Project Detail

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 project: 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
Composer: Ben Foster
Principal cast: Keira Knightley, Togo Igawa

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

National Film and Television School

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

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festivals@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

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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

Visit Website

www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

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