Yoshihiro NAKAMURA
The Two In Tracksuits
ジャージの二人
Nippon Cinema ª
Tired by their continuing personal and occupational problems a father and his adult son take a break from the sweltering city of Tokyo once a year. They inhabit a run-down little cottage hidden in the mountain forest, wear old tracksuits all day, and living by their own rules slowly discover what seems to be the one most important thing in life: tomatoes.
ジャージの二人
Jaji no futari
Japan 2008
93 minutes
Director
Yoshihiro NAKAMURA
Script
Yoshihiro NAKAMURA based on a novel by Yu NAGASHIMA
Cinematography
Takashi KOMATSU
Music
Yoshinori OHASHI
Production
Media Factory, Dub
World sales
Xanadeux
Cast
Masato SAKAI, Makoto AYUKAWA, DANKAN, Rie KUWANA, Jun MATSUMOTO
About Yoshihiro NAKAMURA
Yoshihiro NAKAMURA, born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1970, made his first 8mm films during his studies at Seijo University. In 1993, his short film SUMMER RAIN KITCHEN was awarded at the PIA Film Festival. NAKAMURA worked as an assistant director to Juzo ITAMI, among others, before making his feature film debut LOCAL NEWS in 1999. In 2007 he received the Kaneto Shindo Award of the Japan Filmmakers Association.