Year: 2001
Duration: 91'
A small town near the sea. Jun, who is 23 years old, works at the cash register in a store. A suburban apartment. Kiminobu, who is 25, has a huge fight with his girlfriend and kills her. The next day he sends an e-mail to Jun, telling her that he will soon return to her and that they will go away together forever. When the two meet up, Kiminobu announces that he wants to take part in a mass suicide he read about on Internet. The two get on their bicycles and decide to leave everything behind.
Biography
film director
Horie Kei
Horie Kei was born in 1978 and studied at Japan University, following courses in directing at the Film Department. Along with other Japanese film students, he founded a work group called Cornflakes, which made Glowing Growing. Horie is also an actor and has appeared in numerous films, both on-screen and on television. He is also a member of a theatrical company.
FILMOGRAFIA
Cornflakes (cm, 1997), Kancoffee na otokotachi (cm, 1998), 8.15 (cm, 1999), Yawarakai tuki (2000), Tattahitori no Live Tour (2000), One Night Stands (2000), Glowing Growing (2001).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto, sceneggiatura e montaggio: Horie Kei.
Director of photography: Hyakusoku Takahiro.
Art director: Ogawa Shin.
Costume designer: Kitagawa Ayako, Yamaguchi Terue.
Sound: Koretsune Atsuyoshi, Shimada Nobuyuki.
Music: DJ Country.
Cast: Toda Masahiro, Murashima Ryo, Miwa Asumi, Takahashi Masako, Shinohara Rieko, Kanaya Amiko.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Horie Kei per Soft Town Shirogane, 203 5-22-11 Shiroganedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 108-0071, tel./fax +81-3-34492435, e-mail k-horie@mti.biglobe.ne.jp.
Director of photography: Hyakusoku Takahiro.
Art director: Ogawa Shin.
Costume designer: Kitagawa Ayako, Yamaguchi Terue.
Sound: Koretsune Atsuyoshi, Shimada Nobuyuki.
Music: DJ Country.
Cast: Toda Masahiro, Murashima Ryo, Miwa Asumi, Takahashi Masako, Shinohara Rieko, Kanaya Amiko.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Horie Kei per Soft Town Shirogane, 203 5-22-11 Shiroganedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 108-0071, tel./fax +81-3-34492435, e-mail k-horie@mti.biglobe.ne.jp.