Producer
Mari's quiet everyday life falls apart when she meets a mysterious boy. Her uncle returns after a long absence and tells her that earth is under alien control and that Mari is half human and half alien, while the strange boy confesses that he is trying to escape because he has stolen the key to liberate human beings from Mari's alien uncle. Mari, who only half believes their stories, meets her sister though she is not supposed to have one. Where is Mari heading for in her upside-down life?
Director of Photography
Una pareja está a punto de casarse. En plena fiesta, delante de todos los invitados, sale a la luz que el novio tuvo un affaire en el pasado. Esa noche no estuvieron juntos... En esta película, somos testigos de una historia de amor frívola y fugaz, protagonizada por hombres y mujeres de unos veinte años, que se desarrolla en una noche en Yokohama; o quizás se trate de un estudio metafísico del amor. ¿Qué aportarán sus conclusiones al final? ¿Serán sorprendentes o ridículas? Ópera prima de Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
Director of Photography
Based on four early novellas by Noble Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, this omnibus of four short films are by emerging directors from the second graduating class of the new Graduate School of Film and New Media at Japan’s top art school, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), where famed directors Takeshi Kitano and Kiyoshi Kurosawa teach.
Gaffer
Under Professor Furuchi, Kawano has been engaged in the development of a new vaccine against the unidentified substance which fell from outer space. People infected with it begin to attack other human beings for blood. The one and only way to prevent the attacks of the infected people is getting vaccinated and becoming one of them. Kawano has volunatrily chosen to be infected for absorbing in the research. His girlfriend Taeko is worried about him and visits the laboratory. She tries to rescue Kawano in cooperation with his friend Sawamura, a medical practitioner in town: meanwhile, the mysterious black substance has started pouring down from the sky...
