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Hideho Urata

Historia

Originally from Japan, Hideho Urata began his career in the United States. A feature film he lensed, KAMATAKI (2005), won five awards at the Montréal World Film Festival 2005, and the Crystal Bear-Special Mention at the Berlin International Film Festival 2006. He won Best Cinematography at Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival 2009 and Best Visual Achievement at the New York Asian Film Festival 2009 for his work on THE CLONE RETURNS HOME (2008). Hideho’s latest feature film in Singapore, A LAND IMAGINED (2018) won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival 2018, and he also won Valladolid International Film Festival - Seminci for Best Cinematography and Asian Pacific Screen Award for Achievement of Cinematography for his work in A LAND IMAGINED (2018).

Películas

Plan 75

Director of Photography

En Japón, en un futuro cercano, el envejecimiento de la población se acelera. El gobierno estima que, a partir de cierta edad, los mayores se convierten en una carga inútil para la sociedad e implementa el “Plan 75”. Dicho programa propone a los ancianos un acompañamiento logístico y financiero para poner fin a su vida. Una candidata al Plan 75, Michi, un reclutador del gobierno, Hiromu, y una joven auxiliar de enfermería filipina, María, se ven enfrentados a un pacto mortífero.

A Land Imagined

Director of Photography

Wang, un trabajador chino que vive en el área industrial de Singapur sufre un accidente en el trabajo y está ansioso por la repatriación. Incapaz de dormir, comienza a frecuentar un cibercafé en medio de la noche. Con la esperanza de encontrar alguna forma de contacto humano en una tierra que lo hace sentir alienado, hace una amistad en línea que termina siendo mucho más siniestra de lo esperado. Cuando Wang desaparece repentinamente, el policía Lok es llamado a investigar la historia descubriendo una verdad inesperada.

Sanjay

Director of Photography

Sanjay and his wife, Divya, have recently moved to Singapore from India. In the face of an impending cutback by his company management, Sanjay struggles to juggle work and adjust to life in Singapore. How will they fare in such a trying scenario?

Lizard on the Wall

Director of Photography

Inspired by the first English-language novel "Inheritance" of acclaimed Singaporean novelist Balli Kaur Jaswal about Singapore's Punjabi-Sikh diaspora, the film surrounds the story of a Punjabi family and the characters' struggles against traditions and belonging. The project involves the local Punjabi community, who has often been left out of the larger Singaporean narrative even when they are such an important part of our cultural landscape.

The Day I Lost My Shadow

Director of Photography

A trilogy set in three iconic locations within Singapore's Little India district: Race Course Road, Campbell Lane and Syed Alwi Road. The notion of re-examining history by truth and myth through visual storytelling serves as the inter-connecting thread between the three short films, and the films offer glimpses of Little India through the 19th and 20th centuries.

Parting

Director of Photography

the meaning of style

Cinematography

Shot with Malaysian skinheads in Penang, it’s a meditative fantasy on signs, signals and butterflies, leading to pointed reflections on the relationship between British colonial history and popular culture in South-East Asia

El Clon vuelve a Casa

Director of Photography

Kohei Takahara, un astronauta que muere en cumplimiento del deber, resucita legalmente como un clon: sin embargo, contrariamente a las expectativas de los científicos, vuelve a los recuerdos de su infancia cuando su hermano gemelo se ahogó y sacrificó su vida por Kohei. El clon de Kohei descubre el cuerpo de su antiguo yo creyendo erróneamente que es su gemelo fallecido. Reviviendo su trágico pasado, se pone en camino llevando su cadáver a la hermosa ciudad natal donde vivía con su madre ahora muerta.

Celebrate Cinema 101

Director

This film project was made in 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the cinema.