Japanese Short Films Vol.3

Wednesday, October 25th - 12:00pm

YOYOGI BLUES –the last chapter- (63min)
Director: Masaoki HIROTA
The Showa-period still continues, and it is the year of Showa 80.
Japan had declared national isolation.
Missiles launched by multiple countries are flying over head.
9PM…a detective drama mirroring times, is about to enter the last chapter.
An exaggerated interpretation of a Showa detective drama, with delusions wondering.
A big clean-up of the humanist’s outlawed youth!

I Will Go Down in One Day (27min)
Director: Kazushi OZAWA
Yamashita, a self-named artist has left the city.
“ Life’s a comedy!” he says, and sets foot on his homeland filled with nostalgia.
Memories were just a dream.
His old friend had become a police-man, his parents are separated, and the familiar scenery has gone under construction for a new airport. In despair, Yamashita sits in the middle of his parents’ home and starts declaring forceful and impossible demands.