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Zero Focus
(Zero no shoten)
by Isshin INUDO

Soon after his marriage, Kenichi leaves for Kanazawa, and never returns. His wife, Teiko, cannot understand what has happened. She heads to Kanazawa where she meets the wealthy Sachiko, one of Kenichi´s past acquaintances. Another woman, Hisako, seems to hold the key to his disappearance. Then a series of murders unfolds, leading to the discovery of a terrifying truth …

Credits:
Japan 2009, 35mm, 130 min, Japanese with English subtitles
Director: Isshin INUDO
Writers: Isshin INUDO, Kenji NAKAZONO based on a novel by Seicho MATSUMOTO
Production: DENTSU, TOHO, TV ASAHI, KINOSHITA, The Asahi Shimbun, NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAI, Yahoo Japan, TOKYO FM, Asahi Broadcasting, NAGOYA BROADCASTING NETWORK, IMJ Entertainment, TSUTAYA Group, FLaMme, Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting, HOKURIKU ASAHI BROADCASTING, Hiroshima Home Television, ehime asahi television
Director of photography: Takahiro TSUTAI
Music: Koji UENO
World sales: TOHO Co., Ltd.
Cast: Ryoko HIROSUE, Miki NAKATANI, Tae KIMURA, Hidetoshi NISHIJIMA, Takeshi KAGA

www.zero-focus.jp

About the director: Isshin INUDO, born in 1960 in Tokio, started filming when he was still in school. After graduating from Tokio Zokei Daigaku he directed commercials. In 1979 his short film KIBUN WO KAETE won the first prize at the Pia Film Festival and in 2007 his movie LA MAISON DE HIMIKO received the NIPPON CINEMA AWARD.

Filmography (selection): 1982 Midnight Drive-In Theater; 1993 Nanimokamo hyakukaimo iwaretakoto; 1995 Futari ga shabetteru; 2000 Across a Gold Prairie (Kinpatsu no sogen); 2003 Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (Josee to tora to sakanatachi / NC 04); 2005 All About My Dog (Inu no eiga); 2005 La Maison de Himiko (Mezon do Himiko / NC 07) / Touch

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Sunday, April 18, 2:30 p.m. Festival Centre
European premiere in the presence of the director
NCA

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