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…

Winner of the Nippon Cinema Award 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

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.