240 Hours in One Day (1970)
Commissioned for the 1970 Osaka Expo and originally shown on a four projection system at the spherical Automobile Pavilion. Set in a near future, the story follows a scientist and his assistant who invents an experimental accelerator drug that makes human activity run ten times faster, thereby expanding a single day into 10 days.
Director:
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Writer:
Kōbō Abe
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Tadashi Fukuro as Doctor |
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Senko Ran as Assistant |
| Writing | Kōbō Abe | Screenplay |
| Directing | Hiroshi Teshigahara | Director |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Music |
| Crew | Hiroshi Segawa | Cinematography |
| Art | Jiro Takamatsu | Art Direction |