Single8 (2023)
ComedyRomanceScience FictionDrama
Summer 1978. High schooler Kurita is inspired by Star Wars, and films a spaceship scene on a 8mm camera together with his friend Ozawa. When the class is discussing a project for their school festival, Kurita's suggestion to make an SF movie ends up winning. Together with their movie fan classmate Sasaki, the boys start to plan a movie and manage to convince Yamashita, the prettiest girl in class, to star as the heroine. Over the summer vacation, the four shoot their movie, "Time Reverse", where an alien spaceship arrives on Earth to turn back time in order to save mankind from itself.
Director: Kazuya Konaka
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Yu Uemura as Hiroshi Kurita |
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Akari Takaishi as Natsumi Yamashita |
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Noa Fukuzawa as Yoshio Ozawa |
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Ryuta Kuwayama as Tsuyoshi Sasaki |
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Takuji Kawakubo as Mr. Maruyama |
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Ryûki Kitaoka as Curry Restaurant Owner |
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Yusuke Sato as Terao |
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Narimi Arimori as Hiroshi's Mother |
| Writing | Kazuya Konaka | Writer |
| Production | Akiko Konaka | Producer |
| Directing | Naoki Kohara | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Masaru Usui | Sound |
| Visual Effects | Osamu Izumiya | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natsuko Iwahashi | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Akira Matsuki | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tae Amano | Costumer |
| Sound | Michi Miyazaki | Music |
| Camera | Kenichi Aikawa | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Kazuya Konaka | Director |
| Art | Kazuya Konaka | Production Design |
| Production | Noboru Miyashita | Producer's Assistant |