zu Gast:
Hiroki Kawano – Produzent von Jet Mania
CHIJIMI Yuki – Staff von JET MANIA
TÔKAIRIN Nobuko – Staff von JET MANIA

THE BARBER 理容師 Riyoushi
von Shoichi Akino // 2010 // 38 min // DVD // OmeU // Tokyo University of the Arts

mit Hiroshi Yamada, Yumi Endo, Daikei Shimizu

Together with his family, Koichi runs a barber shop. Shortly before his brother-in-law’s marriage, he learns that he might have cancer. To avoid spoiling the festivities, he and his wife, Arya, keep it a secret. An emotional movie about the tender attempts of a young couple to oppose a terminal threat.

JET MANIA SHORTS
von Hiroki Kawano // 2007 // 58 min // DVD // OmeU // Jet Mania

SOLE WÁ SOLE ソレハソーレ sore ha soure // 10 Min // mit FUJISAKI Takuya, OSHINO Daichi
LIP THINK // 24 Min // mit FUJISAKI Takuya, NATUMI Rio, SAITOU Nao
NATUME 夏目 natsume // 26 Min // mit KAWANO Hiroki, SAKUMA Toshihiko, SAITOU Nao

Here, we have three short films full of absurdities: In “Sore ha sore”, we learn how and where superheroes wash their clothes. In “Lip Think”, a surreal daydream has unexpected consequences. “Natume”, finally, is a small gangster story.

mit Hiroshi Yamada, Yumi Endo, Daikei Shimizu

zu Gast:
GETAWAY: OTSUKA Ken – Urbandash Production
MINOMAN: Herr IRIE – Regie (mit Ehefrau und Assistent)
Kiyomichi Funyu – Produzent von Funyu Corporation

MINOMAN von Irie // 2007 // 53 min // DVD // OmeU // Funyu Corporation

mit Takeshi Irie, Michie Hirai, Yoshiyuki Shibata

To escape his dreadful life as an unsuccessful craftsman, Minoman lives a parallel existence in which he’s heroic and brave. In his daydreams he is a master of sword fighting and rescues the young girl in the real world. After work he practices sword fighting on the playground. This draws him into his dream world, and the border between reality and fantasy slowly fades away.

GETAWAY von Shunsuke Inukai // 2010 // 49 min // Mini-DV // OmeU // Urbandash Production

mit Eito Azumaya , Yuniko, Hiro Kannazuki

At day, Yuji works in an electronics company, where he is bullied by the head of his department. At night, he pursues his dream of becoming a writer: His alter ego is Yuichiro, who is persecuted by a Yakuza. But suddenly, the two worlds seem to merge… This carefully crafted film shows that you don’t need a big budget to tell a fantastic story.

THE FOOLISH MAN 憐れみムマシカ Awaremi Mumashika
von Kentaro Matsuda // 2009 // 74 min // DVD // OmeU // Hyde Park Entertainment

mit Koshiro Asami, Yoshie Otsuka, Nahana

During a long and boring hot summer in a small Japanese city, people are desperately looking for a way to improve things. To attract tourists, they invent a creature: „Nutchie“, a strange being from the woods. Kentaro Matsuda tells a tale about the people’s crazy attempts to escape their small town boredom.

ALT VS. NEU 新×旧 Shin×Kyuu
von Akihiro Murase // 2011 // 12 min // DVD // OmdU // Osaka University of Arts

(Animationsfilm ohne Schauspieler oder Sprecher)

Two robots are working in a factory. The strong one is the supervisor, and the weak and old one works on the assembly line where he constructs new robots. Soon, a fight emerges between the two robots–and it will bring a surprising ending.

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