2010 (10th) Nippon Connection

Profile

• Film Festival: Nippon Connection
• Edition: 10th
• Period: April 14-19, 2010
• Location: Frankfurt, Germany

Notes

1. For its 10th anniversary Nippon Connection introduced their first NIPPON DIGITAL AWARD . Eligibility requirements are:
   1. Films have to be longer than 60 minutes.
   2. Produced in 2009 or 2010.
   3. Have their German premiere at Nippon Connection.

Awards

• NIPPON CINEMA AWARD - "Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror" - Shinsuke Sato
• NIPPON DIGITAL AWARD - "Live Tape" - Tetsuaki Matsue (Japan)

Film Listings

Nippon Cinema

• "Antarctic Chef" - Shuichi Okita (Japan)
• "A Piece of Our Life - Kakera" - Momoko Ando (Japan) *German Premiere
• "Bare Essence of Life" - Satoko Yokohama (Japan)
• "The Blood of Rebirth" - Toshiaki Toyoda (Japan) *European Premiere
• "Chocolate Underground " - Takayuki Hamana (Japan)
• "Crime or Punishment" - Keralino Sandorovich (Japan) *European Premiere
• "Crows Zero II - Takashi Miike (Japan)
• "Dear Doctor" - Miwa Nishikawa (Japan) *European Premiere
• "Heaven's Door" - Michael Arias (Japan) *German Premiere
• "Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji" - Toya Sato (Japan) *European Premiere
• "Miyoko asagaya kibun" - Yoshifumi Tsubota (Japan) *German Premiere
• "No More Cry!!!" - Nobuo Mizuta (Japan) *European Premiere
• "Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror" - Shinsuke Sato (Japan) *German Premiere
• "The Shikisoku Generation" - Tomorowo Taguchi (Japan) *European Premiere
• "One Million Yen and the Nigamushi Woman" - Yuki Tanada (Japan) *German Premiere
• "Sawako Decides" - Yuya Ishii (Japan)
• "Symbol" - Hitoshi Matsumoto (Japan) *German Premiere
• "Toad's Oil" - Koji Yakusho (Japan) *German Premiere
• "Zero Focus" - Isshin Inudou (Japan) *European Premiere

Nippon Digital

• "8000 Miles" - Yu Irie (Japan) *European Premiere
• "8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper" - Yu Irie (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Annyong Yumika" - Tetsuaki Matsue (Japan) *European Premiere
• "Aru Ongaku – A Music" - Takashi Tomohisa (Japan) *European Premiere
• "Dump Truck Woman" - Sho Fujiwara (Japan)
• "Live Tape" - Tetsuaki Matsue (Japan) *European Premiere
• "Lost Girl" - Daisuke Yamaoka (Japan) *German Premiere
• "Our Brief Eternity" - Takuya Fukushima (Japan) *International Premiere
• "Pyuupiru 2001-2008" - Daishi Matsunaga (Japan) *European Premiere
• "USB" - Shutaro Oku (Japan) *European Premiere
• "Yuriko's Aroma" - Kota Yoshida (Japan) *International Premiere

Nippon Retro

• "Annyong Kimchi" - Tetsuaki Matsue (Japan)
• "Dolls" - Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
• "Love Exposure" - Sion Sono (Japan)
• "Moon & Cherry" - Yuki Tanada (Japan)
• "The New God" - Yutaka Tsuchiya (Japan)
• "Pornostar" - Toshiaki Toyoda (Japan)
• "Tekkon kinkurito" - Michael Arias (Japan)
• "The Tender Throbbing Twilight" - Shinji Imaoka (Japan)
• "Vital" - Shinya Tsukamoto (Japan)
• "Tokyo Godfathers" - Satoshi Kon, Shogo Furuya (Japan)