Director
KATO Daishi,KAWASAKI Ryo,Ryushi LINDSAY,UEKI Sakura
Synopsis
The Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia (SSFFA) is the longest running short film festival in Asia, if not the world. We partner with SSFFA to showcase the best short films Japan has to offer for the year. As SSFFA founder BESSHO Tetsuya so poignantly puts it, “Film is not about length! An infinite cinematic universe can unfold in even a few minutes of visual storytelling!”
Idol アイドル (2020)
Drama, 20 minutes
Director: Ryushi LINDSAY
Cast: NEYA Ryoka, SASAKI Miyu, TAKAHASHI Sawa, TAKANOHASHI Akira, MATSUURA Yui, MAYAMA Yuki
Single mother Miyabi (NEYA Ryoka) relies on her child idol daughter Kasumi (SASAKI Miyu) as her only source of income and ticket to future financial stability. When Kasumi is replaced in the group by a more popular girl, Miyabi must do everything she can to get her daughter back in the lineup.
My Baddest Spicy Cooking 毎日爆裂クッキング (2020)
Comedy, 30 minutes
Director: UEKI Sakura
Cast: NYASUDA Seia, WATANABE Eri, HIJII Mika, KOMAKINE Ryusuke, IMAZATO Makoto
Fumi (YASUDA Seia), an editor of a food magazine “Weaving Days”, is under relentless pressure from her boss. She also suffers from dysgeusia; everything she eats is bland and tasteless. Her “stress gauge” is at its limit, setting off a rampage inside her head!
Story of Shahryar シャフリヤールの昼と夜 (2020)
Drama, 16 minutes
Director: KATO Daishi
Cast: FUKIKOSHI Mitsuru
Mamoru (FUKIKOSHI Mitsuru) chooses to live alone when he finds out that his wife is having an affair. He starts using a hostess service to fill his loneliness. The stories he hears from Mizuki, the call girl, becomes the only pleasure for him. Like King Shahryar from “One Thousand and One Nights”, he realises what is truly important.
I Don't Want to Be Like You あなたみたいに、なりたくない。 (2020)
Drama, 29 minutes
Director: KAWASAKI Ryo
Cast: ABE Junko, KOJIMA Hijiri, TORITANI Hiroyuki, YOSHIKURA Aoi, FUJITA Masumi
Megumi (ABE Junko) is 28, a humble office worker with no boyfriend. She joins a marriage agency because she does not want to be like her senior Koyama (KOJIMA Hijiri), who missed out on getting married and is not lonely at 42. However, after striking out repeatedly, Megumi tires of the hunt, until she accidentally discovers Koyama’s unexpected side.