Half Empty or Half Full
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| Directed by | Kayo Takefuji |
| Music by | Masami Endo |
| Cinematography | Tomohiko Tsuji |
| Released | July 5, 2008 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
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Half Empty or Half Full (半身半義 Hanshin Hangi) is a 2008 Japanese movie directed by Kayo Takefuji. The first half of the film is a documentary on filmmaker Tatsuji Yamagishi filmed with a hand-held DV camera. The second half is a dramatic representation of his deepest thoughts and emotions.
[edit] Plot
When filmmaker Kayo Takefuji visits and old man who was once a filmmaker himself, Tatsuji Yamagishi, she finds him in a hospital under the care of the staff. He has no family left but he wishes to write a book before he dies. She tells him that she wants to film a documentary about him and takes the opportunity to go out and record footage of important places from his life to show him. Once she shows him the footage and sees how much he enjoys seeing these images she decides to film a fictional story of a young man based on him, who lives out a similar life while the film expresses Tatsuji's emotions.
[edit] Cast
- Kenji Date ... Narrator
- Kayo Takefuji ... Herself
- Tatsuji Yamagishi ... Himself
- Hideo Nishijima ... Tatsuji Yamagishi, young
- Yuki Nishimiya ... Tatsuji's Wife
- Akana ... Girl
- Gai Kashima ... Boy
[edit] External links
- Half Empty or Half Full at Cinema Topics Online
