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Merry-Go-Round

Popran

UEDA Shinichiro

Japan202197min Korean Premiere

Synopsis

Tatsuya becomes a famous entrepreneur thanks to the success of his webtoon app. Neglecting friends and family, he throws himself into succeeding. One day, something dreadful happens to him, his genitals disappear. When not even doctors can find the cause, he finds a message about a meeting in a community he comes across. The community is for those like Tatsuya who have lost their genitals. When they explain that if he can’t find the genitals named ‘Popran’ soon, they will disappear forever, he sets out to find them. Popran is a new film from Ueda Shinichiro, director of One Cut of the Dead (2017) and Special Actors (2019). The protagonist in this ridiculous situation realizes the value of the relationship with people he has forgotten or missed as he runs around solving problems in crazy situations, which has become his own stamp as he makes more films. Unmissable laughter and lasting impressions make the film shine more. (Martin LEE)

Diretor

UEDA Shinichiro

Born in 1984 in Shiga Prefecture. He has directed more than 10 films, including Rice and Boobs, The Novelist in Love, and Take 8, and has won 46 awards at film festivals in Japan and abroad. In 2018, his first theatrical feature One Cut of the Dead was an exceptional hit. And in 2019, he founded PANPOCOPINA, Inc. to plan and produce films. In 2020, he produced One Cut of the Dead Mission: Remote, a film produced "completely remotely" by the director, staff, and cast, without meeting them in person, in response to the Corona disaster, and released on YouTube for free. In 2021, 100 Nichi Go ni Shinu Wani and DIVOC-12 released in theaters.

Credit

Producer
SUZUKI Nobuhiro, FURUKUSA Masami
Screenplay
UEDA Shinichiro
Cinematographer
SONE Takeshi
Editor
UEDA Shinichiro
Sound
TAKAMAROS Murahara
Music
SUZUKI Nobihiro, LEE Ayur
Production Design
FUKUOKA Juntaro, FUBE Masato
Sales
Avex pictures Inc.(World), DOKI ENTERTAINMENT(Kor)