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Randen

RANDEN: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram

嵐電

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(c) Migrant Birds / Omuro / Kyoto University of Art and Design

Release Date: May, 24th, 2019

Running Time: 114 min

Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy , Feature

Color: Color

Screening Format: DCP

Screen Size: -

Sound Processing: -

Screening Format with Subtitles: English (DCP, Blu-ray)

[ Directed by ]

SUZUKI Takuji

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

IURA Arata ── HIRAOKA Eisei
ONISHI Ayaka ── OGURA Kako
ABE Satoko ── HIRAOKA Tomako
KANAI Hiroto ── YOSHIDA Fu
KUBOSE Tamaki ── KITAKADO Nanten
ISHIDA Kenta ── ARIMURA Shigosen

[ Staff ]

NISHIDA Nobuyoshi ── Planning
ASARI Hiroshi ── Screenplay
SUZUKI Takuji ── Screenplay
SUZUKI Kazuhiro ── Cinematography
SUZUKI Kan ── Editor
AGATA Morio ── Music

[ Production Company ]

Migrant Birds, Omuro, Kyoto University of Art and Design

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Migrant Birds, MAGIC HOUR

[ Story ]

The Keifuku Electric Rail Arashiyama Line commonly known as "Randen" is the through line of this film depicting the romantic circumstances of three couples that occur in the film studio town. Director Suzuki Takuji of The Wife of Gegege among others and star Iura Arata team up for the second time since "A Band Rabbit" and a Boy.
Non-fiction writer Hiraoka Eisei (Iura) rents a room adjacent to the Randen and commences research in to strange stories associated with the Randen. His underlying intention is to recall memories of something he previously experienced with his wife (Abe Satoko) in the area.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.randen-movie.com

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2019 Osaka Asian Film Festival, Opening
2019 Shanghai International Film Festival, NIPPON EXPRESS
2019 JAPAN CUTS

[ Contact (International) ]

MAGIC HOUR Co., Ltd.
#723, Shibuya Homes, 2-1 Udagawa-cho Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0042
tel: +81 3 5784 3120
fax: +81 3 5784 3121
E-mail: staff@magichour.co.jp
http://www.magichour.co.jp

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