TAMANO VISUAL POETRY COLLECTION: NAGISA'S BICYCLE

Three stories set in Tamano, Japan. Bicycle Racing. Oshima is a middle-aged cyclist, too young to retire but unable to adapt his times. All Oshima has left is the bicycle race track and his friends who have become his rivals. Seaside Bicycle. Nagisa, a female fisherman, finds a bicycle on the beach. She loves it so much and she rides it around town and refuses to part ways with it. However, Nagisa's father, who is not happy with her, throws her bike away. Ice and Oil. Sunako and Hiroshi, workers at the shipyard, split up when the second falls in love with a beautiful lady from Tokyo. In love with Hiroshi, Sunako knows that what keeps them together is the symbol of the city, the bicycle race, which has been a close part of their lives since they were children."

“When I make a film, I always work more on images. I care more about the composition and the beauty of the images than the storyline or acting directions. So, I made this film with not a digital camera but a film camera which is the best equipment for the purpose and shot the beautiful nature of Tamano city. The stories are short like poems but I hope this film could fire up the imagination of the people who watch it.”

DIRECTOR, FILM EDITING: Tetsuichiro Tsuta. SCREENPLAY: Masaya Kawamura, Tetsuichiro Tsuta. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jo Aoki. MUSIC: Keita Kawabata. CAST: Shin Miyake, Amako Inter, Akiyoshi Enishi, Jimmy Onishi, Katamari Mizukawa, Mogura Suzuki, Miyako Sono. PRODUCER: Naohiko Sakamoto.