SUB CATEGORY :

INTERNET FILM: PUBLIC SERVICES & CAUSE APPEALS

COMPANY ENTERING :

HAKUHODO INC., TOKYO

ENTRY TITLE :

DEAR FATHER

BRAND :

TOBITATE RYUGAKU JAPAN

ADVERTISER :

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORTS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

AGENCY :

HAKUHODO INC., TOKYO

CREATIVE DIRECTOR :

KENTARO ICHIKI

COPYWRITER :

JUN HATANO

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE :

YASUSHI FUJISAKI (HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S)

PLANNER :

JUN HATANO

FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY :

HAKUHODO PRODUCT’S INC., TOKYO

DIRECTOR :

TETSUMA MAKI (FANTASISTA)

D.O.P/CINEMATOGRAPHER :

SHOJI UCHIDA (SHOJI UCHIDA PHOTO OFFICE)

GAFFER :

AKIFUMI YONEI (FREELANCE)

ART :

TAKASHI SAKURADA (BLAUGRANA)

FILM PRODUCER :

TOMOHIRO INOUE (HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S)

PRODUCTION MANAGER :

YUZO OONO (HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S)

PRODUCTION DESIGNER :

TAKASHI SAKURADA (BLAUGRANA)

POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY :

OMNIBUS JAPAN INC., TOKYO

EDITOR :

MAMORU SHIRAISHI (OMNIBUS JAPAN)/NAOKO ABE (TAIDO)

COLORIST :

BRANDON CHABES

SOUND PRODUCTION COMPANY :

PIANO INC., TOKYO

SOUND STUDIO PRODUCER :

KEISUKE TOMINAGA

ENGLISH SYNOPSIS :

A REBELLIOUS HIGH SCHOOL BOY AND HIS SMALL FACTORY OWNER FATHER ARE STRUGGLING TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES TO EACH OTHER. THE FILM DEPICTS THE BOY'S IMAGINATION IN WHICH THEY SPEAK FREELY IN ACAPPELLA RAP. THE BOY THINKS THAT HE IS OBLIGED TO INHERIT THE FACTORY DESPITE HIS WISH TO STUDY ABROAD. HIS FATHER THINKS OTHERWISE OF HIS SON'S DREAM. THEIR DISSONANCE IS TO BE REVEALED, THEN RECONCILED, GRADUALLY.

ENGLISH CONTEXT EXPLANATION :

THE SHARE OF JAPANESE STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD IS EXTREMELY SMALL THROUGHOUT ASIA. THIS IS IN PART BECAUSE, IN JAPAN, IT TENDS TO BE CONSIDERED BAD TO STRAY FROM THE LIFE PATH PARENTS WISH THEIR CHILDREN TO FOLLOW. FURTHERMORE, IT IS A GROWING SOCIAL ISSUE THAT PARENTS AND CHILDREN CANNOT COMMUNICATE FRANKLY WITH EACH OTHER. THIS FILM, DEPICTING AN OPPRESSED YOUNGSTER ENGAGED IN RAP-DRAMA WITH HIS FATHER, CREATED BUZZ AMONG STUDENTS, AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO STUDY ABROAD WAS THE HIGHEST EVER.

URL :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBSuWtueni8