The brief
We met Yukio Akamine while working on other projects and found him an extraordinary person. Born in Tokyo in 1944, he founded his first brand, WAY-OUT, in 1972 and today leads the tailoring label Akamine Royal Line. He advises fashion companies and retailers across Japan and is respected by menswear insiders worldwide — he has been to Italy more than 300 times and attended Pitti Uomo since its early years. We wanted to find out who he really is: his influences, his history and his way of thinking.
How we produced it
A self-commissioned documentary shot in Tokyo with a deliberately small crew — a director/DOP and one camera assistant — so the interview felt like a conversation rather than a production.
What we delivered
A 6-minute fashion documentary (2020).
Project details
Client: Alphabet Productions (original content)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Year: 2020
Services: Concept, direction, filming, editing
Crew: Director/DOP, camera assistant
Deliverables: 6-min documentary
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