Hirobumi WATANABE 渡辺紘文
地球はお祭り騒ぎ
Nippon Visions ½
Hikaru leads a lonely life in the countryside. When his colleague Takafumi asks him to join him for Paul McCartney’s concert in Tokyo, the two embark on a road trip and soon form an unusual bond. NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD 2017 winner Hirobumi WATANABE, using his trademarks of well-framed cinematography and a tonal mixture of melancholy and humor, brings us a heartwarming slice-of-life story.
地球はお祭り騒ぎ
Chikyu wa omatsurisawagi
日本 2017
116 分
海外セールス
Article Films
キャスト
Gaku IMAMURA, 渡辺紘文, Katsumi INO, Ryoko INO, Akemi WATANABE
About Hirobumi WATANABE
渡辺紘文
Hirobumi WATANABE was born in Tochigi in 1982. After graduating from the Japan Institute of the Moving Image, he founded the production company Foolish Piggies Films with his brother, the film composer Yuji WATANABE. Starting with his debut AND THE MUD SHIP SAILS AWAY (2013 / NC ’14), his films have been screened regularly at Nippon Connection, amongst them PARTY ’ROUND THE GLOBE (2017 / NC ’18) and LIFE FINDS A WAY (2018 / NC ’19). His third feature POOLSIDEMAN (2016 / NC ’17) won the Japanese Cinema Splash Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival as well as the NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD.