Oliver Astrologo | Mercedes-Benz - Japan Explorers

Blue Mercedes G-Class leading a black one around a wet mountain bend in autumn

Mercedes-Benz Japan Explorers

Client

Mercedes-Benz

Agency

OSK

Location

Japan

Scope of Work

Photography · Videography

Japan opens up from behind the wheel of the G-Class. A film that distills the essence of Japan into a visual dialogue between contrast, balance and atmosphere.

Silver Mercedes G-Class filmed with a rig from a following car on a Tokyo road

Created with Mercedes-Benz and supported by OSK, the project follows a group of photographers and filmmakers traveling across the country.

Hero Video

Director's Cut

The director’s cut, Japan: Neons & Sakuras, distills the nation’s duality: the intensity of the city, the quiet of tradition.

Image gallery

Snow-capped Mount Fuji framed by a bright red torii gate above the clouds
Figure in red robe and black lacquered hat facing sunrise over mountain ridges
Four performers in bold Japanese street fashion amid teal neon and haze
Blue Mercedes G-Class powering through a deep muddy off-road rut, headlights on
Pedestrians crossing a busy Tokyo intersection, seen through a car window
Aerial view of a hairpin road winding through blazing autumn forest
Elderly Japanese woman standing among framed photos in a traditional teahouse
Mount Fuji mirrored in a still lake at dawn, the sky glowing orange
Komuso monk in a woven basket hat playing a bamboo shakuhachi flute on a street

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