Nobuhiro YAMASHITA 山下敦弘
Over The Fence
オーバー・フェンス
Nippon Cinema ª
Having fled from Tokyo after his divorce and attending a vocational school in order to continue receiving unemployment benefits, Shiraiwa is trapped in routine. One day, he meets Satoshi, who is passionately imitating the courtship dance of an ostrich. Both fascinated and irritated, he falls in love with her. OVER THE FENCE emphatically depicts people lost in a state of trance, performed by a strong ensemble cast.
オーバー・フェンス
Japan 2016
113 minutes
Director
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
Script
Ryo TAKADA based on a novel by Yasushi SATO
Cinematography
Ryuto KONDO
Production
Twins Japan
World sales
Free Stone Productions
Cast
Joe ODAGIRI, Yu AOI, Shota MATSUDA, Yukiya KITAMURA, Shinnosuke MITSUSHIMA
About Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
山下敦弘
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA, born in Aichi Prefecture in 1976, studied at Osaka University of Arts and started his career at Planet Studyo +1 in Osaka. His feature film debut HAZY LIFE (1999) was an international success and was screened in 2000 at the first Nippon Connection Film Festival. He had his commercial breakthrough with the comedy LINDA LINDA LINDA (2005 / NC ’08). Establishing his distinctive style with his subsequent works, including A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE (2007 / NC ’07), TAMAKO IN MORATORIUM (2013 / NC ’14), and OVER THE FENCE (2016 / NC ’17), YAMASHITA has become one of the major protagonists of the Japanese film industry.