- Hiro (film)
Infobox Film
name = Hiro
caption = Movie screenshot
director =Matthew Swanson
producer =Oliver Lindsay
writer =Matthew Swanson
starring =Hiro Kanagawa Vicky Huang
music = Don MacDonald
distributor =Paper Cut Films (Canada)
runtime = 20 min.
language = Japanese, Englishsubtitles
imdb_id = 0486595Description
Hiro is a short film about a Japanese insect collector who is forced outof his shell by a series of strange events. As funny as it is touching, Hiro drawsinspiration from disparate sources to weave a unified tale of obsession, love, loss, andbad guys who really like their cars.Hiro originally premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in the fall of 2005,and in January 2006 became the first Canadian film ever to win the Audience Award forBest Short at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
ynopsis
HIRO is a shy, awkward Japanese entomologist who spends his time and moneycollecting rare insects. His obsession takes him to Canada, where he has arranged topurchase a rare beetle from a local insect smuggler. Things don't go exactly as planned -after a chance encounter with a young girl, Hiro's precious insect is stolen. Suddenly, hefinds himself thrust into a wild chase to recover his beetle and rescue the girl he has justmet from a gang of
Yakuza mobsters. Forced to confront a situation far beyond hiseveryday experience, Hiro becomes a reluctant participant in a strange adventure he willnot soon forget.
* [http://www.hiromovie.com Official Movie Website]
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