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Gaijin

Synopsis

A British student in Japan, Kate struggles to make new friends. Determined to fit in, she programmes her English robot to play Japanese music but the robot has other ideas.

Details

Year
2004
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
9 mins 15 secs
Format
DigiBeta
Director
Fumi Inoue
Producer
Lachlan MacKinnon
Editor
Sarah Metcalfe
Screenwriter
Kin Eden, Marianela Maldonado
Director of Photography
Annemarie Lean-Vercoe
Sound
Simon Brand
Music
Ben Foster
Principal cast
Keira Knightley, Togo Igawa

Genre

Woman Director

Categories

Fiction Animation

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios, Station Road
Beaconsfield, Bucks HP9 1LG
UK

T+44 (0)1494 731457

festivals@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

Sales Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios, Station Road
Beaconsfield, Bucks HP9 1LG
UK

T+44 (0)1494 731457

festivals@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

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