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The Shell Collector

シェル・コレクター

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(c)Shell Collector, LLC (USA) and Shell Collector Japan Film PartnePartners

Release Date: February, 27th, 2016

Running Time: 89 min

Genre: Drama , Feature

Color: Color

Screening Format: DCP

Screen Size: -

Sound Processing: -

Screening Format with Subtitles: English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

TSUBOTA Yoshifumi

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

Lily Franky ── Conchologist
TERAJIMA Shinobu ── YAMAOKA Izumi
IKEMATSU Sosuke ── Hikaru
HASHIMOTO Ai ── YUMIBA Shimako

[ Staff ]

Anthony DOERR ── Original Story
SAWAI Kaori ── Screenplay
TSUBOTA Yoshifumi ── Screenplay
ASHIZAWA Akiko ── Cinematography
DEGUCHI Keiko ── Editor

[ Production Company ]

Shell Collector LLC, Shell Collector Japan Film PartnePartners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Bitters End

[ Story ]

Based on the similarly titled short story by O. Henry Prizewinning author Anthony Doerr, this human drama depicts a blind conchologist who cures a rare disease and the problems he causes around him. In the director's chair is Tsubota Yoshifumi of MIYOKO.
A conchologist (Lily Franky) living in Okinawa coincidentally cures with shellfish poison the rare disease afflicting Izumi (Terajima Shinobu) who had washed up on the island. Thereafter, he is besieged by numerous people seeking treatment.

[ Official Site ]

http://bitters.co.jp/shellcollector

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2016 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Bright Future
2016 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, World Fantastic Blue

[ Contact (International) ]

Bitters End, Inc.
2F, 3-26-10 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002
Rep: SADAI Yuji
Attn: ITO Sayaka
E-mail: international@bitters.co.jp
http://www.bitters.co.jp

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