Hokkaido
The Sound of Japan

Directed by our award-winning duo G&L, this captivating film offers a thrilling rush through Hokkaido’s mountains, dojos, traditions, and nightlife, accompanied by the primal rhythms of taiko drums. Produced by NaF+BrandFilms – NEEDaFIXER, we invite viewers to immerse themselves in Hokkaido’s beauty and feel compelled to explore Sapporo and beyond.
A destination film built around Hokkaido
The Sound of Japan brings Hokkaido’s mountains, dojos, traditions and nightlife into a film for JNTO. NaF+BrandFilms is credited for production, with SPANDY as creative agency. G&L directed, served as director of photography and edited the film.
For a destination brief, our travel video production team develops the production around the places, people and experiences the film needs to show.
Picture and sound, with the specialists credited
The film’s credits name G&L for creative audio composition, Edan Mason for location sound, Karin Sugiura for sound mixing and mastering, and Jithu Appu for colour. These collaborators are part of the finished work’s production story.
Explore our video editing, colour grading and sound design services to discuss the scope your film needs. NaF+ coordinates the production and the specialist contributions through to delivery.
- Project
- Hokkaido – The Sound of Japan
- End Client
- JNTO
- Production
- NaF+BrandFilms
- Creative Agency
- SPANDY
- Director, DOP & Editors
- G&L
- Executive Producer
- Sofia Panayiotaki
- Producer
- James Chamberlain
- Producer
- Karin Sugiura
- 1st AD
- Alexandros Konstantinou
- Location Sound Recordist
- Edan Mason
- Creative Audio Composition
- G&L
- Sound Mixing & Mastering
- Karin Sugiura
- Colourist
- Jithu Appu

