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.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Director
Rei Hirano
Reiko
Ryo Sato
Ryouhei / Mamoru Noguchi
Mikio Tayama
Kunio Miki
Ayako Ito
Ito Bun / Kayoko Kanamori
Akihisa Sugai
Akira Nishijima / Noboru Komiyama
Takuma Watanabe
Hidenori Watanabe / Clerk 2
Kanako Tezuka
Urara Tezuka / Yukie Noguchi
Toru Arai
Taro Nakamura / Shinnosuke Tada
Aki Katori
Akiko Katori / Etsuko Shiomi
Rinpuku Tsuchiya
Kensuke Hayashi / Clerk 1
Ryo Sato
Ryohei
I was able to sit down and talk with up and coming producer and director Ryan Polomski who talked about his latest project Raymond Lewis: LA Legend. It's a documentary about basketball star Raymond Lewis and here is what I found out.
A film that focuses on an algorithm for a dating app that will bring viewers in for a surprise.
Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) are a delight to watch evolve, sometimes devolve, then evolve again.