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SYNOPSIS
Nitobe and Sakamoto are friends from childhood who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. Nor do any of the lives out of it for that matter. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. With crustaceans as leitmotif, the themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’lives.
SYNOPSIS
Nitobe and Sakamoto are friends from childhood who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. Nor do any of the lives out of it for that matter. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. With crustaceans as leitmotif, the themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’lives.
Isamu Hirabayashi was born in 1972 in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture. He was born into a family of precious metal craftsmen of three generations as the second of three sons.
Isamu Hirabayashi was born in 1972 in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture. He was born into a family of precious metal craftsmen of three generations as the second of three sons.
Isamu Hirabayashi was born in 1972 in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture. He was born into a family of precious metal craftsmen of three generations as the second of three sons.
Isamu Hirabayashi was born in 1972 in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture. He was born into a family of precious metal craftsmen of three generations as the second of three sons.
Isamu Hirabayashi was born in 1972 in Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture. He was born into a family of precious metal craftsmen of three generations as the second of three sons.
Doron
2006 / 16 min
CAST
Naoto Nojima
Reki Amada
Takashi Kobayashi
Komei Sakurai
Kana Matsumoto
STAFF
Director : Isamu Hirabayashi
Cinematographer : Kaname Kondo
Production Design : Noriko Kato
Sound Mix : Takeshi Kino
Assistant Sound Mixer : Takashi Hiramichi
Assistant Sound Mixer : Satoru Iijima
Sound Design : Naoki Takahashi
Casting : Sanae Hiruma
Producer : Yoichi Sakurai
Producer : Takao Odamiya
Special Thanks : Studio Inter Field
Special Thanks : Paradice Cafe inc.
Film Festival
International Young Filmmakers Festival Granada (Spain)
Award / GrandPrix
Busan Asian Short Film Festival (Korea)
Award / GrandPrix
Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival (Canada)
Award / Festival Choice Award
Lyon Asian Film Festival (France)
Award / 2nd Public Award
Best of Short Films Festival (France)
Award / Mer de Bronze Award
Festival Tous Courts (France)
Siena International Short Film Festiva
Ourense International Independent Film Festival (Spain)
Colchester International Short Film Festival (UK)
Cork Film Festival (Ireland)
prisdecourts (France)
SILHOUETTE FESTIVAL (France)
Ecrans de Harima Short Film Festival 2007 (Japan)
Zimbabwe International Film Festival (Zimbabwe)
Montreal Comedy Festival (Canada)
Cannes Film Festival/Short Film Corner (France)
Clermont-Ferrand International Shortfilm Festival (France)
NIPPON CONECTION (Germany)
Barcelona Asian Film Festival (Spain)
CANAL+ (France)
Fribourg International Film Festival (Switzerland)
Be Film The Underground Film Festival (U.S.A)
The Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival(Scotland)
Oldenburg Shortfilm Days zwergWERK(Germany)
Mecal International Short Film Festival (Spain)
Leeds International Film Festival (UK)
Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada)
Off Courts Trouville (France)
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