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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Rei Hirano, Ryo Sato, Mikio Tayama, Ayako Ito, Akihisa Sugai, Takuma Watanabe
Crew: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (Director), Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (Screenplay), Hiroshi Suzuki (Editor), Yoshio Kitagawa (Director of Photography), Hideyuki Okamoto (Original Music Composer)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: ENBU Seminar
Runtime: 255 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 01, 2012
IMDb: 4.4
Keywords:theater play, realism