Our guests

(Last update May 22,2018)

Nippon Cinema

Shinobu TERAJIMA (NIPPON HONOR AWARD laureate; actress THE CITY OF BETRAYAL, DEAR ETRANGER, OH LUCY!, VIBRATOR)
Isao YUKISADA (director RIVER’S EDGE; Jury NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD)
Kiyohiko SHIBUKAWA (Schauspieler ENOKIDA TRADING POST)
Ken IIZUKA (director ENOKIDA TRADING POST)
Masanori TOMINAGA (director PUMPKIN AND MAYONNAISE)
Akiko OKU (director TREMBLE ALL YOU WANT)
Hiroshi TAKAHASHI (director OCCULT BOLSHEVISM)
Emina KONDO (actress OCCULT BOLSHEVISM)
Tomomi KONO (actress OCCULT BOLSHEVISM)
Michihito FUJII (director WE ARE)
Ryusei YOKOHAMA (actor WE ARE)
Chikara ITO (producer WE ARE)
Jun TANAKA (director BAMY)
Shuichi OKITA (director MORI, THE ARTIST’S HABITAT)
Yukiko MISHIMA (director DEAR ETRANGER)
Takuto TANAKA (composer DEAR ETRANGER)
Toru EMORI (producer DEAR ETRANGER)
Stephan Holl (Rapid Eye Movies, BLUE FILM WOMAN)
Peter Schulz (Rapid Eye Movies, BLUE FILM WOMAN)

Nippon Visions

Daigo MATSUI (director ICE CREAM AND THE SOUND OF RAINDROPS)
Shinichiro UEDA (director ONE CUT OF THE DEAD)
Koji ICHIHASHI (producer ONE CUT OF THE DEAD)
Akihiro TODA (director THE NAME)
Kohei NAKAYAMA (director BEYOND THE TIP OF HER TONGUE aka DEEP TASTES)
Katsuhiko KOMINE (producer BEYOND THE TIP OF HER TONGUE aka DEEP TASTES)
Ryoka NEYA (actress BEYOND THE TIP OF HER TONGUE aka DEEP TASTES)
Mizuho MISATO (actress BEYOND THE TIP OF HER TONGUE aka DEEP TASTES)
Keiko ARAKI (distribution BEYOND THE TIP OF HER TONGUE aka DEEP TASTES)
Hidetaka KOMUKAI (director SKIP CITY PRESENTS: A GIRL UNTOUCHABLE)
Shoko TAJIMA (assistant dirdctor SKIP CITY PRESENTS: A GIRL UNTOUCHABLE)
Alexander Iffländer (director INTERGALACTIC DETEKTIVE DR. MONKULA)
Hiromi AIHARA (jury NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD)
Daniel Otto (jury NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD)

Nippon Animation

Yuichi MATSUMOTO (TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: ANIMATION; filmmusic workshop)
Dr. Catherine Munroe Hotes (curator MUSIC OF THE VISUAL WORLD: JAPANESE INDIE ANIMATED SHORTS)
Yuki HAYASHI (director MUSIC OF THE VISUAL WORLD: JAPANESE INDIE ANIMATED SHORTS)

Nippon Docs

Haruka KOMORI (director TRACE OF BREATH)
Takeshi HATA (editor& associate producer OF LOVE & LAW; Produzent TRACE OF BREATH)
Seiko KATO (producer DANCHI WOMAN)
Hikaru TODA (director OF LOVE & LAW)
Sayaka ONO (director LOVE AND WOLBACHIA)
Takaharu YASUOKA (assistant professor and producer JAPAN INSTITUTE OF THE MOVING IMAGE: SHORT DOCS)
Hayato OBIKI (director CROSSING ROAD)
Taku AOYAGI (director THE ROAD HE WALKS: A STORY OF HE-KUN)
Mitsumasa YAMANOME (cameraman THE ROAD HE WALKS: A STORY OF HE-KUN)
Takayuki NAKAMURA (director ZEN AND BONES)
Kaizo HAYASHI (producer ZEN AND BONES)
Andreas Hartmann (director A FREE MAN)

Nippon Culture

Markus Nornes (panel discussion)
Jonathan Hall (lecture MY CRAZY LOVE FOR JAPANESE CAMP)
Tom Mes (lecture MEIKO KAJI; moderator film talks; Introduction NIPPON RETRO)
Naoki NIIRA (lecture WOMEN PORTRAYED IN FILMS AND SONGS)
Jörg Buttgereit (Nippon Heimkino)
Ichiro KATAOKA (Benshi KURAMA TENGU)
Ayumi KAMIYA (musician KURAMA TENGU)
Yasumi MIYAZAWA (musician KURAMA TENGU)
Masayoshi TANAKA (musician KURAMA TENGU)
Luk van Haute (moderator film talks; Introduction NIPPON RETRO)
Maggie Lee (moderator film talks)
Alex Oost (moderator film talks)
Ichitaro (Taiko concert und Taiko workshop)
Chris MaGee (Introduction NIPPON RETRO; DJ opening lounge)