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2015

ndjc2014 / ndjc2014

Hon no yugami

Crooked Book

本のゆがみ

(c)2015VIPO

(c)2015VIPO

(c)2015VIPO

(c)2015VIPO

Release Date
March, 14th, 2015
Running Time
30 min
Genre
Drama , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
-
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (DCP, Blu-ray)

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO)

[ Production Studio ]

CineMove

[ Story ]

One completed film of the 2014 ndjc: Young Filmmaker Development Project, an Agency of Cultural Affairs venture aimed at discovering and cultivating young filmmakers. The director is Kusakari Isao, whose Touzoku Boogie won the Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Yamagata International Movie Festival.
Hoshino Ryosuke (Kanayama Kazuhiko), Kuwabara Masaki (Kodama Norikatsu), Nakagawa Miku (Ono Shiori) are three librarians each bearing their own misery who simultaneously do something bad to combat that misery. One day, the three see an infant be born unexpectedly and contemplate a certain something...

[ Official Site ]

http://www.vipo-ndjc.jp/ndjc/year/ndjc2014

[ Contact (International) ]

ndjc(New Directions in Japanese Cinema) Office, VIPO(Visual Industry Promotion Organization)
2F Togeki Bldg.,4-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045
Attn: NOBUSAWA Yasue
tel: +81 3 3543 7532
fax: +81 3 3543 7533
E-mail: ndjc@vipo.or.jp
http://www.vipo-ndjc.jp

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