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Hideho Urata

略歴

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).

参加作品

PLAN 75

Director of Photography

夫と死別してひとりで慎ましく暮らす、角谷ミチ（倍賞千恵子）は78歳。ある日、高齢を理由にホテルの客室清掃の仕事を突然解雇される。住む場所をも失いそうになった彼女は＜プラン75＞の申請を検討し始める。一方、市役所の＜プラン７５＞の申請窓口で働くヒロム、死を選んだお年寄りに“その日”が来る直前までサポートするコールセンタースタッフの瑶子（河合優実）は、このシステムの存在に強い疑問を抱いていく。また、フィリピンから単身来日した介護職のマリア（ステファニー・アリアン）は幼い娘の手術費用を稼ぐため、より高給の＜プラン75＞関連施設に転職。利用者の遺品処理など、複雑な思いを抱えて作業に勤しむ日々を送る。果たして、＜プラン75＞に翻弄される人々が最後に見出した答えとは―――。

幻土

Director of Photography

A cop in Singapore investigates the disappearance of a Chinese migrant construction worker who spent sleepless nights playing a mysterious video game.

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

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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

クローンは故郷をめざす

Director of Photography

クローン技術が発達した近未来の日本。不慮の事故で殉職した宇宙飛行士・高原耕平は合法的にクローンとして蘇る。しかし記憶のコピーに失敗したために記憶障害を起こし、幼い頃に自分のせいで双子の弟・昇を死なせてしまった記憶ばかりが頭から離れなくなる。クローン再生の失敗を隠蔽したい影山所長らはひそかにクローンの耕平に安楽死の薬を投与する。病院を抜け出したクローンの耕平は、宇宙服を着た自分の死体（の幻）を見つける。そしてそれを死んだ昇と思い込み、母親・洋子のもとに届けようと故郷をめざすが、投与された薬によって息絶える。

Celebrate Cinema 101

Director

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