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Alien Artist

HOYA Seiyo

Japan202197min International Premiere

Synopsis

K City, a coastal Japanese city, is under the influence of Void Dharma, a freestyle rapper who ignores the Japanese constitution and preaches for region rejuvenation and independent state. A spy, Watanabe, is sent to K-city on a mission to assassinate Void Dharma. Does the legendary Dharma-Ray, which is harmless to all good beings but destroys all the bad and evil ones, really exist? This is the story of a manga created by a small boy, Hosuke. He and his friends, a genius pianist Kei and his followers, enter a dangerous game of death. Alien Artist is an apocalyptic fantasy with an imaginary city and characters, through the story of artists who might be a destroyer, prophet or savior. 23-year-old director, Hoya Seiyo, creates a unique world, with parallel universes or a tale of tales with only 40,000 dollars. He tells this story by laying a modern paradigm, such as region rejuvenation and political correctness, on top of the image of the Japanese defeat with atomic bombs, weaving music, drawing and animation freely with a rhythmical flow, like freestyle rap. (Ellen Y. D. KIM)

Diretor

HOYA Seiyo

Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1999, began making movies in high school. Currently, he continues to film movies while studying philosophy of religion at Kyoto University.

Credit

Producer
ONODERA Ikuya, HOSOKAWA Hiroshi, OOSAKA Kenta, TAKIHARA Hirohito
Screenplay
KEIHAN Hifumi
Cinematographer
SHINTANI Ryo, HATAKEYAMA Kohei
Editor
HOYA Seiyo
Sound
KONDO Takao
Music
NAGAO Yuichi
Production Design
OKADA Ayumu
Sales
General incorporated association Eigano Kai