Hiroki Asakura

Hiroki Asakura

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クール・バナナ 1993

At the last moment, my grandmother said. "...Banana. It's been a long time since all the relatives of the Yoshimoto family gathered at the main house. Grandma was in a critical condition. As everyone looked on at her bedside, she murmured. Bananas...". Does Grandma want to eat bananas so badly? My grandson runs. Every time a box of bananas that he has worked so hard to get is plucked and placed in the mouths of his relatives, a little piece of drama emerges. I want to eat the last banana. This bizarre and comical setting is a true story that the director read in a magazine once. The conversations between men, daughters-in-law and grandchildren that take place at family gatherings are stereotypical and familiar to everyone. The boringness of the film, on the contrary, results in a contrast between life and death.
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裸の王子様 1994

Is kindness a cloak of invisibility? A bank employee, Taturu, learns that a tax-saving measure he recommended has backfired and destroyed a client's family. Blaming himself, Ken becomes apathetic and refuses to come to work. His girlfriend, Yuki, watches over him warmly. Determined to make a fresh start for himself and Yuki, he takes a job as a hotel clerk, but on the first night, he is caught up in an unexpected incident. The next morning he goes to a place where he knows he will be blamed for the crime. The next morning he goes to a place where he knows he will be blamed for the crime, knowing that no one will understand his feelings. A young man who loses sight of himself on the borderline between kindness and weakness. The film depicts the wanderings of a lifeless adult in the urban landscape that modern society has created.