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DATA
◉ Original title
寓（ Pronunciation：guu）
◉ International title
Flashback Before Death
◉ Countries of production
Japan
◉ End of production year
2022
◉ Type of film
Fiction
◉ Film length
30min
◉ World Premiere
Sitges film festival 2024 /Noves Visions
◉ First short film
◉ Director / Writer / Producer
Rii Ishihara & Hiroyuki Onogawa
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TRAILER
STORY
This story is a dark fantasy told through flashbacks memory bugs(errors) seen at the moment of Tsuruha's death.
Her brother Kikuo returned to 1930s Japan after finishing his studies in France to become a translator. He soon receives a letter from Tsuruha, who was thought to be dead. To inquire about matters, Kikuo travels to his sister's rural home to discover her there along with a doll that looks mysteriously like her daughter...
CAST
Masatoshi Kihara (Kikuo)
Rii Ishihara (Tsuruha)
Hanae Seike (Hinano)
CREW
Director/Writer/Producer
Rii Ishihara & Hiroyuki Onogawa
Editor / Rii Ishihara
Music / Hiroyuki Onogawa
Sound Designer / Yuya Shito
AWARD
☆55TH Sitges Film Festival Noves Visions
BEST SHORT FILM NEW VISIONS
☆27TH Fantafestival
Silver Bat Award
☆7TH Festival ECRA
☆27TH Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
☆20TH Skip City International D-cinema Festival
☆Japan Cuts 2023
☆6TH Fantasmagoria
☆Camera Japan 2023
☆39TH IMAGIN FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL