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Underwater Love

IMAOKA Shinji

Japan2011 121min HD Color Korean Premiere

Synopsis

Asuka works in a lakeside fish factory. She is just about to be married to her boss. One day she encounters a Kappa, a water creature living in the lake and learns that it is the reincarnation of Aoki, her first love. What ensues is a zany spectacle of love, music and sex.

 

Diretor

IMAOKA Shinji

Born in 1965, Imaoka took scenario-writing courses at Asahi Culture Center while still studying at Yokohama City University. He dropped out in 1990 and entered pink film company Shishi Pro, working as an assistant director of Hisayasu Sato, and others. In 1995, he made his first  feature film Waiting for the Comet and his main projects are Nipples, Lunch Box, Frog Song and so on. His films focus on daily life experiences.