Hitoshi MATSUMOTO
しんぼる
Symbol
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
日本 2009
93 分
海外セールス
UMedia
キャスト
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.