Keiichi HARA 原恵一

Colorful

Nippon Cinema   ª 

A sinful spirit is granted the opportunity to prove worthy for rebirth, inhabiting the body of a student who killed himself. Dealing with issues like youth suicide, prostitution and struggling family structures Keiichi HARA proves his distinctive talent to tell realistic stories between playfulness, a deep passion for life and depressing melancholy.

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Colorful (NC 2011)

Japan 2010

126 minutes

Director
Keiichi HARA

Script
Keiichi HARA based on a novel by Eto MORI

Music
Ko OTANI

Production
Sunrise

World sales
Toho

Voice acting
Kazato TOMIZAWA, Aoi MIYAZAKI, Akina MINAMI, Jingi IRIE, Michael

About Keiichi HARA
原恵一

Keiichi HARA, born in Gunma Prefecture in 1959, studied at Tokyo Designer Gakuin College and beginning in 1982 worked for Shin-Ei Animation on animated films and TV series like DORAEMON and CRAYON SHIN-CHAN. 1988 saw the release of his cinema debut ESPER MAMI, THE STARRY SKY DANCING DOLL. He gained international attention in 2007 with SUMMER DAYS WITH COO (NC ’20). Nippon Connection also presented his subsequent award-winning animated films COLORFUL (2010 / NC ’11), MISS HOKUSAI (2015 / NC ’16 and NC ’20), and LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR (2022 / NC ’23).

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