17th Cinema on the Bayou Virtual Film Festival

JAPANESE LANGUAGE NARRATIVE SHORTS

Expired February 3, 2022 5:00 AM
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What's most important in life always changes and goes away. Winter in 2009, Akiko Shimizu goes to high school in Tokyo as far from home as she can get in with her ability. She is in junior grade. She is always sleep deprived and cannot sleep at home. She goes to her grandma's house where she used to live together and falls asleep there. Akiko, in lack of sleep as usual, meets Yoshida in a train. Although she knows that they never understand each other, she falls in love with someone, spends some time together, and separate. Even if it's been a mistake, Akiko Shimizu embraces the moment and falls asleep.


Director's Biography:


Born in Chiba (Japan), in 1992. Graduated from Japan Institute of the Moving Image. She's worked for films with erotic themes and low-budgeted movies since she was at school. She wrote and directed "Sayonara atashi no yoru (Goodbye to my night)" shot with 16mm as her graduation project. After the graduation, she's been working as an assitant director for various directors in films, TV dramas, commercials, and music videos.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    30 minutes
  • Language
    Japanese
  • Country
    Japan
  • Premiere
    Louisiana Premiere
  • Director
    Kimura Kanna
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