JAPAN PANORAMA
STAY TRICKY
Having fun at home by changing the way you think. Even under the influence of COVID-19, you can still choose to have fun. During isolation, there must have been many who thought about their roots. That's when I found my fingerboard. I built various obstacles using old, treasured items and had fun. Produced by NION
Tomoyuki Kujirai
Experimental | Action/Adventure | Japan | 2020 | 0:02:23
Straight 8 Shootout 2020 – Gold
LIVING IN JAPAN AND DYING IN BANGLADESH
A documentary about Jerome, the most famous singer among Bangladeshi in Japan. The film depicts how he quit his job and tried his new business to build a nursing home for elderly pople in his home village in Bangladesh after spending 32 years in Japan. He ended up failing and why he didn't stop pursuing his dream in spite of the financial difficulties.
Fujii Shota
Documentary | Drama | Japan | 2020 | 0:06:16
HIKARI
"There is no name in her mind again." The only soothing thing of Tsukasa Kishijima, who spends days doing dispatch work, is at a coffee shop in the neighborhood. "I'm not interested in my boyfriend," says the manager, who always tells the store manager that his eyes are...
yuuki kanazawa
Fiction | Drama | Japan | 2019 | 0:08:36
48 Hour Film Project , 2019, Japan/Tokyo, Nomination
6th Tachikawa Meijizadori Film Festival , 2020, Japan, Nomination
19th Ozu Yasujiro Memorial Tateshina Kogen Film Festival Short Film Competition, 2020 , Japan, Nomination
THE GREAT ACTRESS REIKO INUI
A rookie director was extremely nervous at the shooting site of "Gorgaga, the Giant Monster." Today is the first day for the leading actress, superstar "Reiko Inui", for the shooting. As we expected, she had started being elegant and mean to everyone. This is a short comedy about the struggle of people who love movies and working at a shooting site.
Kazuhiro Nakagawa
Fiction | Comedy | Japan | 2019 | 0:11:04
HONEY&LEMON
Single mother Misato watches over her high school daughter as she grows into womanhood. With her budding interest in wearing makeup, Misato’s little girl is no longer a child. She is growing up to be a sweet, caring young woman considerate of the well-being of the mother.
KEIKO UMENOKI
Fiction | Drama | Japan | 2020 | 0:14:59
Aichi International Women’s Film Festival 2020, 2020, Japan, Film Competition Nomination
DROWNING
Yumi, a Japanese student, struggles to cope with the loss of her friend and an inattentive mother while juggling her last year of high school and romance.
James Honeycutt
Fiction | Drama | Japan | 2020 | 0:16:45
THE PULSE
One day, Mitsuru finds Takahashi who screams and screams on the ground with a phone in his hand near the station. The surrounding people avoid the annoying involvement and pass quickly as if nothing happened. Mitsuru tried to ignore him and return home, but at that time, he remembered that day.
Shinada Makoto
Fiction | Drama | Japan | 2019 | 0:27:51
Tanabe,Benkei Selection 2019 Official Selection
Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa 2020 Double Feature with “Cat’s Home(Dir. Imao Shinobu)”