Overview
Hamaguchi wrote and directed this film as a graduation project for the students at ENBU Seminar (film and theater school in Tokyo) when he taught there. It is a three-part film: The first part is a documentary-style production of a play; Then the actual full stage production of the play; and the epilogue. Poetry and written words play the central role in the movie.
Director and cast
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi Director
- Rei Hirano as Reiko
- Ryo Sato as Ryouhei / Mamoru Noguchi
- Mikio Tayama as Kunio Miki
- Ayako Ito as Ito Bun / Kayoko Kanamori
- Akihisa Sugai as Akira Nishijima / Noboru Komiyama
- Takuma Watanabe as Hidenori Watanabe / Clerk 2
- Kanako Tezuka as Urara Tezuka / Yukie Noguchi
- Toru Arai as Taro Nakamura / Shinnosuke Tada
- Aki Katori as Akiko Katori / Etsuko Shiomi
- Rinpuku Tsuchiya as Kensuke Hayashi / Clerk 1
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