Director
After running an antiquarian bookshop for 35 years, Kyosuke and Chiseko decide to close down their shop due to the pandemic-induced recession. The elderly couple continues their daily routine even as they prepare for the closure. Kyosuke continues filling in the shelves with a new selection of old books stored in a rented warehouse. Chiseko starts managing an online shop, while Yuki, a staff member, decides to open her own bookshop. POLAN portrays how all three relate to the customers through the books they sell.
Director
The Last Page documents the final days of a bookseller Polan Shobo, specialising in antiquarian books in the Tokyo suburbs. Kyosuke Ishida, the owner, decided to close down his shop after 35 years due to the recession brought on by the pandemic. In the week before the closing day, the shop saw an unexpected surge in visitors.
Writer
Student actors and a student director are rehearsing for a film about a deteriorating relationship. Real-life ex-lovers play the main characters. The director named the characters after the actors’ real names and based the screenplay on their actual relationships. Things get messy as the film begins to focus on who was spying on whom and tries to discover who was to blame for the break-up.
Director
Student actors and a student director are rehearsing for a film about a deteriorating relationship. Real-life ex-lovers play the main characters. The director named the characters after the actors’ real names and based the screenplay on their actual relationships. Things get messy as the film begins to focus on who was spying on whom and tries to discover who was to blame for the break-up.
Writer
Student actors and a student director are rehearsing for a film about a deteriorating relationship. Real-life ex-lovers play the main characters. The director named the characters after the actors’ real names and based the screenplay on their actual relationships. Things get messy as the film begins to focus on who was spying on whom and tries to discover who was to blame for the break-up.
Director
Student actors and a student director are rehearsing for a film about a deteriorating relationship. Real-life ex-lovers play the main characters. The director named the characters after the actors’ real names and based the screenplay on their actual relationships. Things get messy as the film begins to focus on who was spying on whom and tries to discover who was to blame for the break-up.
