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Director Name: Kenji Uchida (内田けんじ)


A Stranger of Mine

運命じゃない人   운명이 아닌 사람   意外的陌生人

98 min.

The story takes place in the time span from early evening on Friday to Saturday morning, centering around Miyata, the protagonist who is in the midst of misery, and how he comes close to grasping happiness. Three episodes as seen through the viewpoints of five people- 'a man who is devastated because he has lost the love of his life,' 'a man who is tired of being a detective,' 'a yakuza who is having trouble running his organization,' 'a woman who is thrown into despair because her fiancee was two-timing her,' and 'a con woman who twists men around her finger'- are sandwiched between a short prologue and epilogue. The cause and effect behind these apparently simple episodes surface one after another, and the unexpected relation between them bring friendship and the complicated nature of humans to light.

AFTER SCHOOL

アフタースクール   애프터 스쿨   放學後

102 min.

Jinno, a good-natured teacher working for the junior high school, is visited by a suspicious detective who claims to be Jinno’s former classmate. The detective is looking for a former classmate of Jinno’s, Kimura, who now works for a first-class company. Although a little reluctant, Jinno ends up helping the detective with his search for Kimura. The unsuspecting man and the dark-side seeking man - this odd pair, in their effort to find Kimura, cannot hit it off together but discover clue after clue to finding Kimura.
Finally they reach a certain truth. . . but it is not that easy. An unexpected surprise situation that may reverse all they have believed is waiting.
A long-awaited new film directed by Kenji Uchida, who won four awards for his film “A Stranger of Mine” in the Cannes Film Festival International Critics’ Week in 2005!