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One after another and closing the mini-theater, while Japan's film industry continues to shrink, Japan movie that attracted attention since it was published in October last year as a self-produced and self-distributed work "Saudadji". As represented in this, in the field of current Japanese film production, it is born a new work in a variety of styles that do not fit in the existing frame.
From the work of this time published in the mini-theater of Shibuya, pick up the three works to penetrate your own style in each field. Up-and-coming director work that was completed in response to the "love calls" from the actor, independent filmmaking population maker expected to work to skip hit, coming visible through the directorial debut ーーーー each of the playwright and director of the attention of the theater company, the trend of the new Japanese movie?

Filmmaking × actor

title
Playback
Screening location
Auditorium Shibuya
Screening period
2012年11月10日〜
Screen time
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directed by
三宅唱
Starring out
Kobayashi Aoba Kawai Jun Murakami Shibukawa Miura Kiyohiko Makotoonore Yukichi Yukari Shiomi Tay RyuSusumu Koji Yamamoto Makiko Watanabe Shun Sugata

Playback

Japan / 2012/113 minutes / distribution: PIGDOM / © 2012 Decade, Pigdom


オーディトリウム渋谷では現在、28歳の気鋭監督・三宅唱さんの長編デビュー作「playback」を公開中。三宅さんは2007年に映画美学校を修了後、2009年にシネアスト・オーガニゼーション・大阪(CO2)で最優秀賞を受賞。CO2の助成を受けて製作・監督した「やくたたず」が俳優・村上淳さんの心を捉え、村上さんからの「ラブコール」を受ける形で同作の企画をスタートさせた。 村上さん演じる主人公の職業は「俳優」。作中では40歳を手前にして「いままで自分は何をしてきたのか、そしてこの先どうなるのか」という不安を抱えた主人公が、「高校時代」にタイムトラベルして自らが生きてきた道を辿り直す。震災後の茨城県水戸市を舞台に、かつての自分や仲間たち、故郷の風景を再発見する主人公。現在と過去が交錯し、反復されるその世界で、果たして主人公は再び自分の人生を取り戻せるのだろうか。

Filmmaking × empty group

title
Babylon 2-THE OZAWA-
Screening location
UPLINK X
Screening period
2012年11月10日〜2012年11月23日
Screen time
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directed by
相澤虎之助
Starring out
Katsuya Tomita / Hitoshi Ito / Takeshi Takano other

Babylon 2-THE OZAWA-

2012 / 8mm → DV / 46 minutes


In uplink X, Toranosuke's supervision latest Aizawa "Babylon 2-THE OZAWA over" has been published. Mr. Aizawa, the person who was responsible for the co-writer in Katsuya supervision work Tomita "Saudadji". Has been working as a video production group "sky group" with Tomita et al., Oversees the "flower story Babylon," "light hemp garment Street" in itself. In the same work it was to stage the Southeast Asia "Babylon" series second part, travel to Vietnam alone the hero who was caught in the Shinjuku in Sakuchu. Wander the Indochina in meeting opportunity of the Japanese alone claiming that it is revolutionary, unawares, over over that wander the battlefield of Vietnam. Starring Katsuya Tomita, Hitoshi Ito ( "20 Highway" starring) two's. Such as the narration of English that decorate the whole book to the other is responsible for the who Ai Ozaki is the lead actress of "Saudadji", "sky group" All-Star will enter one's name.

Filmmaking × theater

title
Samurai of the night
Screening location
Euro Space
Screening period
2012年11月17日〜
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directed by
Akabori Miyabiaki
Starring out
Yamada Tsutomu Takahashi Mizuki Tanimura Tsuyoshi Ayano Takayuki Yamada Masato Sakai Kinuwo / Denden Haruka Kinami Noboru Mitani / Maki Ando Sakura Taguchi Sakai Tomorowo Hirofumi Arai

Samurai of the night

Japan / 109 minutes / Distributor: Phantom Film / © 2012 "of the night Samurai" Production Committee


From November 17 in the euro space, the public is the start of the theater company "THE SHAMPOO HAT" playwright and director-actor of Akahori Miyabiaki's directorial debut film "of the night Samurai" of. The film was a stage work of the theater company originally. Embarked on a screenplay of in the wake of was asked to film adaptation, in response to the thought of the producer of "this work and Akahori Miyabiaki is integral", he challenged the first director. Masato Sakai is the casting, Takayuki Yamada, Ms. Hirofumi Arai, Taguchi Tomorowo's such a luxurious actors line-up. To fulfill the revenge on the culprit was hit-and-run a beloved wife, a man who suffers from loneliness and conflicts in mind, hunt down even themselves not only the offender while questioning the meaning of revenge. While living Between madness and everyday, it portrays a figure which will find answers to the limit.


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