Ryuichi HIROKI
Girlfriend, Someone Please Stop The World
Nippon Digital ½
Ryuichi HIROKI depicts a very intimate and sensitive relationship between two young women. Kyoko and Miho meet as a photographer and a model. They empathise with each other's weaknesses and as a result, begin to positively embrace the world around them through the medium of photography.
Japan 2004
104 minutes
World sales
Open Sesame
Cast
Kinuo YAMADA, Aoba KAWAI, Aya SUGIMOTO, Shungiku UCHIDA, Tomorowo TAGUCHI
About Ryuichi HIROKI
Born in Fukushima prefecture in 1954, Ryuichi HIROKI is a highly productive filmmaker who learned his trade in pink films before making his own debut with SEIGYAKU! in 1982. Receiving a number of awards, he had his breakthrough in 2003 with VIBRATOR. He is a regular guest at the NIPPON CONNECTION film festival.