DIVOC-12

Screening Schedule

Nov 21 (Sun.) 9:30 at NTT CRED Hall 1

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Details

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＜STORY＞
Sony Group established a global fund called "SonyGlobal Relief Funds for COVID-19" in April 2021, to support those who were influenced by the coronavirus infection.

"DIVOC-12", supported by this fund, aims to help creators in the film industry and to light up not only Japan but also all over the world by its works with the creator's impulse and passion for creation, which may overcome the world crisis.

The main directors of this film are Fujii Michihito, UEDA Shinichiro, and MISHIMA Yukiko who represents today's Japanese film industry, and nine new face directors were selected from public submissions. They were divided into three teams and each team holds up following themes; awareness of growth, feeling, and commons.

＜Cast＞
YOKOHAMA Ryusei, MATSUMOTO Honoka, FUJI Sumiko, FUJIWARA Kisetsu
ISHIBASHI Shizuka, ONO Shohei, KUBOZUKA Yosuke, KOSEKI Yuta, ANDO Nico, O-chan, SEINO Nana, TAKAHASHI Fumiya, MAKITA Aju, NAKAMURA Shuri, NAKAMURA Yuri, TAKADA Mansaku, KASAMATSU
Show, OGAWA Sara, YOKOTA Mayu, MAEDA Atsuko

＜Staff＞
Executive Producer: TOMITA Midori, SAITO Iwao
Co-Producer: KIKUCHI Yohei, ITO Chikara
Producer: SAHARA Sachi, KAWAHARA Shinichi
Production Designer: CHIHARA Tetsuya

＜Theme song＞
yama「Hope Theory」(MASTERSIX FOUNDATION)

＜Production Company＞
and pictures, Lat-Lon, BABEL LABEL, PANPOCOPINA, cogitoworks

＜Distributor＞
Sony Pictures Entertainment

＜Info＞
Year of production：2021
Running time：120'
Country：Japan
Language:Japanese

Director

FUJII Michihito
FUJII Michihito, born on August 14, 1986, started his career in film at Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo where he studied for a degree in cinematography. In 2013, he directed his first feature film, “Oh! Father!” which was based on a novel by ISAKA Kotaro. He won the best screenplay prize at the 9th Asia International Film Festival with “Phantom Limb” (2014). Since then, he has directed numerous films, including “7s” (2015), “Innocent Blood” (2017), “Evil” (2018), “We Are” (2018), “Day and Night”(2018), and “The Journalist”(2019).

UEDA Shinichiro
UEDA Shinichiro, born in 1984, started to make films since his junior high school. He formed his film company PANPOKOPINA in 2009, and since then till now, he won numerous festival awards including 20 Grand Prix all over the world. Also, he is well- known for his feature debut with "One Cut of the Dead," which started screening only in two theaters and ended up as an extraordinary bit hit shown in 350 theatres in Japan. In May 2020, he remotely shot a 26-minutes film, to cheer people up in the COVID-19 pandemic.

MISHIMA Yukiko
MISHIMA Yukiko started filmmaking at the age of 18. After her graduation, she joined Japan Broadcasting Corporation and produced and directed many documentary films until she left the company to make her film. In 2017, "Dear Etranger" won the Jury Prize at 41st Montreal World Film Festival.
Her representative works are "Bread of Happiness(2012)", "A Strech of Life(2015)", "Night's Tightrope(2016)", and "Shape of Red(2020)".
She expresses a discord in daily life and portrays salvation through her works, whether it's a feature film or documentary film.
She is known for well-composed pictures, propping up with sophisticated directions, from her early works with soft impressions until recent works with hard style.