Japanese Short Films Vol.1

Monday, October 23rd - 12:00pm
Thursday, October 26th - 12:00pm

Thermos Boy (22min)
Director: Mai TOMINAGA
Tensuke and Chikako are siblings who lost their parents.
One day, Tensuke was invited to go to his friend Atsushi’s cottage. Atsushi’s family’s overly sensitive care-taking makes Tensuke feel uneasy. Watching Atsushi film with a video camera, Tensuke starts to film his own images with the canteen his sister gave him.

SHADOW (26min)
Director: Naomi KAWASE
No meetings. No scenarios.
Just time, place, an actress and a cameraman.
And another pair of gazing eyes.
Nobody knows what is going to happen in the next moment….A story just like life.

So Many More Lonely Mornings (40min)
Director: Tak OSHIMA
Manami’s father, Yutaka has been looking for a new job after being laid off. After meeting another woman and becoming romantically involved, Yutaka never returns home except for the occasional drops-ins to pick up mail. With an angry mom and a sister facing entrance exams, Manami decides to look for the apartment where Yutaka lives with his lover in order to ask his true intentions.