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Harmonica-Taiyo

“Harmonica-Taiyo” is the sequel to the short film “Nishikan”, produced and released in 2016 as a joint public-private project by Nishikan-Ward office, Niigata City and Musashino Art University. Spent one year for shooting, the film itself is a sequel of 4 seasonal short stories about a family which depicts the beautiful scenery and the family value. By featuring the actual sake brewery and the rice farmers in the story, it added the documentary taste into the fictional reality drama in order to promote not just the place itself but also the heart of the local people.

  • Seiichi Hishikawa
    Director
  • Koji Karatsu
    Writer
  • Seiichi Hishikawa
    Writer
  • Noritaka Moriguchi
    Producer
  • Yui Suzuki
    Producer
  • Yuri Yamada
    Key Cast
    "Haruka Igarashi"
  • Yuhei Ouchida
    Key Cast
    "Yoji Abe"
  • Honoka Murakami
    Key Cast
    "Fumie Igarashi"
  • Hayato Harada
    Key Cast
    "Tetsuo Watanabe"
  • Sonomi
    Key Cast
    "Ayaka Abe"
  • Ayumi Tokito
    Key Cast
  • Yoko Zan
    Key Cast
  • Fuko Nakagawa
    Key Cast
  • Sae Hatanaka
    Key Cast
  • Shinma Okazaki
    Key Cast
  • Risa Goto
    Key Cast
  • Takeshi Ohara
    Key Cast
  • Isao Yaoita
    Key Cast
  • Hikari Koshi
    Key Cast
  • Kazushige Uehara
    Key Cast
  • Masae Uehara
    Key Cast
  • Makoto Fujii
    Key Cast
  • Sanryo Odaka
    Key Cast
  • Junichi Ichi
    Assistant Director
  • Seiichi Hishikawa
    Cinematographer
  • Kazuo Tsujimoto
    Cinematographer
  • Takumi Gunji
    Cinematographer
  • Masaki Miyamoto
    Sound Department
  • Yukiko Shiraishi
    Sound Department
  • Marina Takahashi
    Amimation
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    ハモニカ太陽
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 12 minutes 48 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 9, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    2K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35 (SCOPE)
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Tokushima International Film Festival 2019
    Tokushima
    Japan
Director Biography - Seiichi Hishikawa

Filmmaker / Photographer / Cinematographer / Professor at Musashino Art University

Born in Tokyo in 1969. After a few years career in NYC, he helped establish DRAWING AND MANUAL with other founding members. He has directed short films, photography, TV commercials, dramas and programs such as NHK historical dramas "Komyo ga Tsuji”, “Saka no Ue no Kumo”, "Yae no Sakura”, “Hello Life from 55”, NHK 90th Anniversary Drama “MORIBITO: Gurdian of the Spirit”, music videos for dj honda, Ryota Fujimaki, K, and HY, corporate advertisings for Sony Honda, Panasonic, TV commercials for NTT docomo, P&G, Tiffany, and POLA, Web commercials for Mercedes-Benz Japan, Shiseido and Adobe. He also directs stages for Chanel, Calvin Klein, and Sonia Rykiel collections, exhibitions such as Motion Graphics Exhibition at AXIS Roppongi, Motion Science at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in Tokyo Midtown, and Japan Pavilion at Architecture Biennale di Venezia 2016. His directorial TV commercial "Xylophone" won more than 20 international awards including Cannes Lions. His contemporary art installation "Yukimi Shunga" which integrated photography and motion images have been invited to exhibitions in Milan and New York. The short film “Nishikan” which he produced in collaboration with Musashino Art University has won double prize at New York Festivals 2017 in the student competition.

Book : Photo story book "Found stories from a movie that doesn't exist Vol.1" <Published nationwide>

Awarded at Cannes Lions / New York ADC / London International Advertising Award / iF Design Awards / One Show Interactive / Biennale di Venezia 2016 / New York Festival 2017 and more

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