Atsuro SHIMOYASHIRO 下社敦郎
LONESOME VACATION
Nippon Visions ½
Equipped with a skateboard and a greaser hairstyle, Eichi ekes out a living in Tokyo as a private eye. One day, his ex-girlfriend Kyoko asks him to find out more about her late father’s former lover. Their lead: an old film reel, which guides the likable protagonists of Atsuro SHIMOYASHIRO’s laid-back road movie to the island of Jogashima.
Guests:
Atsuro SHIMOYASHIRO, Ryu MORIOKA, Mai UEYAMA
Sun., June 02, 2024, 13:30
NAXOS Cinema
International premiere in presence of the director Atsuro SHIMOYASHIRO and the producer Ryu MORIOKA
Original with English subtitles
NOT approved for persons under 18 years
Winner of the Nippon Visions Jury Award
2024
Comedy Romance
Japan 2023
68 minutes
Director
Atsuro SHIMOYASHIRO
Script
Atsuro SHIMOYASHIRO, Futoshi NAKANO
Cinematography
Koichi FURUYA
Music
SUBARASHIKA
World sales
MYTURN ENTERTAINMENT
Cast
Takuma FUJIE, Kyoka MINAKAMI, Risa SAKATA, Otono SAKURAI, Yoichiro SAITO
About Atsuro SHIMOYASHIRO
下社敦郎
Atsuro SHIMOYASHIRO, born in Mie Prefecture in 1987, studied at the Film School of Tokyo. After working on a number of film scores, he started making his own short films in 2016 and was selected as a promising new director at the Kanazawa Film Festival the same year. He made his theatrical debut with THE MODERN LOVERS (2019). LONESOME VACATION (2023 / NC ’24) is his second feature-length film.