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A boy who can't eat a tomato was pushed by his mother to overcome his least favorite. When he swallowed it, something sprouted from his own body. The boy doubted the tomato he ate and visited a tomato farm to find out what happened to him. There he met a scary farmer and ran away. The mother still tries to make her son able to eat a tomato. This script was generated from AI, shot by alumnus of the national film school as a cutting-edge R&D project.
Cinematography
Noted screenplay writer Nohara's debut film is an ensemble drama set in Kobe, where a young man who has lost his memory intersects with the veiled emotions of people around him.
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Yuzo, a mosaic engineer for porn videos, lives under the same roof as Mitsuki, a high school student with whom he leads a peculiar life. One day, Yuzo receives a phone call from Mitsuki's sister.
Cinematography
４人の女性たちが直面するそれぞれの人生の岐路 30代も後半を迎えた、あかり、桜子、芙美、純の4人は、なんでも話せる親友同士だと思っていた。純の秘密を知るまでは……。中学生の息子がいる桜子は、多忙な夫を支えながら家庭を守る平凡な暮らしにどこか寂しさを感じていた。編集者である夫をもつ芙美もまた、真に向き合うことのできないうわべだけ良好な夫婦関係に言い知れぬ不安を覚えていた。あかりはバツイチ独身の看護師。できの悪い後輩に手を焼きながら多忙な日々を過ごし、病院で知り合った男性からアプローチを受けるも今は恋愛をする気になれずにいる。 純の現状を思わぬかたちで知った彼女たちの動揺は、いつしか自身の人生をも大きく動かすきっかけとなっていく。つかの間の慰めに4人は有馬温泉へ旅行に出かけ楽しい時を過ごすが、純の秘めた決意を3人は知る由もなかった。やがてくる長い夜に彼女たちは問いかける。 —私は本当になりたかった私なの？
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４人の女性たちが直面するそれぞれの人生の岐路 30代も後半を迎えた、あかり、桜子、芙美、純の4人は、なんでも話せる親友同士だと思っていた。純の秘密を知るまでは……。中学生の息子がいる桜子は、多忙な夫を支えながら家庭を守る平凡な暮らしにどこか寂しさを感じていた。編集者である夫をもつ芙美もまた、真に向き合うことのできないうわべだけ良好な夫婦関係に言い知れぬ不安を覚えていた。あかりはバツイチ独身の看護師。できの悪い後輩に手を焼きながら多忙な日々を過ごし、病院で知り合った男性からアプローチを受けるも今は恋愛をする気になれずにいる。 純の現状を思わぬかたちで知った彼女たちの動揺は、いつしか自身の人生をも大きく動かすきっかけとなっていく。つかの間の慰めに4人は有馬温泉へ旅行に出かけ楽しい時を過ごすが、純の秘めた決意を3人は知る由もなかった。やがてくる長い夜に彼女たちは問いかける。 —私は本当になりたかった私なの？
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The third part of a trilogy focusing on the Tohoku region that is comprised of dialogues with victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Ideas on how to share experiences of the disaster with future generations, a challenge touched upon in the previous films The Sound of Waves and Voices from the Waves, is found in folk tales from the region. Co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke.
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The first part of a trilogy focusing on the northeast Tohoku region, co-directed by Sakai Ko and Hamaguchi Ryusuke. Impromptu interviews were carried out with disaster victims mainly along the Sanriku Coast, which had been ravaged by tsunamis several times prior to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, and makes emotional discoveries within dialogues between close-knit people including families and workmates.
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Follows the acting course completion of the stage play “Shinmitsusa” for the ENBU Seminar (acting school). The first half of the 4-hour film contains the process of making the stage play, and the second half is the actual stage performance.
Director of Photography
A university professor decides to go for a tour in Akihabara, guided by a young woman dressed up like a French maid. As they both walk through the streets of modern Tokyo, the man and the young woman gradually speak of a past they both share, and ultimately a painful love triangle that continues to haunt them. A poetic rumination in love, memories and loss told almost entirely with split screens.
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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...
