Unbound (2017)
"Unbound" is an allegorical short film set in turn-of-the-century Japan. A young woman, Kitsune, works at a mysterious silk factory in order to save her destitute family. Soon she finds herself entangled in a disturbing metamorphosis as her body transforms into a Silkworm and she becomes the commodity that the factory is selling.
Director: Maggie Mahrt
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Miya Cech as Young Kitsune |
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Atsuko Okatsuka as Nishi |
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Monique Kim as Hoshi |
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Gina Hiraizumi as Dai |
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Rina Hoshino as Yuna |
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Pamela Chan as Chiyo |
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Brian Ronan Mulroy as Agent |
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Emily Sansiri as Kitsune |
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Yuji Hasegawa as Father |
| Directing | Maggie Mahrt | Director |
| Writing | Maggie Mahrt | Writer |
| Crew | Jen Schneider | Cinematography |
| Art | Bill Boes | Production Design |
| Production | R.D. Delgado | Producer |
| Camera | Steven Breckon | Second Unit Director of Photography |