The surreal fable of a young couple who moves to Tokyo in search of a future. While the boy's ambition is clear - be a movie maker- the girl drifts gradually apart. Both of them will be drowned in the imensity until the girl, feeling ...
"Shaking Tokyo" is about an agoraphobic man, called hikikomori in Japanese. He sustains himself on pizza, living off of money left to him by his father. One day, he does the unthinkable: he makes eye contact with a pretty delivery girl — the first eyes ...
This film is basically about a farmer who travels a few miles to a dingy, remote country cinema to watch Kitano's Kids Return, only for the showing to constantly break down because of an inept projectionist (played by Kitano). Segment from “Chacun Son Cinéma” (To Each ...
A short film about a Japanese eccentric convinience store clerk. Winner of Best Short Film at Young Directors Award Cannes, 2006 Directed by Kosai Sekine / Japan / 2005
As his town is flooded by water, an old man is forced to add additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay dry... Won Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2009. Until this day I've never wanted to post a comment even ...