Naoko OGIGAMI 荻上直子
Glasses
めがね
Nippon Cinema ª
Taeko arrives by propeller plane at a small beach town. Passing through, the gentle breeze coming from the ocean is sweeping over the foreboding of strange events to unfold. With no cell phone service and a variety of eccentric characters surrounding her, Taeko finds herself warming to her own retirement.
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Glasses (NC 2010)
めがね
Megane
Japan 2007
106 minutes
Production
Megane Company, Nikkatsu
Distribution
Japanisches Kulturinstitut (The Japan Foundation)
Cast
Satomi KOBAYASHI, Mikako ICHIKAWA, Ryo KASE, Ken MITSUISHI, Masako MOTAI
About Naoko OGIGAMI
荻上直子
Naoko OGIGAMI was born in Chiba Prefecture in 1972 and began to study film at the University of Southern California in 1994. After that, she worked on commercials and made her first short films. Her feature debut came with YOSHINO’S BARBER SHOP (2003 / NC ‘04). Since then, her works have been screened at numerous international film festivals. Her films GLASSES (2007 / NC ’10) and CLOSE-KNIT (2017) were awarded at the Berlinale. In 2024, she was a member of the NIPPON VISIONS Jury and presented her film RIPPLES (2023 / NC ’24).