The Pinkie

  • 65'
  • Japan
  • 2014
Since they were both five, Ryosuke has been stalked by Momoko - the ugliest girl in the village. Her love for Ryosuke is so boundless that she has her face surgically altered to suit his taste - but still he wants nothing to do with her.
Ryosuke goes in for fleeting romance - for example, with the girlfriend of a gangster boss. But when he finds out about their affair, he has Ryosuke's little finger hacked off. Magically, the finger falls into Momoko's hands, and she uses it to clone Ryosuke, so she can finally have him (or almost him) for herself.
And this is just the first five minutes of Lisa Takeba's short-but-powerful feature debut. Just like in her previous short films, the director - who cut her teeth in the advertising world and as the writer of a video game - throws a lot of genres and techniques into the mix: from science fiction to gangster films, from hospital eroticism to animation. Hectic and absurd, but with its heart in the right place.
  • 65'
  • Japan
  • 2014
Director
Lisa Takeba
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Japan
Year
2014
Festival Edition
IFFR 2014
Length
65'
Medium
HDcam
Language
Japanese
Producer
Lisa Takeba
Sales
Lisa Takeba
Screenplay
Lisa Takeba
Cinematography
Kugimiya Shinji
Editor
Kageyama Shu
Production Design
Katagiri Mariko
Sound Design
Hirama Fumito
Music
Fujinaga Kentaro
Cast
Tsuda Kanji, Ozawa Ryota
Director
Lisa Takeba
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Japan
Year
2014
Festival Edition
IFFR 2014
Length
65'
Medium
HDcam
Language
Japanese
Producer
Lisa Takeba
Sales
Lisa Takeba
Screenplay
Lisa Takeba
Cinematography
Kugimiya Shinji
Editor
Kageyama Shu
Production Design
Katagiri Mariko
Sound Design
Hirama Fumito
Music
Fujinaga Kentaro
Cast
Tsuda Kanji, Ozawa Ryota