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Executive Koala

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© 2005 Executive Koala Production Committee

 

Who says a koala canft be successful? Keiichi Tamura is living proof and is making his way up the Kimchee Companyfs corporate ladder when his human girlfriend is found dead one morning. Targeted as the prime suspect, Keiichi must embark on a frantic quest to prove his innocence. But how will he do it when he suffers from frequent memory lapses? Could he really be a murderer? What is the terrifying secret behind the Executive Koala?

 
 
Director : Minoru Kawasaki
 
Producers : Shuntaro Kanai, Hiroyuki Yamada, Minoru Kawasaki
 
Original Story : Minoru Kawasaki
 
Screenplay : Minoru Kawasaki and Masakazu Migita
 
Cast : Hironobu Nomura, Arthur Kuroda, Hideki Saijo
 
Japanese w/English subtitles
2005 | 35mm | 85 mins | Comedy
     

Sydney: Sun 7 Dec, 7:40pm

Meet Director Minoru Kawasaki for a special Q&A session post-screening.

 

Minoru Kawasaki
(Director of Executive Koala & Monster X Strikes Back)

Growing up in Tokyo during the 1960s, Minoru Kawasaki is the son of a blowfish restaurant owner. A director, screenwriter and producer, Kawasaki specialises in turning mangas into live-action movies.
At 18, he completed his first short film, Futo (1977) involving a giant tofu monster and more recently a giant calamari in The Calamari Wrestler (2004).
He has contributed to the popular Ultraman Tiga series, shot many TV dramas and variety shows and is considered to be the number one Japanese director of off-the-wall comedies.

 
 
 
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