Rent New Directors from Japan (2014)
3.3 of 5 from 52 ratings
2h 54min
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- Synopsis:
A collection of features and shorts highlighting various new and young directors from Japan.
My Baby (2011)
Heavily pregnant Hatsumi and her sister Chika visit a shrine to pray for a safe birth, but in a tragic turn of events, Hatsumi tumbles down the stairs and loses the baby. 6 months later, Chika's baby is safely born and when Hatsumi visits Chika she finds out that Chika named her daughter Aoi, which happened to be the name Hatsumi chose for her own baby...
The Lust of Angels (2014)Saori, a school girl, is molested on the notorious "molester train" of the Hanagawa line and rescued by another school girl who witnesses the act. The girl who rescues her turns out to be a new student of the same highschool Saori attends. The mysterious new student Yuriko is rumoured to be a "parent killer". Yuriko then leads Saori and her friends to hunt molesters.
Buy Bling, Get One Free! (2014)
Dumped by his girlfriend Kamono gets really down. 'What's wrong with my fashion?' he wonders as he's told off for being embarrassingly over-the-top with an odd fashion that nobody understands. One day though, a strange man offers him to become a fashion leader, a dreamlike opportunity. In a trance Kamono follows this man to enter a strange and unimaginable world...
And the Mud Ship Sails Away... (2013)
Takashi (Kiyo Shibukawa from Blue Spring), 36 years old and unemployed, is completely aimless. He lives with his grand-mother, repeating the same boring routine day after day. This sud-denly changes when Yuka shows up, claiming to be his half-sister. Confronted with a new situation, Takashi finally makes a decision. Whether it is a good one, remains to be seen.- Actors:
- Satoshi Haneishi, Misao Hirayama, Kaori Iida, Kaoru Iida, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Hitoshi Suzuki, Ayasa Takahashi, Mina Takeda, Kodô Toda, Sakura Enomoto, Akira Hokama, Reina Honma, Akira Nakata, Hiromi Nakata, Yukimi Sôma, Yûji Takao, Elisa Yanagi, Rumi Hiiragi, Takashika Kobayashi, Wataru Kora
- Directors:
- Hirobumi Watanabe, Nagisa Isogai, KosukeTakaya
- Producers:
- Akemi Watanabe, Hideki Watanabe, Hirobumi Watanabe, Yuji Watanabe, Shintaro Horikawa, Itsumichi Isomura, Takao Tsuchimoto
- Writers:
- Hirobumi Watanabe, Nagisa Isogai, Kosuke Takaya
- Aka:
- Watashi no Akachan / Soshite dorobune wa yuku / Tenshi no yokubou
- Studio:
- Third Window Films
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
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- Release Date:
- 24/11/2014
- Run Time:
- 174 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Exclusive Interviews with all 3 Directors
- Interview with NDJC Supervisor and Producer Shogo Tomiyama
