Masahiko SATO 佐藤雅彦
Yutaro SEKI 関友太郎
Kentaro HIRASE 平瀬謙太朗
Roleless
宮松と山下
Nippon Visions ½
MIYAMATSU dies over and over again, but only for the camera. His hobby as an extra in gangster and samurai films makes his otherwise unremarkable life as a cable car driver a little more pleasant. But being a character without a name or a story has left its mark – as MIYAMATSU realizes when he has to play the leading role in his own life.
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Roleless (NC 2023)
Comedy Drama
宮松と山下
Miyamatsu to Yamashita
Japan 2022
87 minutes
Director
Masahiko SATO, Yutaro SEKI, Kentaro HIRASE
Script
Masahiko SATO, Yutaro SEKI, Kentaro HIRASE
Cinematography
Shigeto KUNII
Music
Masayuki TOYODA
World sales
Bitters End
Cast
Teruyuki KAGAWA, Noriko NAKAGOSHI, Kanji TSUDA, Toshinori OMI
About Masahiko SATO
佐藤雅彦
Masahiko SATO (b. 1954), Yutaro SEKI (b. 1987) and Kentaro HIRASE (b. 1986) met at Tokyo University of the Arts and have been working together since 2012. Their first short film collaboration, HAPPO-EN (2014), was invited to the 67th Cannes Film Festival. After achieving international success with further short films, they made their feature film debut ROLELESS (NC ’23) in 2022, which competed at the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival.
About Yutaro SEKI
関友太郎
Yutaro SEKI (b. 1987), Kentaro HIRASE (b. 1986), and Masahiko SATO (b. 1954) met at Tokyo University of the Arts and have been working together since 2012. Their first short film collaboration, HAPPO-EN (2014), was invited to the 67th Cannes Film Festival. After achieving international success with further short films, they made their feature film debut ROLELESS (NC ’23) in 2022, which competed at the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival. SAI: DISASTER (2025 / NC ’26) is their first directorial work without the participation of Masahiko SATO and is based on the miniseries SAI (2025).
About Kentaro HIRASE
平瀬謙太朗
Kentaro HIRASE (b. 1986), Yutaro SEKI (b. 1987), and Masahiko SATO (b. 1954) met at Tokyo University of the Arts and have been working together since 2012. Their first short film collaboration, HAPPO-EN (2014), was invited to the 67th Cannes Film Festival. After achieving international success with further short films, they made their feature film debut ROLELESS (NC ’23) in 2022, which competed at the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival. SAI: DISASTER (2025 / NC ’26) is their first directorial work without the participation of Masahiko SATO and is based on the miniseries SAI (2025).