© GREC / Mohamed Ghanem 2024


Mohamed GHANEM モハメド・ガネム

Floating Weed

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Nippon Docs   ¾ 

Daigoro TACHIBANA is a star of Taishu Engeki, a form of popular theater in which men traditionally also play female roles. Acting is his calling and he is always on the road with his ensemble. Mohamed GHANEM’s award-winning debut documentary portrays a fascinating personality and shows the everyday challenges of an unstable life dedicated to art.

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France 2024

60 minutes

Director
Mohamed GHANEM

Cinematography
Mohamed GHANEM

World sales
Le GREC

About Mohamed GHANEM
モハメド・ガネム

Mohamed GHANEM was born in France in 1986. He studied Japanese Studies in Paris and then Sociology at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. He learned filmmaking in Paris at Ateliers Varan and the GOBELINS school for the visual arts. He works as an author, translator, and actor for theater and film. FLOATING WEED (2024 / NC ’25) is his debut film and won an audience award at the 2024 Tokyo Documentary Film Festival.

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