Japanese Female Directors
Nemuru Mushi
Dir. Kaneko Yurina
Japan 2019, 62’
Subtitles: English
Seri Kanako is on a packed bus heading to band practice. She becomes fascinated by a melody being hummed by a fellow passenger, an old man, a stranger. When the bus reaches Kanako’s stop, she doesn’t get off, she continues on a journey that turns out to be weird adventure.
Screenings
Shown with:
The Last Day
Compass
Kino Kameralne Cafe on September 26 at 7 p.m. and on October 3 at 4 p.m.
Kaneko Yurina
Kaneko Yurina was born in 1995 in Tokyo. She graduated from Ritsumeikan University. Kaneko was chosen from a slew of hopefuls competing to direct the omnibus film 21st Century Girl (2018) produced by Yuki Yamato. Her film Walking Plants (2019) was selected for the competition section in the Pia Film Festival 2019. Also works in a unit called Yankee in Chiang Mai.
Filmography
2019 The Wandering Plants / Sanpo Suru Shokubutsu
2020 21st Century Girl / 21 Seiki no Onna no Ko
2020 The Sleeping Insect / Nemuru Mushi
Cast & Crew
Director: Kaneko Yurina
Screenplay: Kaneko Yurina
Cinematography: Hirami Yūko
Editing: Kaneko Yurina
Music: Tokiyo
Cast: Matsuura Ryo, Sato Yura, Shohei Matuzaki, Takahashi Kako, Watanabe Hirobumi, Gozu Takeo, Mizuki Kaoru
Producer: Fujita Naoya
Language: Japanese
Colouration: Colour
