Comedy ·Romance ·Science Fiction ·Drama · Japan · 2023 · 1h 52m

Single8

Single8 poster
Director
Kazuya Konaka
Cast
Yu Uemura as Hiroshi Kurita Akari Takaishi as Natsumi Yamashita Noa Fukuzawa as Yoshio Ozawa Ryuta Kuwayama as Tsuyoshi Sasaki Takuji Kawakubo as Mr. Maruyama Ryûki Kitaoka as Curry Restaurant Owner
Crew
Kenichi Aikawa — Director of Photography Akira Matsuki — Editor Kazuya Konaka — Writer Akiko Konaka — Producer Kazuya Konaka — Production Design
Synopsis

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.

Trailer Single8 — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
1970sschool projectyouthcinephile
Key Collaborators
Kazuya Konaka Director Kenichi Aikawa Director of Photography Akira Matsuki Editor Kazuya Konaka Writer Akiko Konaka Producer Kazuya Konaka Production Design
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