The 5 O’Clock Chime

在东京，一段戛然而至的浪漫邂逅让清治陷入挣扎。对方不告而别后，他企图梳理什么是从未发生过的，哪些又是本可能发生、却未曾实现的。

In Tokyo, an unfulfilled romantic encounter and sudden disappearance leave Seiji struggling to make sense of what never happened and what might have been.

导演：詹姆斯·库珀
编剧：詹姆斯·库珀
主演：森彼方、寺西圭吾、铃木义明、泉水美和子
制片人：林赛龙诗
摄影：大川原真央
类型：剧情短片
时长：15分钟
完成时间：2025年
对白语言：日语
地区：日本 英国
制作机构：恐慌球

Director: James Cooper
Screenwriter: James Cooper
Cast: Kanata Mori, Keigo Teranishi, Yoshiaki Suzuki, Miwako Izumi
Producer: Ryushi Lindsay
Cinematographer: Mao Ohkawara
Genre: Narrative Short Film
Length: 15 min
Year: 2025
Dialogue: Japanese
Region: Japan, UK
Production Company: Panic Ball

詹姆斯·库珀，编剧兼导演，现居伦敦。其作品曾刊登于《纽约时报》《DAZED》《GAYLETTER》等媒体，并在英国艺术委员会与第四频道《随机行为》项目支持下，创作了多部短片。

James Cooper is a British writer/director currently based in London. His work has featured in The New York Times, DAZED, and GAYLETTER and he has made short films with support from Arts Council England and Channel 4’s Random Acts.

这是我的首部日语短片，凝聚了十余年的学习心血——其中有三年，我曾在东京生活和工作。现实里没有迈出的那一步，我们往往会在虚构创作里践行。这部短片探索的正是这种“如果…那么…”的未知可能性。

This film is my first Japanese-language short, and the culmination of over a decade of study, having lived and worked in Tokyo for 3 years. When we don’t take authentic action for ourselves, it’s easy to create fictions from that lost unknowable opportunity. This is a story exploring that idea.