Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival
Nippon Digital ½
Yuriko's Aroma & Hi! Otsuka Drugstore
Legendary Yubari is the favorite festival of Quentin Tarantino and for 20 years has been the meeting point for fans of young Japanese cinema and film freaks from all over the world. We present typical films from Yubari.
Guests:
Yu IRIE, Reiko WATANABE, Tokitoshi SHIOTA
Wed., April 14 2010, 20:15
Studierendenhaus
European premiere
In presence of the director Yu IRIE and the producer Reiko WATANABE and the festival director Tokitoshi SHIOTA
Original with English subtitles
Kota YOSHIDA 吉田浩太
Yuriko's Aroma
ユリ子のアロマ
An aroma therapist catches a whiff of her colleague‘s sweaty nephew and immediately is overwhelmed by desire and obsession. The black comedy from rising talent YOSHIDA is both naughty and nice.
About Kota YOSHIDA
吉田浩太
Kota YOSHIDA was born in 1978. After his graduation at ENBU seminar he worked as assistant director on numerous film projects and on television dramas. He completed his debut film COMING WITH MY BROTHER in 2006 and gained first international recognition with his 2010 feature film debut YURIKO`S AROMA.
Yu KATSUMATA
Hi! Otsuka Drugstore
A bad-tempered drugstore owner strikes up an unconventional friendship with one of her customers, a timid schoolgirl obsessed with a certain boy. A lovely and twisted comedy on the trials and tribulations of first love.
Japan 2009
48 minutes
Production
Tokyo Net Movie Festival
Cast
Aya ENOJI, Kana KOBAYASHI, Mayuko ARISUE