Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen

Infobox_Film
name = Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen


caption = A scene from the opening act
director = Hasegawa Kenjiro
iri
Kang Yen-Nien
Woolala Satoko
Hata Tomoaki
Takasaki Keiichi
Hirai Yuko
Imaizumi Koichi
Taguchi Hiroki
Akira the Hustler
producer = habakari-cinema+records
screened = July 17, 2004
runtime = 58 minutes
language = Japanese, English subtitles

"Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen" is a 2004 Japanese movie produced by habakari-cinema+records. The English title is "Queer Boys and Girls on the Bullet Train".

Description

Queer Boys and Girls on the Shinkansen brings together ten filmmakers and artists who consistently affirm what it means to be gay or lesbian in their work. Habakari chose ten filmmakers to make a five-minute work each, developed around a gay or lesbian theme, and compiled the resulting shorts in random order to create this omnibus film. The result is a queer film, by queer filmmakers, for a queer audience. Each short is its own short story, and the styles range from drama and experimental film and animation.

Acts

The movie consists of twelve acts.

*00 - Opening Act, "Let's take a trip".
*01 - "Parallel Contact", written and directed by Hasegawa Kenjiro.
*02 - "I Hum, and She's Dashing When She Walks", written and directed by iri.
*03 - "KEY", directed by Kang Yen-Nien.
*04 - "wrap! rap! -10cs³-", written and directed by Woolala Satoko (うらら さとこ).
*05 - "JUICY!", written and directed by JohnJ♥.
*06 - "Techniques for Deadly Blows in 199X", written, directed, and animated by Takasaki Keiichi.
*07 - "machi27", directed by Hirai Yuko.
*08 - "I Want You to Kiss Me", written and directed by Imaizumi Koichi.
*09 - "One Brilliant Moment", directed by Taguchi Hiroki.
*10 - "Bye-Bye 'Over the Rainbow'", written and directed by Akira the Hustler.
*11 - Closing Act.

External links

* [http://www.shiroari.com/habakari/shinkansen/SHINKANSENindex.htm The Producer's webpage]