Naoko OGIGAMI 荻上直子

Yoshino's Barber Shop

Nippon Cinema   ª 

A small town somewhere in Japan: Tradition is very important and therefore every boy has to wear the same haircut. One day, a boy from Tokyo arrives with dyed hair! Yoshino, the barber, wants to keep things as they were, but the boys are beginning to resist. How long can the tradition be preserved?

Japan 2003

96 minutes

Director
Naoko OGIGAMI

Script
Naoko OGIGAMI

Cinematography
Shogo UENO

Music
Hiroko IDO

About Naoko OGIGAMI
荻上直子

Naoko OGIGAMI, born in Chiba Prefecture in 1972, moved to the USA in 1994 to study film at the University of Southern California. She then worked on commercials and made her first short films before making her feature film debut YOSHINO’S BARBER SHOP (2003 / NC ’04). Her film GLASSES (2007 / NC ’10) was awarded the Manfred Salzgeber Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival 2007 and her queer drama CLOSE-KNIT (2017) also received numerous awards, including the Teddy Award at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival.