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Tomoichiro Setsuda was born in 1974 in Sendai City, Miyagi. He worked at an advertising production company before becoming an assistant director. He joined Nice Co., Ltd. and started working as a director after winning the Fabulous Four Commendation (the grand prize) at Adfest 2014 for the film “A Man.” In the same year, he also won the first prize in the Short Film Asia/Pacific category at the Young Director Award at Cannes for the same film. “My Wings Became My Legs” is his latest work, which makes its international premiere at Japan Filmfest Hamburg

My Wings Became My Legs is screening at Japan FilmFest Hamburg

Three college female friends who have known each other since college get together for drinks and to play a card game called Old Maid. The three women have always had trouble getting to adulthood but by reminiscing their past and talking in detail about a number of social issues,...

Satomi is a girl in trouble, since her indecisiveness has actually materialized in the forms of two instances of herself, white-clad Joy who is always good to her and there in the good times, and black-clad Sorrow, who is always awful to her and there in the bad times. Satomi essentially just exists in her life, having a boyfriend who seems to ignore her completely, while in her line of work, she cannot stand up neither to the company she works nor to her colleague, being pushed over from both. One day, her brother Toshiya returns home after 10 years, although now she is a girl named Hinata. Her appearance forces Satomi to rethink her whole life.

Necessary and Unnecessary is screening at Japan FilmFest Hamburg

Hitomi's in-betweenness is highlighted in an amusing fashion by Tomoichiro Setsuda, by presenting her two instances, essentially signifying that she has both bad and good in her,...