Director
Hiroyasu Ishida
Born July 3, 1988 in Mihama, Aichi, Japan8 films
Goes by the pseudonym "Tete."
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Ishida Hiroyasu was a student at Kyoto Seika University. He independently produced various animated shorts and posted them on the internet.
In 2009, his two-and-a-half-minute short titled "Fumiko no Kokuhaku" (Fumiko's Confession) garnered him attention internationally across the internet. He won the Japanese YouTube Video Award for his video which he produced at 21 years of age.
He has been praised by director Hosoda Mamoru (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) and his work has been featured in Newtype magazine.
Tete uploaded most of his shorts directly to the internet on popular streaming sites.
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The best way into Hiroyasu Ishida's work
First watchDrifting Home20227.4One fateful summer, a group of elementary school kids set adrift on an abandoned apartment building must look within themselves to find a way back home.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
8 films as director- 2022Drifting HomeDirector
- 2018Penguin HighwayDirector
- 2016Fastening Days 2Director
- 2014Fastening DaysDirector
- 2014Paulette's ChairDirector
- 2013Rain in the SunshineDirector
- 2011Rain TownDirector
- 2009Fumiko's ConfessionDirector