LOCAL ORIGINATION MOVIES
LOCAL ORIGINATION MOVIES

- 10:00 15th - 12:00 19th Oct.
The Buzz of Cicadas
Nao is looking for a man with a clue about the letter from her late mother. On the journey, she falls in front of a temple, when a Buddhist monk at the temple, Semimaru, helps her. While Nao stays at the temple, she witnesses magical power Semimaru has and mysterious routines Kakuichi, the father of Semimaru, does. Semimaru can hear the voices of the dead and Kakuichi takes dictation in letter form. While she stays with the two, Nao has a time thinking back about her late mother, and finding the truth.
- Dir.
- Jungo Kitamura
- Cast
- Yuuri Ota Shuji Kojima Hidetoshi Hoshida

- 10:00 15th - 12:00 19th Oct.
#Houjyoudu Cantata
Nago Furuta (Hino Mimura), who lives in a tranquil fishing town in Imizu City in Toyama Prefecture, hopes to move to Tokyo after graduating from high school and have a job in the music industry she has dreamed about. Her desire to move to Tokyo is getting stronger and stronger day by day. The chorus club Nago belongs to is facing the possibility of club disbandment because of the decreasing numbers of club members. Akari Ota (Rika Nakai), the club advisor, as an alumna, wanted to keep the club going, but there is nothing she can do to stop the inevitable, because a chorus club doesn’t fit into the present age. At her third semester of high school year 3, Nago meets Sora Otomo (Aoi Furutate), a transfer student from Tokyo. The cantata sung by the two, Nago and Sora, echoes.
At the sight of Uchikawa Houjyoudu, known as Japanese Venice, Nago, a high school girl who dreams to be a singer meets Sora, a transfer student, who feels uncertain in continuing to play the piano. What will they face and what kind of life will they lead?
- Dir.
- Masaaki Kanamori
- Cast
- Hino Mimura (NGT48) Aoi Furutate (NGT48) Chikana Ando (NGT48) Aya Kondo Rika Nakai (NGT48)

- 10:00 15th - 12:00 19th Oct.
So? Tsurumi
At Nakadori Shopping Street in Tsurumi, posters about the Okinawa Sumo Competition, which will be held soon, are put up all over the place. Ryuji, working at a shop selling Okinawa goods centrally located on the street, is about to go for a delivery as usual, when a woman enters the shop. Ryuji looks at her. With products in her hand, she notices the poster and mutters “…register for Okinawa Sumo Competition.” Ryuji responds spontaneously, “Why don’t you join?” She turned around with a smile. This is a story of Okinawa Sumo, love and companionship in a town in Tsurumi, where the cultures of Okinawa and South America meet.
- Dir.
- Atsushi Watanabe
- Cast
- Hiroki Kawata (Garage Sale) Cana (Idushi) Naminami (Idushi) AIberto Shiroma Misaki Chika REINA(MAX)

- 10:00 15th - 12:00 19th Oct.
The Swan Is Laughing
The movie features an elementary student, Sho-chan, whose parents have just got divorced, and a dodgy-looking man, Swan Pops, who has been around a lake nearby for a very long time.
One day, Sho-chan uncovers a past of Swan Pops. Sho-chan then takes action to make Swan Pops confront the past.
A short movie with laughter and tears from Tomakomai, a wonderful city where Mother Nature coexists with industry.
- Dir.
- Hiroshi Okuyama
- Cast
- Takayuki Haranishi ( FUJIWARA ) Mio Uema Mari Hayashida

- 10:00 15th - 12:00 19th Oct.
How many miles to the sea
The six of them meet to pay a visit to the grave of their friend. The death was caused by the earthquake. Five are friends from high school and one is a younger colleague from the deceased’s company. They start talking freely at their favorite place, and start walking forward for one’s own sake, and for their friend’s sake.
- Dir.
- Ryuichi Hiroki
- Cast
- Nahana Kengo Kora Sasha Ueda Ami Murata Hideaki (TORO SALMON) Masao Yoshii (INOSHITA YOSHII) Seiichiro Mizuguchi (SORASHIDO) Ganji Honbo (SORASHIDO)

- 10:00 15th - 12:00 19th Oct.
Tamae's Super High
[Comedy] Tamae Urano (18), a high-school student living in Saitama City, aspires to become a horror film director some day. She unexpectedly receives an offer to direct a promotional video for Saitama City. She plans to make a video in the form of a horror film and begins production, but faces a tough time because of disputes between the Urawa, Omiya and Iwatsuki districts of the city. Will Saitama unite as one team?
- Dir.
- Shinichiro Ueda
- Cast
- Yua Shiraishi Ayano Kudo Jinta Nijizawa Hiroki Horikawa Shinji Saito Hirohisa Ota Kazuma Ikeda Otake Momona Harukawa Seigo Agatsuma Aya Murata

- 10:00 15th - 12:00 19th Oct.
Omotenashi
Onsen Ryokan "Emiya" is experiencing stagnant business. The reason is because of the landlady cracking too many jokes. The unwanted laughter that she invites has poorly affected the reputation of the Onsen Ryokan. At the same time, entertainer Ono, who causes a violent incident, ends up having to work at "Emiya" before leaving. Other employees attempt to use the laughs generated by the entertainer to spread word about the Ryokan. This leads them to learn about true "omotenashi" hospitality.
- Dir.
- Masaaki Kanamori
- Cast
- Miori Ichikawa Yuta Kajiwara Soma Transistor Mitsuhiro Fujiwara Kaori Shima Riko Kitagawa Mari Midorikawa Shintaro Hazama Yu Kariwa

- 10:00 15th - 12:00 19th Oct.
Jidai Okure
Born and raised on Awajishima. Regular office worker Tsuyoshi Yamamoto has never been off the island in this film which depicts half of his life up to marrying off his only daughter.
Just like in the words of the song "Jidai Okure",
"The man in the corner of the bar laments into his drink without complaining to his children or showing tears to his wife"
This clumsy, but loving man is played by Kanpei Hazama and Shintaro Hazama.
This story shows the charms of the islanders, through the life of this man.
- Dir.
- Yasutaka Otsugi
- Cast
- Kanpei Hazama Shintaro Hazama Maki Maeda Mona Nakao Tetsuji Sakakibara Kenji Tamura Himari Oka Shogo Saikan (Himekoron) Tatsu Hideki Koyama (Monsoon)

- 10:00 15th - 12:00 19th Oct.
The Captain's Sweet Wife
A young couple live on an island in Ehime Prefecture. The husband works as a crew on board a domestic vessel. He works for three months on the ship and spends the next month resting on land.
Based on this cycle, he only comes back home three times a year. The wife Akari's life is a repetition of "three months without husband and a month with husband". While her husband is away, she spends her days alone eating the potatos that wives in the neigborhood give her, and going to buy coffee beans from a shop along the coast for her cofee she enjoys every morning. Married for two years now, life with her husband is gradually becoming something special to Akari.
Like always, the husband returns home. Life as a married couple for the first time in three months. Some things are the same, but some change. This is a story about the "special" time spent by the two.
- Dir.
- Kaori Harimoto
- Cast
- Asami Shibuya Yuya Matsuura Tami Maeda Daisuke Ishiyama Shogo Saikan Takuya Kizuki Miyu Yabata Mie Hayashi Genta Hayashi

- 10:00 15th - 12:00 19th Oct.
U・F・O 〜Ushimado’s Fantastic Occurrence〜
"I'm a princess from a far-off star. Tonight I need to return to my star, so please look for where the sky is most visible" Aoto is swayed by these words from junior high school classmate Suzune.
20 years later. The hidden truth in her words becomes clear.
Set in Ushimado in Okayama Prefecture, against the backdrop of the beautiful Seto Inland Sea is this gentle story of first love.
- Dir.
- Tomoyuki Fujiwara
- Cast
- Shinji Matsubayashi Kaito Oyagi Kyoko Yoshine Sota Kato Shintaro Hazama Hiromi Ikeuchi

- 10:00 15th - 12:00 19th Oct.
Neverthless
Emotionally scarred from his life in Tokyo, Makoto Mikami had returned to his hometown Yatsushiro City in Kumamoto Prefecture, leading a dissolute life there. One day, he walks into his old high school while wandering around aimlessly and sees Kenji, his high school buddy who was supposed to have died in an accident. Inspired by his encounter with Kenji, Makoto gathers his former club friends from his high school broadcasting club to resume shooting a film they had been making. The team includes Hachi, a natural airhead, and Mariko who has always been the reliable one, both also living with their own troubles and pain. As Makoto and company continue making their movie to regain their glorious high school days, gradually they win back their lives, but the dream-like time nears its end. This story depicts the pain of living, through a ghost and youth that has come too late.
- Dir.
- Kento Yamaguchi
- Cast
- Yuya Endo Shodai Fukuyama Yuki Morinaga Ryo Sato Yoshiko Miyazaki Yoshinari Fukushima Mokkosu Masaji Yasui

- 10:00 15th - 12:00 19th Oct.
Yanbaru Kyo! Kyo! Kyo!
Kunigamison is located in the northernmost of Okinawa. In the Yanbaru forest, elementary school student Manabu takes his friends Yuna and Hana, and his grandfather Mayor Masahide Ojii who hit his head only to lose his memory except when he was a 5 year old to protect the Okinawa rail. The mayoral inauguration day approaches for Deputy Mayor Maeda who wants to demolish the Okinawa rail facilities to build a resort hotel. The problems continue to pile up as the TV news reports that poachers are in the area... without even a clue as how to proceed, Manabu and his friends face a difficult challenge. Then one day, magazine writer Matsuda and photographer Yano learn of the activities of Manabu and his friends, come from Tokyo to interview them.
Gori's third film as director of a Local Origination Project film is a suspense comedy of "family love" set in Kunigamison. Will Manabu and his friends be able to save the Okinawa rail? And will the memory of Ojii return?
- Dir.
- Gori (Garage Sale)
- Cast
- Issei Fukuhara Natsuki Kaneshiro Ayaka Ishikawa Masao Teruya Kanako Fukuda