Our guests
(as of May 29, 2019)
Nippon Cinema
Shinya TSUKAMOTO (NIPPON HONOR AWARDEE, Director KILLING / TETSUO: THE IRON MAN / TOKYO FIST)
Junji SAKAMOTO (Director ANOTHER WORLD)
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA (Director HARD-CORE)
Ryuichi HIROKI (Director IT’S BORING HERE, PICK ME UP)
Toshiaki TOYODA (Director THE MIRACLE OF CRYBABY SHOTTAN)
Kiyohiko SHIBUKAWA (Actor ROOM LAUNDERING / ANOTHER WORLD / THE MIRACLE OF CRYBABY SHOTTAN / THE CHRYSANTHEMUM AND THE GUILLOTINE)
Sho MIYAKE (Director AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING)
Satoru HIROHARA (Director DAWN WIND IN MY PONCHO)
Kosai SEKINE (Director LOVE AT LEAST / TOWER OF THE SUN)
Nippon Visions
Takashi MAKINO (Director MEMENTO STELLA)
Seiji TANAKA (Director MELANCHOLIC)
Yoshitomo ISOZAKI (Actor MELANCHOLIC)
Dai SAKO (Director THE CHAPLAIN)
Kensei TAKAHASHI (Director SEA)
Natsuki NAKAGAWA (Director SHE IS ALONE)
Akari FUKUNAGA (Actress SHE IS ALONE)
Yu KAJINO (Director AHUM)
Kunihiko WATANABE (Actor AHUM)
Sumire UENO (Actress AHUM)
Ritsuko (Actress THE CALL OF ZON)
Chiemi SHIMADA (Director AT ALTITUDE)
Keiko ARAKI (PIA Film Festival)
Yoshiki NATORI (Producer SEA)
Taichi TAMURA (Producer SEA)
Emi UEYAMA (Distributor SEA / LIFE FINDS A WAY)
Eric NYARI (Jury NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD)
Katja Wiederspahn (Jury NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD)
Tetsuya SHIBUTANI (Jury NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD)
Nippon Animation
Hiroyasu ISHIDA (Director PENGUIN HIGHWAY)
Ilan NGUYEN (TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: ANIMATION SHORTS / Lecture: ISAO TAKAHATA)
Cathy Munroe Hotes (Curator TRANSIENCE – THE BEST OF RECENT INDIE ANIMATION)
Ryoji YAMADA (Director TRANSIENCE – THE BEST OF RECENT INDIE ANIMATION)
Nippon Docs
Ian Thomas Ash (Director SENDING OFF)
Dr. Kaoru KONTA (Actress SENDING OFF)
Fuyuki SHIMAZU (Artist FROM ALL CORNERS / CARDBOARD WORKSHOP)
Yuko SHIOMAKI (Producer FROM ALL CORNERS)
Hanayo OYA (Director BOY SOLDIERS: THE SECRET WAR IN OKINAWA)
Yoshinori SATO (Director SHINJUKU TIGER)
Yoko SATOMI (Cast SHINJUKU TIGER)
Midori SUIREN (Cast SHINJUKU TIGER)
Riku HORIMOTO (Music SHINJUKU TIGER)
Misaki UMASE (Music SHINJUKU TIGER)
Mirai OSAWA (Director KAGURA TROUPE ON THE BEAT)
Kano ENDO (Director KAGURA TROUPE ON THE BEAT)
Akiko TANAKA (Cutterin KAGURA TROUPE ON THE BEAT)
Nippon Culture
Mutsumi ARAGAKI (Musician NIPPON LIVE ON STAGE: MUTSUMI ARAGAKI)
Rei HAYAMA (Artist ON THE COLLINEAR AND REFLECTED ON THE WATER)
Yuko KASEKI (BUTOH WORKSHOP & PERFORMANCE)
Yusuke YOKOI (BINGATA WORKSHOP & LECTURE)
Ichitaro (Musician NIPPON LIVE ON STAGE: ICHITARO)
Goro KOYAMA (WORKSHOP: FILMVERTONUNG)
Senmaru & Yuki (Artist EDO DAIKAGURA)
Jumpei TAINAKA Artist DER PROGRESS NACH JENSEITS)
Leopold Lenzgeiger (Artist THE AUTOMATED LANDSCAPE)
Alex Zahlten (Lecture ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES OF JAPANESE FILM: HOW THE 1970S CHANGED EVERYTHING)
Tom Mes (Lecture THE ENDLESS ROAD OF LONE WOLF AND CUB)
Roland Domenig (Lecture ONCE UPON A TIME IN CINEMA – REFLECTIONS ON MOVIE THEATERS IN JAPAN)
Luk van Haute (Moderator PANEL DISCUSSION)
Jonathan Hall (Introduction NIPPON RETRO)
Nicolas Mahler (NIPPON HEIMKINO SPEZIAL)
Leo Fischer (NIPPON HEIMKINO SPEZIAL)