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2018

Cyclops

Cyclops

キュクロプス

(c)Norichika OBA

(c)Norichika OBA

Release Date
May, 3rd, 2019
Running Time
108 min
Genre
Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
Blu-ray
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (Blu-ray)

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Armide 

[ Story ]

Noir indie film helmed by Oba Norichika, who drew inspiration from a painting by the French artist Odilon Redon. Won the Governor of Hokkaido Prize and the Cinegard Award at the 2018 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.
Shinohara (Ikeuchi Mansaku) has finished out his prison sentence and plots revenge on the criminal who murdered his wife and pinned the crime on him. Soon he finds out that yakuza Zaizen (Sugiyama Hikohiko) was behind the murder. Then, at a bar he meets Haru (Ako), who is the spitting image of his wife, and things take an unexpected turn.

[ Official Site ]

https://www.cyclopsfilm.com

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2018 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, Off Theater Competition, Governor of Hokkaido Prize, Cinegar Award
2018 SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL, Japanese Film Competition (Feature Length)
2018 Nippon Connection, Nippon Visions
2018 CAMERA JAPAN
2018 Dhaka International Film Festival

[ Contact (International) ]

OBA Norichika
E-mail: theghost3216@cyclopsfilm.com
https://www.cyclopsfilm.com

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