Country: Japan
Year: 2022
Duration: 78
Fuminao and Nagisa are a brother and sister who have lost their mother early. As they grow up, Fuminao becomes aware of his affection for Nagisa, and advances to a university in Tokyo to distance himself from her. When Nagisa knows Fuminao would not come home for his birthday, she decides to board a night express bus going to Tokyo. But Nagisa’s hope to see her brother never comes true - the bus has an accident en route and Nagisa dies. And this keeps Fuminao more away from going back to his hometown since one day after 3 years, Fuminao sees Nagisa’s ghost, when his friend, Yuki asks to visit the tunnel where is famous for a haunted place. From that moment, Fuminao makes repeated visits to the tunnel with the hope of seeing her again, but of no avail. Drawn by his yearning for his sister whom he cannot see, Fuminao finally makes up his mind to revisit his hometown.
Biography
film director
Takeshi Kogahara
graduated from Art Center College of Design in the US and began making music videos and commercials. Since 2015, he has been represented by CluB_A and his commercials screened and were awarded at Cannes Lions, Ad Stars, Adfest and other commercial festivals. Nagisa is his first feature film, and was born from a previous short of the same name in 2017, which was followed by another short, Birdland (2021). His short films also screened at LA Shorts Film Fest and Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia and other festivals.
FILMOGRAFIA
Nagisa (cm, 2017), Birdland (cm, 2021), Nagisa (2022).
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Takeshi Kogahara. CAST: Yuzu Aoki, Nanami Yamazaki, Kana Kita. PRODUCER: Mami Akari. PRODUCTION: Flag.
CONTACT:
Flag Mami - Akari m.akari@flag-pictures.co.jp
