Ryo Sugimoto (杉本 亮, Sugimoto Ryō, born 1976) is a Japanese art director. He received the the Best Art Award of the Japan Academy for the films Villain and Unforgiven directed by Lee Sang-il.
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
A scientist uses his invention - the "Menger Sponge" - to capture the energy of a dead child's spirit in an old building. In trying to determine why the energy of the ghost does not dissipate, the team discovers the identity and the dramatic story of the boy.