ENCOUNTERS / Dressing Up
Nippon Visions ½
John takes his depressed friend Max on a trip to the countryside. The scenery and a friendly stray dog cause Max to feel better, but then a mysterious monster appears. A truly energetic doll-trash-spectacle that is filled with lovely handmade special effects!
Guests:
Takashi IITSUKA
Sun., May 6, 2012, 14:45
Studierendenhaus
International premiere
International premiere in presence of the director Takashi IITSUKA
Original with English subtitles
Takashi IITSUKA
ENCOUNTERS
John takes his depressed friend Max on a trip to the countryside. The scenery and a friendly stray dog cause Max to feel better, but then a mysterious monster appears. A truly energetic doll-trash-spectacle that is filled with lovely handmade special effects!
Japan 2011
30 minutes
Director
Takashi IITSUKA
Script
Takashi IITSUKA
Cinematography
Takashi IITSUKA
Music
Takashi IITSUKA
World sales
Takashi IITSUKA
About Takashi IITSUKA
Takashi IITSUKA (born 1985) studied Visual Art and Design at the University of Tsukuba. In 2008 he founded the Waffen Film Studio in his hometown Ushiku. He makes films with puppets and miniatures almost exclusively on his own.
Yuka YASUKAWA 安川有果
Dressing Up
DRESSING UP tells about the psychological struggles of growing up through 13-year-old Ikumi, who lives without memory of her mother and fears to lose herself in increasing violence against her classmates.
Japan 2012
70 minutes
Production
Cineastes Organization Osaka (CO2)
World sales
Yuka YASUKAWA
Cast
Kirara INORI, Takuji SUZUKI, Karen SATO
About Yuka YASUKAWA
安川有果
Yuka YASUKAWA (born 1986) was sponsored for her feature film debut DRESSING UP (2012 / NC ’12) by the Cineastes Organization Osaka (CO2), which supports particularly promising young talents and presented the film as a world premiere. She was also one of a number of emerging talents invited to direct one of the shorts for the omnibus film 21ST CENTURY GIRL (2019) which has been screened around the world.