Shingo OTA 太田信吾
The End Of The Special Time We Were Allowed
わたしたちに許された特別な時間の終わり
Nippon Visions ½
Do some people have a special talent for suicide? Director Shingo OTA takes us on a journey through the life and death of one of his close friends, young musician Sota MASUDA. Much more than just a documentary bio-pic, the film is a very personal and formally elaborated take on topics such as failure and success, love and friendship, memory and guilt.
わたしたちに許された特別な時間の終わり
Watashitachi ni yurusareta tokubetsu na jikan no owari
Japan 2013
151 minutes
Production
Midnight Call Production
World sales
Midnight Call Production
Cast
Sota MASUDA, Kurando TOMINAGA, Shingo OTA, Yuma HIRAIZUMI, Yasuhiro ARITA
About Shingo OTA
太田信吾
Shingo OTA was born in Nagano in 1985 and made his first films while studying philosophy at Waseda University. His graduation project, the short film GRADUATION (2009), won two awards at the Image Forum Festival in 2010. Shingo OTA has previously been welcomed as a guest in Frankfurt for his first feature documentary, THE END OF THE SPECIAL TIME WE WERE ALLOWED (2013 / NC ‘14). His first non-documentary feature FRAGILE (2014) was screened at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival. For NUMAKAGE PUBLIC POOL (2025 / NC ‘26), he received the Student Jury Prize at the 2025 Kinotayo Film Festival.