20° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
New Japanese Cinema 2002

Shiritsu tantei Yokohama Mike: Namae no nai mori

Mike Yokohama - A Forest with No Name

Year: 2002
Duration: 71'


Mike, a private detective, is hired by the father of a girl who has left the city to "find herself" in an isolated house. Mike has to bring her back home in time to marry a well-born young man.

Biography

film director

Shinji Aoyama

Aoyama Shinji (Fukuoka, 1964) got his start in the world of cinema at an early age, right after graduating from university. He later worked as assistant director for Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson and Daniel Schmid. He has made twelve full-length films which have been presented at major international festivals, gaining critical success and winning prestigious prizes in Cannes and Singapore. Almost all his works have been presented in various sections at the Torino Film Festival.

FILMOGRAFIA

Kyokasho ni nai! (1995), Helpless (1996), Chinpira (Two Punks, 1996), Waga mune ni kyoki ari (1996), Wild Life (1997), Tsumetai chi (Obsession, 1997), Sheidi gurobu (Shady Grove, 1999), Enbamingu (Embalming, 1999), June 12 1998 (1999), Eureka (2000), Tsuki no sabaku (Desert Moon, 2001), Shiritsu tantei Hama Mike: Namae no nai mori (Mike Yokoama: A Foorest With No Name, 2002).

Cast

& Credits

Director and screenplay: Aoyama Shinji.
Plot: Hayashi Kaizo.
Director of photography: Tamra Masaki.
Music: Dowser.
Art director: Shimizu Takeshi.
Editor: Oshige Yuji.
Cast: Nagase Masatoshi, Suzuki Kyoka, Otsuka Nene, Harada Yoshio.
Produttori: Fujikado Hiroyuki, Horiguchi Yoshinori, Masuda Yasuhisa, Sento Takenori, Koga Shunsuke, Okano Akira, Hayashi Ayumi.
Production company: Yomiuri Telecasting Corp./Hama Maiku.
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