Hitoshi MATSUMOTO
Symbol
しんぼる
Nippon Cinema ª
Being not exactly bright the hero in this absurd comedy tries his best to escape from a huge doorless room. In the meantime a mexican wrestler is preparing for a doomed fight. Between them there is an invisible connection. In his second masterpiece Japan’s most famous comedian gives us action, slapstick, drama and a very stupid god.
しんぼる
Japan 2009
93 minutes
Director
Hitoshi MATSUMOTO
Script
Hitoshi MATSUMOTO, Mitsuyoshi TAKASU
Cinematography
Yasuyuki TOYAMA
Music
Yasuaki SHIMIZU
Production
Yoshimoto Kogyo
World sales
UMedia
Cast
Hitoshi MATSUMOTO, David Quintero, Luis Accinelli, Lilian Tapia, Adriana Fricke
About Hitoshi MATSUMOTO
Hitoshi MATSUMOTO, born in 1963 in Amagasaki, is a Japanese director and comedian. In Japan, he and his comedy partner Masatoshi HAMADA found fame as the “Downtown Duo”. His feature film breakthrough came in 2007 with DAINIPPONJIN (NC ’08). NIPPON CONNECTION has featured all his directorial works in past festival editions.