Social Cages
Shohei Shiozaki // Japan // 2007 // 16:45 min
Short Fiction
The bittersweet story of a little girl's struggle with her own conscience and dawning awareness of the difference between right and wrong.
Yuji Mitsuhashi, Umut Aral // Japan // 2010 // 06:30 min
Two strangers meet at a bar. An unspoken comment and mocking laughter hang in the air. But which one is the victim of ridicule?
MITSUYO MIYAZAKI // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Japan // 2011 // 20:00 min
In Postwar Japan, Tsuyako, a factory worker and mother, must decide between duty and love, her family and her freedom.
Yusaku Okamoto // Japan // 2013 // 21:00 min
Ayaka lifts her skirt and shows her underwear to schoolmates to earn pocket money. Is it an innocent game or a demonstration of power?
Isamu Hirabayashi // Japan // 2011 // 04:30 min
Experimental
From traditional costumes to bizarre outfits - a cross-section of Japanese society depicted in items of clothing.
Taishi Shiode // Japan // 2012 // 19:58 min
Hiroko's family lives in simulated harmony, the result of a long-standing web of lies and conspiracy of silence.