Kore-eda-Style: A Woman Airing a Futon on a Tokyo Apartment Balcony

Sunset through a window hits a bare wall with fire-like intensity, a framed picture catches the last of the light, and long shadows stretch across a wooden floor. Cites Ashes of Time and pushes extreme warm tones close to overexposure to capture something fading. Image 7 of Zhao Yifan's Wong Kar-wai-Style set.

A crowd rushes through a neon Tokyo street while one person at the center stays perfectly still, long exposure dragging people and car lights into streaks. References the energy of Chungking Express and uses long exposure plus step-printing to capture stillness in a busy place. Image 3 of Zhao Yifan's set.

A person stands motionless on an empty neon street in a downpour, head tilted slightly back, rain tinted magenta and cyan by neon on their face. References Fallen Angels, with stylize set to its maximum of 700 across the set, and uses wide angle plus motion blur to build loneliness. Image 2 of Zhao Yifan's set.