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Zero nendai zenkei (2009)

Directed by Makoto Nagahisa, Junpei Hatano, Kumiko Hoshizaki

Overview

Kumiko Hoshizaki’s “Akane Sasu Heya” is the story of Maki, a 20-something temp who is sick of her boring job and life in general. The rather bizarre solution she comes up with is to conceive a child behind her boyfriend’s back. Makoto Nagahisa offers the much more impressionistic “Frog.” The story meanders around a bunch of unrelated characters, using experimental techniques like repeated scenes, hallucinatory visuals, blurred shots and disconnected sounds. Lastly, we have “Bouquet Garni,” a much more conventional work from director Junpei Hatano. The plot is centered on a reporter, the relative of a kidnapping victim, and a woman who is obsessed with the case.

Length 65 minutes

Actors

Shoichi Honda | Yôko Hoshi | Jiro Kagoshima | Sanshirô Kobayashi | Takashi Kodama | Yasunori Kurakata | Akiko Monô | Shirô Namiki | Airi Noguchi | Yukiko Okamoto | Tetsuhiro Sai | Fumio Sugiyama | Taro Suwa | Takamori Teuchi | Kanji Tsuda