publicity
Film2023

Shunga Sensei

AP / anti-harassment
Film2023

658km, Yoko's Journey

Casting (partial)
Short2024

Straight Path (short, TORAY)

Production manager
Documentary2022

NHK documentary Finding Satoshi

Casting & development support
Film2022

Sabakan

Casting
Series2021

YouTube Originals SiGNALS

Japanese script
Film2021

Tomorrow's Dinner Table

Cast coordination
Series2021

WOWOW original drama Kawa no Hotori de

Assistant producer
Film2020

My Name Is Yours

Producer
Film2019

5 Million Dollar Life

Co-producer
Series2019

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories — Season 2

Assistant producer
Series2018

WOWOW drama series 60 Gohan Taisakushitsu

Assistant producer
Film2016

The Woman Swayed by Rain

Director's assistant
Short

Yukiakari (short)

Screenplay
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Milk
Lady

Short · Drama · 19 min · 2025
Directed by Sachiko Miyase
ARRDEP Studio
Director
Sachiko Miyase
Writer / DP
Asumi Sako
Producers
Asumi Sako, Sachiko Miyase
Cast
Fukiko Hara, Mari Ichihara, Mayumi Kanaya, Gakuto Sato
Format
Short · Drama · 19 min · Japanese
Production
ARRDEP
Status
Released

Thirty years of delivering milk. The sexism Akemi endured has not changed at all. At the end of her quiet anger, she makes one bold, irreversible move.

Watch trailer
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Nocturnal
Melody

Short documentary · 2026
Directed by Umi Ishihara
ARRDEP Studio
Director
Umi Ishihara
Producer
Sachiko Miyase
Format
Short documentary · 2026
Production
ARRDEP

Filmmaker Umi Ishihara draws on her own upbringing — raised by parents who worked in nightclubs and free raves — to tell the story of women shaped by music and drugs. An experimental documentary that fuses a personal perspective with social critique.

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Creating
The Imaginary

Documentary · 45 min · 2023
Directed by Sachiko Miyase & Raita Yabushita
ARRDEP Studio
Directors
Sachiko Miyase, Raita Yabushita
Producer
Sachiko Miyase
Narration
Akira Terao
Format
Documentary · 45 min · 2023
Release
Hulu, from December 22, 2023

A making-of documentary about Studio Ponoc's animated feature The Imaginary — and why they kept making it when everything was falling apart.

Studio Ponoc set out to make a new animated feature and ran into problems that nearly stopped production. So why do they keep making films? The hopes and losses of the creators, the moment the hero Rudger is born, and one wish handed down from their mentor Isao Takahata. Made with creators in the UK, the US and France, this is the unseen story behind The Imaginary.

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About The Beginning
Of My Journey

Short film · 2022
Written & directed by Sachiko Miyase
ARRDEP Studio
Cast
Serina Niimi, Erika Ishii, Aki Fujii
Writer / Director
Sachiko Miyase
Director of Photography
Hans Bobànovits
Sound Mix
Shimpei Harakawa
Sound Recording
Manabu Kakara
Hair & Makeup
Kayo Iwabuchi
Costume
Ryoko Ogino
Art Supervision
Mariko Misaki
Editor
Uichi Majima
Production
ARRDEP
Supported by
Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture) — Start-up Grant
Format
Short film · 2022

The story of how the Japan–Philippines feature About The Beginning Of My Journey began — one day, before everything.

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My Name
Is Yours

Feature · 2020
Directed by Momoko Fukuda
Producer: Sachiko Miyase
Director
Momoko Fukuda
Based on
Novels by Momoko Fukuda
Screenplay
Kosuke Mukai
Cast
Honoka Matsumoto, Seina Nakata
Yuki Katayama, Daichi Kaneko, Shoma Kai, Pei Komuro
Producer
Sachiko Miyase
Format
Feature film · 2020
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Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku
— TVer CM

Commercial · 2025
Kodansha Bunko
Client
Kodansha Bunko — Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku by Yuu Nagira
Format
TVer commercial · 30 sec · 2025
Director
Yoshimi Joya
Cast
Akiko Kikuchi, Ikuma Nagatomo, Kantaro Matsuo, Momoka Kitano
Producer
Sachiko Miyase
Cinematographer
Asumi Sako
Sound Recordist & Sound Design
Yuya Shito
Music
Ory
Hair and make-up artist
Ayane Kutsumi
AD
Chiharu Sakuragi
1st AC
Anthony Rilocapro
Gaffer
Daisuke Miura
Lighting Assistant
Jun Kodama
Wardrobe
Ryoko Ogino
Prop designer
Mariko Misaki
Edit
Yoshimi Joya
Colourist
Michelle Madden
Location
Bar Tambi
Production
ARRDEP / Supermove
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Sanlibutan

Documentary · 2009
Directed by Sachiko Miyase
ARRDEP Studio
Director / Cinematography / Editing / Music
Sachiko Miyase
Format
Documentary · 2009
Festival
Official Selection, CREAM International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama 2009

A documentary filmed over more than five years at a home for children with disabilities in the Philippines, following the daily lives of children who cannot see and children who cannot hear.

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Alone With
Everyone

Directed by Yoshimi Joya
Director
Yoshimi Joya
Cast
Uri Suzuki
Ikuma Nagatomo, Shogo Hama, Kyo Sato, Satoshi Inagawa
Producer
Sachiko Miyase
Director of Photography
Toshihiko Kizu
Sound Design & Mix
Yuya Shito
Assistant Director
Sasha Solodova
Hair & Makeup
Ayane Kutsumi
Gaffer
Hiroki Nishigaya
Colorist
Mayumi Comley
Online Artist
Chaou Said
Alone With Everyone poster
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← News  ·  2026  ·  Release

Midnight Diner — New Season

We provided casting support for Midnight Diner Season 6 & 7.
Latest updates here.

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← News  ·  2026.09  ·  Notice

Our website has been renewed

We have renewed the ARRDEP website, with new pages for our works, credits and divisions.

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← Credits  ·  2021  ·  Series

YouTube Originals SiGNALS

Sachiko Miyase worked on the Japanese script.

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Credits Participation

Series2026

Netflix Straight to Hell

Props support
CM2025

SONY RX1R III — TVC

Production manager
Film2025

Hero's Island (Takarajima)

Associate producer
Short2025

I, Us (short)

Screenplay
Animation2023

The Imaginary (Studio Ponoc)

Production & publicity
Film2023

Shunga Sensei

AP / anti-harassment
Film2023

658km, Yoko's Journey

Casting (partial)
Short2024

Straight Path (short, TORAY)

Production manager
Documentary2022

NHK documentary Finding Satoshi

Casting & development support
Film2022

Sabakan

Casting
Series2021

YouTube Originals SiGNALS

Japanese script
Film2021

Tomorrow's Dinner Table

Cast coordination
Series2021

WOWOW original drama Kawa no Hotori de

Assistant producer
Film2020

My Name Is Yours

Producer
Film2019

5 Million Dollar Life

Co-producer
Series2019

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories — Season 2

Assistant producer
Series2018

WOWOW drama series 60 Gohan Taisakushitsu

Assistant producer
Film2016

The Woman Swayed by Rain

Director's assistant
Short

Yukiakari (short)

Screenplay
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News

Awards · Events · Labs · Releases
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Works

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Story Collective IP開発・企画IP development & proposals

Giving shape to original stories that have been overlooked.A story and project development space run by ARRDEP. Directors, screenwriters, actors, inclusive directors and other members develop projects together, across film, drama series and manga.

arrdep.film/story-collective →
STORY COLLECTIVE — arrdep.film/story-collective
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Dense Edition

Coming soon...

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Actors Club

A club for actors.
Actors, directors and producers meet to try out acting, writing and directing — we talk about all sides of filmmaking, and practice acting together as equals.

Interested? Add our LINE official account.

LINE Official AccountARRDEP Actors Club →
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Producers Lab

ARRDEP's study group and network for producers.
We share news on grants and film festivals in a LINE OpenChat.
Membership is by invitation.
If you're interested, please get in touch via our Contact page.

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About

ARRDEP

ARRDEP comes from ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE. We are a Tokyo-based creative team making borderless work with people from many backgrounds. We plan and produce films, drama and manga — from development to production, promotion, and costume and prop making.

Founder

Sachiko Miyase

Producer, writer and director based in Tokyo. With more than 20 years in film — as assistant director, casting director, producer and in marketing — she now focuses on development: screenwriting, casting, and building original projects from the ground up. Her work centers on socially driven stories and human drama.

As a producer she has worked on the features My Name Is Yours (dir. Momoko Fukuda, 2020) and Hero's Island (dir. Keishi Otomo, 2025, associate producer). She directed the short Milk Lady (2025; Special Mention, Osaka Asian Film Festival), About The Beginning Of My Journey (2022) and the documentary Sanlibutan (2009), and wrote I, Us (dir. Yurie Yano, 2025) and Yukiakari (dir. Kojiro Hashimoto, 2014). She is currently developing international co-productions and a drama series. Founder of ARRDEP.

Lab / Award

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Statement

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ARRDEP (Sachiko Miyase) sees filmmaking as work in which many different people create together. So we believe that protecting the dignity and safety of everyone who works on a production matters as much as the quality of the work.

For many years, the Japanese film industry has been criticized for excessive working conditions and harassment. ARRDEP does not accept these customs as normal. Protecting human rights and safety on set is our clear policy.

ARRDEP does not allow any abuse, harassment or discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability, age, religion, nationality, education, experience, opinion or belief. We respect individual differences and aim for a production environment where all staff and cast are treated as equals.

Before shooting, we share safety measures for physical health and a harassment-prevention policy for mental health with staff and cast (printed at the end of the script, or sent in advance). On set, we adjust schedules so that staff can keep a healthy life, and we do not build a production on excessive long hours or on exploiting people's passion.

We also value an environment where anyone, whatever their position, can raise opinions and concerns. If a problem occurs on set, we check the facts rather than act on rumor, and respond quickly and appropriately.

On every production ARRDEP makes, we share this statement with staff and cast as our code of conduct. When Sachiko Miyase joins productions by other companies, she also values a production system that shares the spirit of this statement.

In particular, she joins only after confirming that proper preventive measures are in place, such as a contact point for reporting and consulting about harassment.

2026.3.8
ARRDEP — Sachiko Miyase

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