Aihara Hiromi
AIHARA Hiromi began working with Japanese independent films in the ‘80s, and established her own company, Bewiz, in 1995. After that, she forged a new career as an independent producer, began serving as the scout for IFFR in 1999, and became a programming consultant for international festivals (Toronto/Dubai/Macao). She is also a consultant for project markets such as HAF and APM. Her producing credits include: Tsukamoto Shinya’s Tetsuo II: Body Hammer, Tokyo Fist, Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s Last Life in the Universe, Invisible Waves and Imaoka Shinji’s Underwater Love. Hiromi also directed the 2018 documentary Sukita: The Shoot Must Go On.
Hiromi is an IFFR scout for films from Japan.
Aihara Hiromi at IFFR
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If You Were Young: Rage
One of Fukasaku’s least known films that is very rarely screened. It ius an exception within his oeuvre because the story is not set in the Y
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Green Mind, Metal Bats
Baseball film, but not a sport film. But – just to make up – it does have a supporting role for Wakamatsu Koji as the spirit of Babe Ru
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The Hiding
A woman withdraws into a new apartment. She lives in fear and isolation, but is found by a woman with abnormal gifts. Experimental. Colourful. Frig
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The Festival in the Cage
A colourful procession of images tells in just a few minutes the whole post-war history of Japan. Virtuoso jewel.
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Cop Festival – Curated by Shinozaki Makoto
Japanese film makers each indulged themselves for ten minutes on the genre of the police film. With the assistance of familiar faces and surprising
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Peep “TV” Show
Raw, cheap and bravura video film that does not pay much attention to the boundary that apparently exists between fiction and reality. With and abo
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A Tender Place
Stunning drama with elegant, labyrinthine plot about the disappearance of a girl aged five. The mother continues to fantasise about her return, whi
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Hand Soap
Family with growing adolescent son portrayed in a beautiful animation style. Calm and yet sultry.
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Lost Paradise in Tokyo
Unconventional trio – the serious Mikio, his mentally handicapped brother and a lively call girl – seek happiness through thick and thi