| 2 - Second Annual Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival 2004 |
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| 1. MOMO (PEACH) PROGRAM 2004 |
| - Fri, Oct 15, 9:30pm / Sun, Oct 17, 6:00pm |
| EVERY BOY LOVES AIRPLANES (Otokonoko ha minna hikouki ga suki) |
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The gang leader YANAGIDA has abducted MIKAMI's ex-girlfriend and is holding her hostage out of revenge. Gunshots, silence, then the sound of a jet engine in the sky... these two are about to have their final confrontation. Starring Tomokazu Miura. |
Director: Daihachi Yoshida - Japan - 2002
Fiction - 14min
Screenings: Clermont Ferrend Short Film Festival 2004, Mito Short Film Festival 2003 |
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What happens when parents, who don't want to take care of their children, leave parenting to the mail-ordered robot "Auto Mommy" and allow their child to be raised in isolation? |
Director: Hideto Nakata - Japan - 2000
Animation - 12min
Screenings: New York International Short Film Festival 2001, Michinoku International Mystery Film Festival 2000 |
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Life is too hard for the woman who makes a living as a prostitute after losing her husband. One night, she runs into her regular customer and discovers his secret.
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Director: Atsushi Kitani - Japan - 2002
Fiction - 15min
Screenings: Planet Cinema Festival 2003 (Japan) |
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In this story, a woman who still can't dismiss the memory of her dead husband spends her time with a man who secretly loves her. Their time together is peaceful but the serenity doesn't last long... Monochromatic dream and images of transmigration. |
Director: Jun Watanabe - Japan - 2003
Fiction - 13min
Screenings: Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival 2004 (Germany), Barcelona Asian Film Festival 2004 |
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In a small Japanese town, a gateball championship final reaches supernatural proportions. |
Director: Takashi Kawashima - Japan - 2003
Fiction - 4min
Screenings: Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, Canon Digital Creators Contest 2003 |
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Two men are stuck in a car. Who is the woman that left them there? Talking about their predicament digresses into questions about love. This is a comedy about two guys in a bad situation on a beach under the light of the sun. |
Director: Yoshitaka Ishizuka - Japan - 1998
Fiction - 15min
Screenings: Planet Cinema Festival 2000 (Japan), Short Shorts Film Festival 2004 (Japan) |
| 2. ICHIGO (STRAWBERRY) PROGRAM 2004 |
| - Fri, Oct 15, 11:15pm / Sat, Oct 16, 9:30pm |
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If you were granted additional time at the end of your life, what would you do? Syuichi is faced with this question. His movements accompanied by a soccer-style running commentary, he must accomplish one last thing.
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Director: Masaya Kakehi - Japan - 2003
Fiction - 9min
Screenings: Sendai Short Film Festival 2004 |
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This film consists of three parts. It is an expression of character, sound and image. |
Director: Isamu Hirabayashi - Japan - 2003
Experimental - 11min
Screenings: Image Forum Festival 2004 |
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Apparently a tired business man, his real identity is... the leader of the "Great Five"!! But who is this ranger fighting against...? |
Director: METEOR - Japan - 2001
Animation - 2min
Screenings: Planet Cinema Festival 2002 (Japan), Bruxelles Animation Film Festival 2001 |
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Nishimoto, whose father ran away in his childhood, cannot accept that his girlfriend is pregnant. One day, he comes across a man who has repudiated his own child in the past. In the wake at this encounter, Nishimoto takes unexected action to earn the expense for abortion. |
Director: Shingo Matsumura - Japan - 2003
Fiction - 23min
Screenings: Japanese Film Season 2004 (London), Planet Cinema Festival 2004 (Japan) |
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On a rainy day deep in a Japanese forest, in the shadow of giant cedar trees, a tiny ninja bunny and a big fat moustached frog fight to the death. |
Director: Usagi Tanaka - Japan - 2002
Animation - 3min
Screenings: Resfest 2003 (Japan), World and Japanese Animation Best of Best |
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In suburban Tokyo, commuters find themselves waiting every day with the same group of strangers for the same seats on the same train...until one day, things change. |
Director: Chris Eska - USA/Japan - 2003
Fiction - 30min
Screenings: Ozu Film Festival 2003, Los Angeles Film Festival |
| 3. MIKAN (ORANGE) PROGRAM 2004 |
| - Sat, Oct 16, 6:00pm / Sun, Oct 17, 7:45pm |
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At a caf, a waiter watches a love triangle between his customers. What will happen to the lovers when they are met with an indecent proposal? |
Director: Ryotaro Muramatsu - Japan - 2002
Fiction - 9min
Screenings: World-Fest Houston 2004, Dresden Film Festival 2004 |
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Deep in the woods, two naive and hungry hunters stumble across what looks like an expensive restaurant. Adapted from a classic short story by Japanese writer Kenji Miyazawa. |
Director: Yukihiro Tsujita - UK - 2002
Animation - 8min
Screenings: Nouvelles Images Du Japon 2003, Animation Film Festival 2004 (France) |
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This is a love story about a girl and an alien who keeps looking at the sky. |
Director: Takeshi Imura - Japan - 2003
Fiction - 8min
Screenings: Michinoku Mystery International Film Festival 2003, Shockwave AWARD 2003 |
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This film consists of two parts. In ÒKodokuÓ, Sakurai exclusively examines the vast quantity of food additives which pass through our bodies everyday. In 'Giji Kanetsu', Kato attempts to 'analyze' the richness and poverty of the bento box sold at convenience stores. |
Director: Atsushi Sakurai & Itaru Kato - Japan - 2002
Experimental - 16min
Screenings: Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival 2004 (Germany), Beijing Dashanzi International Art festival 2004 |
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A chicken reads in a magazine the secret to get young again: just put a green leaf on your head and do a back flip! |
Director: Hinotori - Japan - 2002
Animation - 1min
Screenings: DOGA 15th CG Animation Contest 2003, Clermont Ferrend Short Film Festival 2004 |
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It is Christmas in Japan and Karen, an American exchange student, is miserably homesick in spite of the kindness of the Japanese couple with whom she lives. |
Director: Michael Fimognari - Japan/USA - 2002
Fiction - 30min
Screenings: Cannes Film Festival 2004, Art Film Festival 2002 (Slovakia) |
| 4. RINGO (APPLE) PROGRAM 2004 - FEATURING |
| - Sat, Oct 16, 7:45pm / Sun, Oct 17, 9:30pm |
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On a country train, a passenger refuses to buy the flowers a poor little girl is trying to sell. The two find themselves reunited during a long and dreamy ride on an ox-driven cart under pouring rain. |
Director: Tomoyasu Murata - Japan - 2001
Animation - 13min
Screenings: Auditorium Saint-Germain-des-pres 2002 (France), International Animation Festival 2002 (Japan) |
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A father and son spend their days in silence. Can a memory card filled with shared experiences hold them together? |
Director: Hideyuki Tanaka - Japan - 2003
Fiction - 9min
Screenings: Nouvelles Images Du Japon 2003, Resfest (Japan) |
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Surrounded by darkness, a woman in a white robe dances with sparkles. Suddenly the lights merge with the human form. This poetic dance of lights and shadows mixes live action footage with hand-made animation. |
Director: Fuyu Arai - Japan - 2001
Experimental - 3min
Screenings: Nouvelles Images Du Japon 2003, The Vanguards in Digital Age! 2004 (Japan) |
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This film is a documentary about the Hiina-Matsuri festival, which is held once every year on March 3rd. The festival allows parents to wish for their daughtersÕ growth and happiness. |
Director: Mods Films - Japan - 2001
Documentary - 6min
Screenings: NHK Digital Stadium |
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Kamiya is preparing to move abroad to study. Tired, he takes a break in a caf. There he sees a girl who looks just like his first love. Suddenly, memories of his childhood flash across his mind. |
Director: Keisuke Onodera - Japan - 2003
Fiction - 15min
Screenings: Short Shorts Film Festival 2003 (Japan) |
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A baby creature is born from an egg, and must bravely face such adverse elements as deep water, heavy snow and a frightful bird. Through minimalist animation, a powerful pathos emerges. |
Director: Junpei Mizokawa - Japan - 2003
Animation - 4min
Screenings: Nouvelles Images Du Japon 2003, Animation Film Festival 2004(France) |
| PLEASE FOLLOW THE VOICE NAVIGATION (Onsei annai ni shitagatte soukousite kudasai) |
|TO TOP | TO SCHEDULE | |
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RIE is a single, hard-working, beautiful woman who thinks she is leading a normal life...until one day the voice navigation system of her car suddenly speaks to her by its own will. |
Director: Takuji Kitamura - Japan - 2002
Fiction - 17min
Screenings: Mito Short Film Festival 2003, Clermont Ferrend Short Film Festival 2004 |
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