Kazuaki Seki
Kazuaki Seki | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 9, 1976[1] |
| Occupation | Filmmaker / Music video director / Film director |
Kazuaki Seki (関 和亮, Seki Kazuaki; born May 9, 1976) is a Japanese filmmaker, music video director and film director from Nagano Prefecture[1].
Career
After directing numerous artist music videos, Seki broadened his work into film and drama direction[1]. He made his commercial feature-film debut in 2021 with Hell's Garden[1].
Selected works
Music videos
Notable works include Sakanaction's "Around the World," OK Go's "I Won't Let You Down," Hoshino Gen's "Koi," Perfume's "One Room Disco," and Fujii Kaze's "Moeyo"[1].
Film
- Hell's Garden (2021, feature-film debut)[1]
- Beethoven Netsuzou (2025)[1]
- Kakukaku Shikajika (May 2025)[1]
Relationship with Fujii Kaze
Seki directed the music video for Fujii Kaze's "MO-EH-YO" (燃えよ, released September 4, 2021). The video is notable for being shot entirely on a Google Pixel[2]. The MV had its premiere on YouTube at 18:00 on October 24, 2021; immediately preceding the premiere, at around 17:57, a unique cross-network CM campaign for Google Pixel 6 ("#JibunRashiku Moeyo") aired across five Tokyo-area commercial broadcasters, with sequential 30-second spots stitching together into a 2.5-minute narrative[2].