Our guests

(last updated May 13, 2017)

Nippon Cinema

Koji YAKUSHO (Nippon Honor Award winner; actor THE EMPEROR IN AUGUST / TAMPOPO)
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA (director OVER THE FENCE, MY UNCLE / jury member NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD)
Koji FUKADA (director HARMONIUM)
Akihiko SHIOTA (director WET WOMAN IN THE WIND)
Kei ISHIKAWA (director GUKOROKU – TRACES OF SIN)
Tetsuya MARIKO (director DESTRUCTION BABIES)
Kenji YAMAUCHI (director AT THE TERRACE)
Terutaro OSANAI (Associate Producer BANGKOK NITES)

Nippon Visions

Atsushi FUNAHASHI (director RAISE YOUR ARMS AND TWIST!)
Yukie KITO (producer MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI)
Yujiro HARUMOTO (director GOING THE DISTANCE)
Masahiro UMEDA (actor GOING THE DISTANCE)
Katsuyuki NAKANISHI (light department GOING THE DISTANCE)
Go SHIBATA (director GUI AIUEO:S A STONE FROM ANOTHER MOUNTAIN TO POLISH YOUR OWN STONE)
Daisuke MIYAZAKI (director YAMATO (CALIFORNIA))
Ian Thomas Ash (Produzent BOYS FOR SALE)
Co (protagonist BOYS FOR SALE)
Yoshiki SHIGEE (director COME ON HOME TO SATO)
Kohei TANIGUCHI (director DYNAMITE WOLF)
Sokchu KIM (director of photography DYNAMITE WOLF)
Haruka NANAIZUKA (CO2 staff member DYNAMITE WOLF)
Akiyo FUJIMURA (director ERIKO, PRETENDED)
Shingo MATSUMURA (director LOVE AND GOODBYE AND HAWAII)
Rina TANAKA (director SNAKE BENEATH THE FLOWER PETALS)
Yusuke HATAI (director VANISH)
Shinji MATSUBAYASHI (actor VANISH)
Kumiko HOTOSHI (casting producer VANISH)
Daisuke SHIMOTE (director 45 x 45)
Ryo URABE (director THE PHONE OF THE WIND: WHISPERS TO LOST FAMILIES)
Yuka SAKANO (jury member NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD)
Bastian Meiresonne (jury member NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD)

Nippon Animation

Taruto FUYAMA (TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: ANIMATION / Animated film workshop)
Dr. Catherine Munroe Hotes (curator POETIC LANDSCAPES – RECENT GEMS IN JAPANESE INDIE ANIMATION)
Hayato Nove (director POETIC LANDSCAPES – RECENT GEMS IN JAPANESE INDIE ANIMATION)

Nippon Retro

Jasper Sharp (introductions and lecture NIPPON RETRO)
Dimitri Ianni (introduction THE WOMAN WITH RED HAIR)

Nippon Culture

Tom Mes (panel discussion / film talks)
Keiko ARAKI (panel discussion)
Stephan Holl (panel discussion)
Dr. Roland Domenig (lecture BACK AND FAST-FORWARD: TASKS OF VISUAL MEDIA TRANSLATORS)
Dr. Alex Zahlten (film talks)
Jeremy Kuhles (subtitling workshop)
Hideta KITAZAWA (lecture Noh masks / mask workshop)
Sachimaine HANAYAGI (Nihon Buyo performance / Nihon Buyo workshop)
Ursula Gräfe (The Translator`s Everyday Work)
Jan van Hasselt (A.r.G.da.Na.ni performance)
Aoi MAEDA (Nippon Live on Stage: Aoi Swimming & Mikio SAITO)
Mikio SAITO (Nippon Live on Stage: Aoi Swimming & Mikio SAITO)