Sugamo Etude (Directed by: Urara Matsubayashi)
【STORY】
A spin-off film in which the supporting characters from the feature film “Blue Imagine,” set in Sugamo and Ikebukuro, reunite at the Sugamo cafe “Blue Imagine” after the events of the film.
Directed, Written, Produced by: Urara Matsubayashi
Music: Yuji Watanabe
Cinematography: Aoi Ogawa
Lighting: Daiki Sako
Recording: Minami Goto
Editing: Xu Zihan
Executive producer: Kosuke Ono
Co-producer: Minami Goto
Assistant producer: Xu Zihan
Editing support: Hirobumi Watanabe
Support: Ryozan Park、Digital Hollywood Univercity
■Casts
Nanami Hidata
Kana Nakano
Urara Matsubayashi
Suzuka Nakamura
Hirobumi Watanabe
Running time: 11minutes
Director: Urara Matsubayashi
Since making his acting debut in the feature film “1+1=11” (2012/directed by Yazaki Hitoshi), he has played a variety of characters in numerous works, including the lead role in “Hungry Lion” (2017/directed by Ogata Takaomi), which was screened at famous film festivals such as the Tokyo International Film Festival and the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
In 2020, he produced the feature film “Kamata Prelude” (2020/directed by Ryutaro Nakagawa, Mayu Akiyama, Yuka Yasukawa, and Hirofumi Watanabe), which confronts sexual harassment in the film industry. The film was selected as the closing film at the Osaka Asian Film Festival, and he also served as a jury member for the International Competition section.
His debut feature film, “Blue Imagine,” was selected for the Bright Future category at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam.
【Selected Filmography】
■1+1=11／1+1=11（2012）:Cast
■飢えたライオン／The hungry Lion（2017）：Main Cast
■21世紀の女の子／21st Century Girl（2018）：Cast
■ブルーイマジン／Blue Imagine（2024）：Directing, Writing, Producing
How to ride bicycle (Directed by: Lee yunseok)
【STORY】
Yeji, a freshman at university, is to be taught how to ride a bicycle by his senior colleague, Konwoo, during the summer vacation. Yeji is able to ride a bicycle by himself before the last day of the agreement, but pretends not to be able to ride in front of Konwoo. On the last day of the summer vacation, Yeji and Konwoo’s last lesson begins.
Directed by: Lee Yunseok
Cinematography: Bang Woo Hyun
Lighting: Lee Byungkon
Recording: Cho Woojin
Editing: Kim Dawan
Producing: Kim Bora
Assistant Director: Lee Gongwoo
Costume: Lee Yunho
◼︎Cast
Go Eunmin
Kim Heeyoungwoo
Running time: 11minutes
Director: Lee yunseok
2008 Graduated from Japan Institute of the Moving Image : Directing major
【Selected Filmography】
■〈門〉HD／＜The Door＞ HD (2008)
■〈雨時々晴れ〉HD／＜Yuko’S Diary＞ HD (2014)
■〈6時間後に君は死ぬ〉HD／＜You Will Die in 6 hours＞ HD (2024)
※September 2024: Release in Korea / May 2025: Release in Japan
Thank you, Dad (Directed by: Akiko Sekiguchi)
【STORY】
This is a story of father and son. They are connected by photography.
Become an uncool and cool photographer
The father spent his entire life as a school photographer.
His son hated the school photographer.
The touching story that these two spin
“Radio for Grandma” Production committee
General Director, Writer: Akiko Sekiguchi
General Producer: Masahito Sekiguchi, Representative of Nasu Funeral Hall Group
Director:Motoo Kikuchi, “Radio for Grandma” Personality, a.k.a. DJ Kei
Cinematography：Aiki Kinoshita, representative director of ｎａｓｕ ｌａｂ.
Original model, Production cooperation：Ippei Ito, Ito Photo Studio
Cast
Ippei:
Childhood：Chihaya Hirayama
Youth: Yuito Idei
Middle Age: Naoki Fukuda
Dad：Keiji Hayami
Mom：Mana Fujita
Music Producer：Tomomi Kurita
Music：Yuji Watanabe, Shuichi Hirota, Tomomi Inoue
Production Committee：Katsufumi Fujita, Kumiko Ogane
Filming and performance cooperation: Utsunomiya Junior College Attached High School
Running time: 30minutes
Akiko Sekiguchi
General Director, Writer
In 2022, we established a film production committee and began a project to produce a film together with local children.
They are open to a wide range of participants in three categories: acting, viewing, and film production, and they support children who want to try. They have been focusing on contributing to the local community through film production.
2023: Thank you, Grandma
2025: Thank you, Dad