you are here, you were here.

Screening Schedule

Nov 22 (Fri.) 20:00 at NTT CRED Hall 1

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<Story>
Twelve-year old Masaya
Kishimoto is a half-Filipino, half-Japanese boy who is being bullied at school because
of his mixed-race background.Shoko Yamazaki is a kind
library clerk whose emotional support keeps Masaya going at school.Ryota Kayama uses the school
PA system to broadcast entertainment programs once a week. He styles himself as
DJ Kayama, but no one is interested in him, or his programs.One day, Masaya and Shoko become
enmeshed in a prank Ryota has devised, but this gets them into serious trouble.Each of our three
protagonists has their own mental issues, but they do their best to hide this
from to each other. Masaya and Ryota try their best to support Shoko through
their special PA broadcasts.

<Staff>
Cast: Masamayor Tadashi, Iroha Sakamoto, Fujiko Kojima,, Oda C Shizue, Masanobu Sakata, Yuji Yokoyama, etc.
Director:Kousuke Sakoda
Script:Kousuke Sakoda
Producer:Kousuke Sakoda.

<Info>
Year of production: 2019
Running time: 85’
Country:Japan

<Guests>

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Fujiko Kojima
Fujiko Kojima was born in Tokyo in 1993. She made her acting debut in the TV Asahi drama “Aren’t You a Criminal?” in 2008. She attracted attention with her playing the role of Maria in “A Little Princess Sara” in 2009.
Her representative works include the NHK’s year-long historical drama “Hana Moyu (Burning Flower)”(2015) and the NHK’s morning dramas “Carnation”(2012) and “Hiyokko (Chick)”(2017). She first played the leading role of the film in “Uma no Hone (Horse Bones)” in 2018.
Other films she acted include “Shodo Girls (Calligraphy Girls)”(2010), “High & Low: The Movie”(2016), “Yell for the Blue Sky”(2016), “Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets”(2017), “This Old Road: Konomichi”(2019).
Her recent drama “Yuri Dano Kan Dano (Is It a Lily?)”, which was made by Fuji TV for internet distribution and broadcasted later, became a topic of conversation.

Director

Kousuke Sakoda
Born 1977 in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture.Sakoda made a short film “This Window, Other Side” in 2004, while studying at the New Cinema Workshop. After graduation, he made the short film, “Inside of…” which was selected and screened at various international and domestic film festivals.While preparing for his next feature length movie, Sakoda suffered from depression and spent 3 years in and out of hospitals. He made his comeback with a middle-length film, “My Father’s Mistress.” starring Megumi Asaoka. Sakoda currently lives in Kure City. “you are Here, you were Here” is his debut work in the feature length format.