Yoshifumi TSUBOTA 坪田義史
Miyoko
美代子阿佐ヶ谷気分
Nippon Cinema ª
In the early 1970s, Shin’ichi ABE became a remarkable artist at GARO, the comic magazine well-known for discovering and promoting many new manga artists. ABE’s candid style of storytelling was entirely original and his later wife Miyoko was his muse and passion. This film beautifully depicts the pure brutal love between Shin’ichi and Miyoko.
美代子阿佐ヶ谷気分
Miyoko asagaya kibun
Japan 2009
86 minutes
Director
Yoshifumi TSUBOTA
Script
Yoshifumi TSUBOTA, Shinsaku FUKUDA based on a manga by Shinichi ABE
Cinematography
Daisuke YAMAZAKI
Music
Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Sparta Locals, Tenniscoats, Masatoshi TSUNEMATSU
Production
Wides Shuppan
World sales
Gold View
Cast
Kenji MIZUHASHI, Marie MACHIDA, Shoichi HONDA, Yuya MATSUURA, ANJI
About Yoshifumi TSUBOTA
坪田義史
Yoshifumi TSUBOTA, born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1975, made his first films while studying at Tama Art University. In 2000, his short film BIG SPECTACLE was awarded the Grand Prize of the Image Forum Festival. He made his feature film debut with DAWN GRAY in 2002. His second feature film MIYOKO (2009 / NC ’10) was screened, as well as awarded, at numerous international film festivals. In 2012, he went to the United States for one year under the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists. His third feature THE SHELL COLLECTOR (2016) was also an international success. WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT? (2019 / NC ’20) is his first feature-length documentary. He also has a career working as a production designer for several films, he produces commercials and music videos and writes novels.