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The Strange Saga of Hiroshi the Freeloading Sex Machine
(Himo no Hiroshi / Sex Machine - Hiwai na Kisetsu)

by Yuji TAJIRI

Friday - 21st April - 10.30 pm - Festivalzentrum Friday - 22nd April - 10.00 pm - Filmtheater Valentin
International Premiere

Credits:
Japan 2005, 35mm, 64 Min., OmeU
Director: Yuji TAJIRI
Screenplay: Fumio MORIYA
Production: Kokuei Co. Ltd.
Cinematographer: Masahide IIOKA
Music: Shinichi TANAKA
Distribution: Stance Company
Artists: Mutsuo YOSHIOKA, Rinako HIRASAWA, Kazuhiro SANO, Yuya MATSUURA

Hiroshi lives off of his single-mom girlfriend Haruka. When he gets drawn into the cricket fighting craze that has gripped the townsmen, a showdown of epic proportions draws near with Harukas cricket-breeding ex-husband. Director Yuji TAJIRI has pulled no stops in this hyperactive parody / love story / sex film - with a special effects laden finale that will blow you away.



About the director: TAJIRI was born in 1968. After his graduation from university he joined the production company Shishi Pro. He was assistant director for Takahisa ZEZE and Hisayasu SATO. His second directing work RUSTLING IN BED was presented at many international festivals.

Filmography (excerpt): 1997 Ikeike Densha- Hamete, Ikasete, Yamenaide!; 1999 Rustling in Bed (OL no Love Juice); 2005 Harami; 2005 The Strange Saga of Hiroshi the Freeloading Sex Machine (Sex Machine - Hiwai na Kisetsu)

The director Yuji TAJIRI and leading actor Mutsuo YOSHIOKA will attend the screening!

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