Yoshimi ITAZU 板津匡覧

The Concierge

北極百貨店のコンシェルジュさん

Nippon Animation   ³ 

Akino is a concierge in a very special department store where the customers are not humans but animals, many of which were thought to be extinct. Akino is tasked with catering to their curious wishes. Yoshimi ITAZU’s charming film is a playful commentary on consumerism and environmental destruction that appeals to audiences both young and old.


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Wed., May 29, 2024, 15:30

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Cinéma Arthouse Kino

German premiere

Original with English subtitles

Approved for age 6 and older

Fri., May 31, 2024, 15:00

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Mousonturm Saal

German premiere

Original with English subtitles

Approved for age 6 and older

Animation Family

北極百貨店のコンシェルジュさん
Hokkyoku Hyakkaten no konsheruju-san

Japan 2023

70 minutes

Director
Yoshimi ITAZU

Script
Satomi OSHIMA based on a manga by Tsuchika NISHIMURA

Music
tofubeats

About Yoshimi ITAZU
板津匡覧

Yoshimi ITAZU, born in Gifu in 1980, has worked for a various renowned Japanese animation studios, including Gallop, Madhouse, Production I.G, and Ghibli. He gained recognition for his work as a character designer for Keiichi HARA’s MISS HOKUSAI (2015 / NC ’16) and as a key animator on works such as Satoshi KON's PAPRIKA and Hayao MIYAZAKI's THE BOY AND THE HERON (2023). His directorial debut, the award-winning short film PIGTAILS (2015), was screened at Nippon Connection in 2016. His feature-length directorial debut, THE CONCIERGE (2023 / NC ’24), was produced by Production I.G.