Nobuhiro YAMASHITA 山下敦弘
ぼくのおじさん
Nippon Cinema ª
Yukio’s uncle is a prime example of a freeloader. The long-term doctoral student stays in bed all day, reading comic books. But when he meets the beautiful Eri, his life is thrown off course. In this dramatization of Morio KITA’s novel, YAMASHITA presents us with an unlikely duo. Fast-paced and full of dry humor, the film revisits one of the director’s most beloved characters: the slacker.
About Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
山下敦弘
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA, born in Aichi Prefecture in 1976, studied at Osaka University of Arts and started his career at Planet Studyo +1 in Osaka. His feature film debut HAZY LIFE (1999) was an international success and was screened in 2000 at the first Nippon Connection Film Festival. He had his commercial breakthrough with the comedy LINDA LINDA LINDA (2005 / NC ’08). Establishing his distinctive style with his subsequent works, including A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE (2007 / NC ’07), TAMAKO IN MORATORIUM (2013 / NC ’14), and OVER THE FENCE (2016 / NC ’17), YAMASHITA has become one of the major protagonists of the Japanese film industry.