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.