Nobuhiro YAMASHITA 山下敦弘
La La La At Rock Bottom
味園ユニバース
Nippon Cinema ª
Small crook Shigeo can’t remember a thing from his dark past after a very physical argument. In search of his identity he becomes the singer of teenage Kasumi’s band. But soon his memory and former colleagues reappear. Long time NIPPON CONNECTION-contributor YAMASHITA lets boy band superstar Subaru SHIBUTANI hit rock bottom in this laconic comedy with loads of live music.
味園ユニバース
Misono Universe
Japan 2015
103 minutes
Production
J Storm, Bridgehead
World sales
Gaga
Cast
Subaru SHIBUTANI, Fumi NIKAIDO, Sarina SUZUKI, Katsumi KAWAHARA
About Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
山下敦弘
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA, born in Aichi in 1976, studied at Osaka University of Arts and started his career at Planet Studyo +1 in Osaka. His feature film debut HAZY LIFE (1999 / NC ’00), an international success, was screened in 2000 at the first NIPPON CONNECTION Film Festival and won the Off Theatre Prize at Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. He had his commercial breakthrough with the comedy LINDA LINDA LINDA (2005 / NC ’08). Establishing his distinctive style with his further works such as A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE (2007 / NC ’07), TAMAKO IN MORATORIUM (2013 / NC ’14) and OVER THE FENCE (2016 / NC ’17), YAMASHITA has become one of the major protagonists of the Japanese film industry.