Nippon Connection 2017
Missing films:
What You Taught Me About My Son
von Takuya MARUYAMA
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VANISH
von Yusuke HATAI
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Get My Hair Washed
von Akira IKEDA
45 x 45
von Daisuke SHIMOTE
The Light Dances
von Hajime IZUKI
After Hours
von Tatsuo KOBAYASHI
An Interview on the Street in Ginza, Tokyo, Conducted on 27th December 2015.
von Yusuke SHIBATA
Snake Beneath the Flower Petals
湖底の蛇
Kotei no hebi
Regie und Drehbuch: Rina TANAKA
What You Taught Me About My Son
von Takuya MARUYAMA
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VANISH
von Yusuke HATAI
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Get My Hair Washed
von Akira IKEDA
45 x 45
von Daisuke SHIMOTE
The Light Dances
von Hajime IZUKI
After Hours
von Tatsuo KOBAYASHI
An Interview on the Street in Ginza, Tokyo, Conducted on 27th December 2015.
von Yusuke SHIBATA
Snake Beneath the Flower Petals
湖底の蛇
Kotei no hebi
Regie und Drehbuch: Rina TANAKA
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- DirectorKimi TakesueTom Takesue is a hard-working, practical Japanese-American raised in Hawai'i, who discovers his filmmaking aspirations at the age of ninety when he becomes invested in "re-writing" a feature love story that his granddaughter is developing. His unusual script doctoring reveals larger concerns about love, loss, unrealized dreams, and mortality.
- DirectorKenji YamauchiStarsKei IshibashiKami HiraiwaHiroaki MorookaWith a party underway at the company director's house a young man is bedazzled by a woman who, alongside her husband, are in attendance. This not only prompts the object of the man's passion to want to leave; it also provokes the jealousy of the hostess. Things get worse when guests express themselves and let loose as they imbibe more alcohol.
- DirectorKatsuya TomitaStarsSubenja PongkornSunun PhuwisetChutipha PromplangBangkok, 2015. Ozawa, a Japanese man who had nowhere to go, meets Luck, a woman has reached the height of her glory on Thaniya Street, a place that flourishes by servicing only Japanese men.
- DirectorItakoInterviews with the urisen boys of Shinjuku 2 chome. They answer questions about their experiences working in the sex trade including what drove them to it in the first place and why they are (predominantly) straight men with a gay clientele.
- DirectorShunji IwaiStarsHaru KurokiCoccoGô AyanoNanami is an apathetic, part-time junior high school teacher, whose only solace comes from connecting with others on "Planet".
- DirectorMakoto NakamuraStarsMikio DateSayaka HanamuraGen Hoshino
- DirectorYoshiki Shigee
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsTahar RahimConstance RousseauOlivier GourmetWhen an assistant to a daguerreotypy photographer falls in love with the latter's daughter the relationship mirrors the art form as love and pain combine.
- DirectorKazuya ShiraishiStarsJuri IhataSatsuki MaueMichiéA story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. They work at the same escort service while feeling lonely in their urban lives.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsSôsuke IkematsuNoémie NakaiMasaki SudaAn update to the "Death Note" series in which a mysterious notebook contains deadly powers.
- DirectorTetsuya MarikoStarsYûya YagiraMasaki SudaNana KomatsuAt some point beating and ravaging others becomes a routine pastime when two kids go on a rampage. Taira picks his target of men and goes for broke, while Kitahara puts down his camera long enough to instead go after women. There is enough blood shed during the course of one night to paint a mural of red for the whole city to see.
- DirectorKohei Taniguchi
- DirectorTatsumi KumashiroStarsShin KishidaNaomi TaniMeika SeriJuzo is a self-important director. Production is stopped on his new film whenever lead celebrity Meiko is too obviously expecting to film gender views. Interested in a replacement, he comes over the common Ikuyo, starring right here in a single associated with rare functions which doesn't need her to be bound with rope. Everything goes well until Naomi begins an intercourse scene with Ikuyo, that got Meiko expecting.
- DirectorMasato HaradaStarsKoji YakushoMasahiro MotokiTsutomu YamazakiThe War ended on August 15th, 1945. What took place in Japan on the previous night? The unknown destiny of the day is unveiled.
- DirectorAkiyo FujimuraStarsHaruka KuboAtsuya OkadaMiki NitoriA desperate actress returns home to be a professional mourner.
- DirectorTatsumi KumashiroStarsSayuri IchijoHiroko IsayamaKazuko ShirakawaThe story is about a stripper's relationships with two men: her boyfriend and a club owner.
- DirectorYûjirô HarumotoStarsYumi EndôShinichirô MatsuuraNobu MorimotoAsahi and Kaori are a happy couple and plan to marry soon. But Kaori's mother looks down on a prospective son-in-law who grew up in an orphanage and works as a boxing trainer. Things become more complicated when Asahi tries to help his best friend Hiroto who has been scammed by a shady businessman. Yujiro HARUMOTO tells an unsentimental yet compelling story about loyalty, friendship, and family.
- DirectorIzumi MatsunoStarsMasako AmabeRieko DoteTakako Hinaga
- DirectorGô ShibataUsing their sound and film equipment like musical instruments, the members of the band GUI AIUEO:S create an audiovisual work of art. On their journey, they search for UFOs, meet odd hermits, and are introduced to the sustainable toilet. Go SHIBATA, winner of the 2011 NIPPON VISIONS AWARD, presents an eccentric performance-roadmovie-documentary. Hop on board and step on the gas!
- DirectorKei IshikawaStarsSatoshi TsumabukiHikari MitsushimaKeisuke KoideAn investigations on murder didn't reach to any results, until a journalist discover new information that get on the trail of the criminal.
- DirectorSabuStarsMasatoshi NagaseOrakioHiroki Suzukithe film is about a man who owns a helmet which makes you reexperience your happiest moment of your live. the major in the town he lives wants to use him for his good but the man with the helmet has got other plans....
- DirectorKôji FukadaStarsTadanobu AsanoMariko TsutsuiTaiga NakanoToshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.
- DirectorRyôta NakanoStarsRie MiyazawaHana SugisakiAoi ItôA strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.
- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsYô ÔizumiKasumi ArimuraMasami NagasawaA manga artist assistant is surprised by a zombie apocalypse.
- DirectorSunao KatabuchiStarsNonAva PickardKenna PickardA spirited 18-year-old woman is married off to a man she barely knows as she combats the daily struggles of living in Hiroshima during World War II.
- DirectorHirokazu KaiStarsRiku HagiwaraHaruka KuboSara OgawaIt's a new youth movie vividly remind audience of the hurts of love.
- DirectorRyo UrabeTomohiko YokoyamaStarsSachiko ÔkawaItaru SasakiDonna BurkeA telephone booth known as the "Phone of the Wind" stands on a hill in northern Japan. It is not connected, but many people come here to "call" their loved ones lost in the 2011 tsunami.
- DirectorKaku ArakawaStarsHayao MiyazakiToshio SuzukiYuhei SakuragiA look at famous Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.
- DirectorGilles LaurentThe town of Tomioka was evacuated after the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011. Naoto MATSUMURA was the only one who refused to leave, and by now, other former inhabitants revisit their houses regularly, preparing to move back to their hometown as soon as possible. Their hopes may seem irrational, but Gilles Laurent's impressive documentary focuses on their steadfast will to survive.
- DirectorHayato KawaiStarsSuzu HiroseYûki AmamiAyami NakajôLed by a demanding coach, an unlikely squad of small town girls vie for victory in a major US cheer dance championship. Based on true events.
- DirectorMiwa NishikawaStarsMasahiro MotokiPistol TakeharaEri FukatsuA recently widowed writer whose wife died in a bus crash comes to terms with his grief, or lack of it, in caring for the children of a working man who also lost his wife in the same accident.
- DirectorShingo MatsumuraStarsAya AyanoRisa KamedaAoi KatoA woman slowly coming to the realization that a relationship with her ex-boyfriend may well and truly be dead and she faces the decision of whether to resurrect it or move on.
- DirectorSteven OkazakiStarsWataru AkashiKyôko KagawaTakeshi KatôA feature-length documentary about the life and films of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, weaving together film clips, archival stills, and interviews with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Narrated by Keanu Reeves.
- DirectorSabuStarsChang ChenShô AoyagiYi Ti YaoProfessional hitman Long takes on an assignment in Japan. When things go awry, he has to flee. Badly injured, he takes refuge in a deserted part of a small town.
- DirectorNobuhiro YamashitaStarsRyûhei MatsudaRiku ÔnishiYôko MakiWhat do part-time philosophy professors do other than loaf about, philosophize part-time, be dolts, stay in a spare room in the home of the brother and an annoyed sister-in-law? How fortuitous then that nephew Yukio has a school report to write on a particular family member. In the meanwhile, in order to get the man out of the house the mission is to find him a woman and coincidentally a Japanese-American woman is around.
- DirectorNoboru TanakaStarsTomoko KatsuraKen YoshizawaHidemi HaraMasako is a prostitute who works at a bathhouse in downtown Tokyo. She is sexually involved with her neighbor in the next apartment. However, when his friend falls in love with a young woman this creates a problem for all three of them.
- DirectorNobuhiro YamashitaStarsJoe OdagiriYû AoiShôta MatsudaA recently divorced and traumatized man moves to Hakodate, Hokkaido and attends a vocational college to learn carpentry along with several other students who are in the same boat as he. When a couple of the guys go to a hostess club the man meets an unconventional girl who likes him and a relationship is born.
- DirectorNatsuki SetaStarsAi HashimotoMei NaganoShôta SometaniUniversity student Jun has a lot of free time on her hands. She encounters Haru who is in high school and looks a woman she knew in her past. They meet Tokio, who is the grandson of the woman she knew, and learn that the person is dead. They come across media of the woman's work.
- DirectorHirobumi WatanabeStarsYukiko HachisuMisao HirayamaGaku ImamuraYasuzo works as a lifeguard at a local swimming pool. Leading a lonely and monotonic life, no one is aware of what lurks beneath his cool surface. POOLSIDEMAN, winner of the "Japanese Cinema Splash Award" at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival, creates a tense atmosphere with long takes and monochrome images while developing a psychogram of its inscrutable protagonist.
- DirectorJunji SakamotoStarsNaomi FujiyamaIttoku KishibeMari HamadaAn elderly couple is offered to meet with their dead son by strange people in exchange for herbal medicine.
- DirectorAtsushi FunahashiStarsNatsuko AkashiYuki AzumaReina Fujie
- DirectorMotonori SakakibaraKunihiko YuyamaStarsMao InoueRyohei SuzukiAkio ÔtsukaA stranded little cat tries to find a way to back home.
- DirectorNoboru TanakaStarsJunko MiyashitaEimei EsumiGenshû HanayagiA true-life tale of a broken woman whose hedonistic tryst with a high-class restaurateur resulted in a horrific crime of passion that littered Tokyo headlines in 1936.
- DirectorYoshitaka MoriStarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaShôta SometaniTokio EmotoSatoshi Murayama was so much more than a Shogi master. Ever since the age of five, he had a serious kidney ailment. Growing up in hospitals and spending so much time sick, he learned how to play shogi; having no idea that he would fall in love with the game and later become a parody. Learn his story of perseverance and competitions despite the cards Murayama was dealt with.
- DirectorHideaki AnnoShinji HiguchiStarsHiroki HasegawaYutaka TakenouchiSatomi IshiharaJapan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.
- DirectorTaichi IshidateNaoko YamadaStarsMiyu IrinoSaori HayamiAoi YûkiA young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.
- DirectorYoichi TanakaStarsSeitaro IshibashiElisa YanagiA table tennis player girl's life starts to change by meeting a Chinese girl thug.
- DirectorShintaro Hihara
- DirectorYuji MitsuhashiChieko is an English teacher. Mikako is a mother of one child. Shoko is an inspiring novelist. Three women tell little lies about themselves, but what are the consequences of those little lies?
- DirectorYosuke TakeuchiStarsKentaro KishiSuzuno TakenakaAfter the Great Earthquake in Northeastern Japan, Mitsuo is sent to a mental hospital from the strain of grief from working to clear out the debris of the disaster. When he is released 3 years later, he feels a moment of happiness as he is welcomed back by his brother Yuta, his wife Yoko, their first daughter Chie, and their second daughter Itsuki, who has down syndrome.The next day, Chie wishes to go to the amusement park, and Mitsuo takes Chie and Itsuki there. But these happy moments don't last long, and the incident happens at the park. Chie dropped Itsuki on the concrete when Mitsuo took his eyes off of them. Yoko cannot accept Itsuki's death, madly questions Chie and Mitsuo. In this pressure, Chie lies that "Uncle Mitsuo dropped Itsuki." Yoko goes through a mental breakdown from the shock. Becoming full with regret day by day, Yoko accuses Yuta and questions if he felt relieved that Itsuki died. Hearing this fight between her parents, Chie's heart was also slowly being teared apart. Not being able to bear the agony, Chie confess the truth to her mother. However, she tells Chie that "You can't tell this to anyone." Mitsuo was still in deep distress, when he sees a dead sunflower by chance. Like his actions were led by something indescribable, he takes out the seeds and starts to plant them as if he were praying. Seeing her uncle's actions, Chie's emotions are deeply moved and she finally confesses to her father that she was the one who dropped her sister.
- DirectorAyako ImamuraStarsTetsuo HottaAyako ImamuraWill van RompaeyIn the summer of 2015, filmmaker Ayako Imamura declared that she would do a documentary film of herself riding a bicycle across the length of Japan. The title of the film would be Start Line. She believed that she had to do this documentary film as a way to confront head on some things she had been avoiding, that is she had to do this in order to move on.
- DirectorNoboru TanakaStarsJunko MiyashitaRenji IshibashiHiroshi ChôThe landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer, and decides he's found his soulmate.
- DirectorShinobu YaguchiStarsFumiyo KohinataEri FukatsuYuki IzumisawaAfter a sudden worldwide power cut, a Tokyo family are caught up in the chaos as millions traverse the country in search of electricity.
- DirectorTatsumi KumashiroStarsJunko MiyashitaMeika SeriNaomi OkaIt's the evening before the day all brothels must be shut-down, according to the new law, in 1958. At the Kofukuya's (literally, the house that sells happiness), five prostitutes decide to celebrate the day. Erotism, drama, and comedy mix as each hour, and a different event passes, in which all the women's stories come to the surface.
- DirectorJûzô ItamiStarsKen WatanabeTsutomu YamazakiNobuko MiyamotoA truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
- DirectorJonghun EunJunghyun is a huge fan of Eagles (Korean baseball team) and he is lonely. Suji is a huge fan of Giants and she is lonely as well.
- DirectorYûya IshiiStarsShizuka IshibashiSôsuke IkematsuRyûhei MatsudaNewcomer Shizuka Ishibashi throws herself into the role of Mika, a nurse by day, a 'girlie bar' hostess by night, subject to feelings of anxiety and isolation, and unable to reach through a hard outer shell that stops her from expressing tenderness to anyone else. Sosuke Ikematsu, one of Japan's most important young actors, stars as Shinji, who struggles as a day-hire construction worker with a sense of impending doom, but who still tries to find the source of an unnamable hope he feels inside. The setting is Tokyo in 2017, where empty words, a sense of doom, and feelings of isolation co-exist with hope, trust, and love. In the sense of real life conjured up in these two people is a new kind of film: the densest kind of love story.
- DirectorKôhei Sanada
- DirectorJun IchikawaStarsIssei OgataRie MiyazawaShinohara TakahumiWhen technical illustrator Tony Takitani asks his wife to resist her all-consuming obsession for designer clothes, the consequences are tragic.
- DirectorTatsumi KumashiroStarsRie NakagawaToru OheMoeko EzawaKatsu, a fugitive youth on the run from the yakuza, returns to his birthplace and begins an affair with the cinema owner.
- DirectorAkihiko ShiotaStarsTasuku NagaokaYuki MamiyaYûmi AkagiWhen a successful, but tired Tokyo-based playwright who has sworn off easy women and casual encounters takes refuge in the countryside, his plans are disrupted by a horny woman who pedals fast into his life and is unrelenting.
- DirectorTatsumi KumashiroStarsJunko MiyashitaRenji IshibashiAkoAt his working place, Kozo and his colleague gangrape the boss' teenage daughter. Then, on the highway, he picks up a red-haired woman walking on the road back to his home. She ends up staying the night. Later, the woman reveals that she has left her husband and son, but refuses to divulge her name. On the other hand, the boss' daughter informs Kozo's colleague that she is pregnant. They decide to elope but, before that, he demands Kozo to let him have sex with the red-haired woman...
- DirectorTatsumi KumashiroStarsJunko MiyashitaEimei EsumiGô AwazuThe world is in turmoil with the October Revolution of 1917, riots over the inflationary price of rice, and the military expedition to Siberia in 1918. But Shinsuke spends his days in the arms of geishas, paying little heed to the events happening around him.
- DirectorDaisuke MiyazakiStarsNina EndôHanae KanReiko KataokaMoody teenager SAKURA shares a small house with her mother and brother, next to the US military base in Yamato, Japan. Her only dream is to become a famous rapper like the American hip-hop stars she admires. She spends most of her time writing personal rhymes but a crippling stage fright makes her unable to perform in front of an audience. Out of the blue, the daughter of her mother's American boyfriend's, REI, arrives from California to spend some time with them. This unexpected arrival will at first turn SAKURA into a state of turmoil but she will soon realise that she and REI have much more in common than what she initially thought.