THE INVISIBLE HALF // MASAKI NISHIYAMA
Having just moved to a rural, Japanese town, Elena, a “half” Japanese high school girl, feels out of place because of her foreign appearance and name. Troubled by a sense she doesn’t belong, Elena struggles under the constant attention of those around her. She soon discovers that she is also being watched by something else—a monster that can only be seen through her smartphone and whose sounds can only be heard through her earphones. Life will never be the same for Elena, when the invisible monster begins its
hunt.
The Invisible Half is 26-year old director Masaki Nishiyama’s feature film debut. Cao Moji, who won an Academy Award last year for his work on Godzilla -1.0(TOHO) designed the VFX, and the cinematography was led by Shuhei Yamamoto, who served as the cinematographer for the live-action drama JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Spin off Thus spoke Kishibe Rohan(NHK) and the movie Rohan au Louvre.
STARRING: LISA SIERA // MIYU OKUNO // RUNA HIRASAWA
AWARDS: OFFICIAL SELECTION 33RD RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL // OFFICIAL SELECTION 34TH HEARTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
