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Fig (2006)

Director: YAMAMURA Koji

Cast

Short animation by animation artist Yamamura Koji, whose film Mt. Head was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 75th Academy Awards. Yamamura's contribution to the omnibus TOKYO LOOP commemorating the centennial of animation with works inspi...

The Happiness (2006)

Director: KOBAYASHI Masahiro

Cast: ISHIBASHI Ryo, SAKURAI Akemi, MURAKAMI Jun

The sun never sets in the remarkable world of this fantasy in which the love of a poor, lonely man and woman is captured from the female point of view. At the helm is Kobayashi Masahiro, a globally acknowledged director who has had many of his films ...

Thunderfish (2006)

Director: HANO Toru

Cast: KURITA Masahiro, KIMOTO Junko, KATO Chika

A tale of a man and a woman, produced with the support of the Cineastes Organization Osaka Exhibition (CO2) that aims to cultivate up-and-coming filmmakers. Its director Hano Toru is not only active as a filmmaker, but has also worked as a playwright...

GHOST OF YESTERDAY (2006)

Director: MATSUNO Izumi

Cast: NISHIMURA Hitoshi, KOTOBUKI Minako, TAMAOKI Minoru

Matsuno Izumi, a young and fresh director born in 1982, has directed this family drama with his outstandingly deep insight into human nature and sensible representation of human emotion. This work won the special jury' award and planning award at the...

Hate, Hallelujah！ (2006)

Director: ITAKURA Yoshiyuki

Cast: USAKA Jun, FUJIMOTO Nanami, TYOU Ayami

A piece produced by the Planning and Production Division of Cineaste Organization Osaka EX (CO2), a visual culture project by Osaka City for the discovery and development of young filmmakers. A story unfolds about a young man and a girl who lost thei...

Coming with My Brother (2006)

Director: YOSHIDA Kota

Cast: EGUCHI Noriko, NAKAMURA Kuniaki, Nahana

This unusual comedy won the judges' special prize in the Off-Theater Competition Grand Prix of the 20th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. This is the third film directed by the refreshing new Yoshida Kota that combines eros and humor in a...

Noh mask carver (2006)

Director: MIYAKE Nagaru

Cast: ARAI Tatsuya, NAKASYO Nobuo, TSUMURA Reijiro

A documentary portrait of Arai Tatsuya, a prodigiously talented craftsman who began carving Noh masks at the age of 6, and later became the youngest person ever to receive the Incentive Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and...

Mapping the Future, Nishinari (2006)

Director: TANAKA Yukio, YAMADA Tetsuo

Cast

A documentary film shot in Nishinari Ward, Osaka with around 20,000 daily workers and many street sleepers. The work features activities to develop the region with the help of the local community, in order to free itself from the dark image it is bei...

If I were to live another life (2006)

Director: HAYASHI Hiroki

Cast: NEMOTO Hironari, ISHIBASHI Kei, SAITO Yosuke

A "civic participatory style" human drama film created together by the film's staff including director Hayashi Hiroki, the local residents of Higashiyamato City in Tokyo, Musashino Art University and related NPOs. The work was screened at the Shangha...

We Cry, We Live (2006)

Director: CHO Reirei

Cast: DANTA Yasunori

Director Cho Reirei is an ex-actress from the Zhejiang province in China who originally came to Japan as an exchange student. After working in the trading industry she moved on to become a video producer, and has been involved in the production of do...