Based on four early novellas by Noble Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, this omnibus of four short films are by emerging directors from the second graduating class of the new Graduate School of Film and New Media at Japan’s top art school, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (Tokyo Geidai), where famed directors Takeshi Kitano and Kiyoshi Kurosawa teach.
Cast
Yuriko Yoshitaka
(segment "Itaria no Uta")
Kazuya Takahashi
(segment "Itaria no Uta")
Maiko Yamada
(segment "Musume Gokoro")
Seiko Iwaido
(segment "Musume Gokoro")
Haru
(segment "Asakusa no Shimai ")
Hanae Kan
(segment "Asakusa no Shimai")
Takayo Mimura
(segment "Asakusa no Shimai")
Reiko Igarashi
(segment "Yuubae Shojo")
Ryunosuke Kawai
(segment "Yuubae Shojo")
Crew
Shinju Funabiki
Director
Natsuki Seta
Director
Saki Yamada
Director
Yuichiro Yoshida
Director
Ayumi Kanno
Screenplay
Ryoko Yamamoto
Editor
Shogo Yokoyama
Editor
Azusa Yamazaki
Editor
Hidehiko Kobayashi
Director of Photography
Yuichi Yuzawa
Director of Photography
Daisuke Yamamoto
Director of Photography
Yasuyuki Sasaki
Director of Photography
Satoshi Fujii
Producer
Koji Tanaka
Production Design
Yasunari Kawabata
Original Story