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bishu

directed by TATSURO NISHIKAWA

Opening film | 124 min. | Arizona Premiere | Japanese with English Subtitles

In Japan’s Bishu region, known for its wool textile production, this tenderly crafted film follows a high schooler with a developmental disability and her family, who operate a faltering textile factory. Despite her father’s opposition, she dreams of winning a fashion design competition using fabric woven at their family’s factory.

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When and where

Friday, September 12th, 3:00 p.m. 

MIX Center Theater 201

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TATSURO NISHIKAWA

Born in Fukuoka, Tatsuro Nishikawa is a graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts. His thesis film earned multiple awards and received theatrical distribution. He made his television directing debut in 2021 with “The Way of the Hot & Spicy,” and continues to write and direct for both film and TV, with recent works including “Treatment” (2023) and “Manjyome Yuriko” series (2022).

 

Director's message
  • BISHU
  • MIRAI
  • GODZILLA MINUS ONE
  • WHO’S DANCING NOW
  • LOVE SONG FROM HIROSHIMA
  • YURI
  • LAST ORDER
  • I AM A MOLE
  • TENEMENT OF SECRET TALK
  • MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
  • RESETTLEMENT

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