SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2009

An office lady's fight against an old man who threw away a 'lady's comic'. There is a secret about this comic…

An animated film using ukiyo-e prints. Wanting to express themselves in their own distinct way, they dedicate themselves to making a heartfelt movie with the feeling and style of real Edo period culture.

A male and female police officer are trapped in a warehouse. Each think the other is a serial killer. Each must lie in order to survive. Which is the killer? Who will survive? Who really won the game of life and death.

A businessman sits in a train like a child looking out the window. He begins to make noise with the window shade in time with the sound of the wheels on the tracks. This soon spreads to another businessman sitting nearby, and then… This was modeled on a strange man that the director had seen while riding the train.

Masakazu Kaneko / Japan / 17:21 / Drama / 2008 Chizuko, a widow, has a daughter, but no one else has seen her in 13 years. One day, Moriya visits on an inspection to see the family register, and in Chizuko's home he sees… The story of a mother and daughter based on Grimm's Fairy Tale, "Rapunzel".

Niko's boyfriend lives overseas and doesn't answer the phone. She tries to call again but still can't get through. Then she finds a string phone at an antique shop. She continues to call her boyfriend on this international string telephone that she bought, but...

Haruhi Oguri / Japan / 22:00 / Drama / 2008 The vague instability everyone feels about life and sexuality during puberty. The bewilderment of the changing heart. A look at the disdain felt towards the world of grown ups. With nowhere to put all that irritation, one girl tries to set it aside and become an adult...