Seiji TANAKA 田中征爾

Melancholic

メランコリック

Nippon Visions   ½ 

After graduating from a prestigious university, Kazuhiko finds himself working as a janitor at the local bathhouse. His job turns out to be much more thrilling than expected when Kazuhiko discovers that his colleague is a hitman and the bathhouse serves as a body disposal. Switching between several genres, like coming of age, crime, or black comedy, Seiji TANAKA delivers an outstanding feature debut.

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Melancholic (NC 2019)

Winner of the Nippon Visions Audience Award 2019
Winner of the Nippon Visions Audience Award 2019

Outlaws

メランコリック

Japan 2018

113 minutes

Director
Seiji TANAKA

Script
Seiji TANAKA

Cinematography
Ryo TAKAHASHI

About Seiji TANAKA
田中征爾

After studying theater at Nihon University College of Art, Seiji TANAKA, born in 1987, went to study film in California. Following his return to Japan, he started writing and directing plays and movies, as well as working at a start-up company. He won the Japanese Cinema Splash Best Director Award for his first feature film MELANCHOLIC at the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival.