Nobuhiro YAMASHITA 山下敦弘

味園ユニバース

Nippon Cinema   ª 

Small crook Shigeo can’t remember a thing from his dark past after a very physical argument. In search of his identity he becomes the singer of teenage Kasumi’s band. But soon his memory and former colleagues reappear. Long time NIPPON CONNECTION-contributor YAMASHITA lets boy band superstar Subaru SHIBUTANI hit rock bottom in this laconic comedy with loads of live music.

味園ユニバース
Misono Universe

日本 2015

103 分

監督
山下敦弘

脚本
Tomoe KANNO

撮影
Futa TAKAGI

音楽
Shoji IKENAGA

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.

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