Shinsuke SATO 佐藤信介
Oblivion Island: Haruka And The Magic Mirror
ホッタラケの島 春香と魔法の鏡
Nippon Cinema ª
Following a strange creature, 16 year old Haruka suddenly finds herself in an amazing place entirely made up of memorabilia. But Haruka is not supposed to be here, and the Baron, who rules that world, has put his eye on that unexpected intruder. And from here, the story bends dramatically into an unpredictable direction at increasing and uncontrollable speed…
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Oblivion Island: Haruka And The Magic Mirror (NC 2010)
Winner of the Nippon Cinema Award
2010
ホッタラケの島 春香と魔法の鏡
Hottarake no shima: Haruka to maho no kagami
Japan 2009
100 minutes
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Voice acting
Haruka AYASE, Miyuki SAWASHIRO, Naho TODA, Nao OMORI, Mitsuki TANIMURA
About Shinsuke SATO
佐藤信介
Shinsuke SATO, born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1970, began his career as a short film director and screenwriter while still studying at Musashino Art University. After distinguishing himself as a screenwriter for films by Jun ICHIKAWA and Isao YUKISADA in the late 1990s, he had his international breakthrough as a director with THE PRINCESS BLADE (2001). Since then, he has gained recognition for the realization of numerous successful live-action adaptations of popular mangas, such as GANTZ (2011 / NC ’11), I AM A HERO (2016 / NC ’17) and DEATH NOTE: LIGHT UP THE NEW WORLD (2016 / NC ’17). He also directed the animated feature OBLIVION ISLAND: HARUKA AND THE MAGIC MIRRORS (2009) which won the NIPPON CINEMA AWARD in 2010.