Hatsu Yume (First Dream)

56m
Documentary
6.4

With a title referring to Japanese folklore, wherein things done on the first day of a new year are significant, the film - an ardent dream entirely shot in Japan - stands as a spiritual allegory equating light and dark with life and death.

Cast

Shinnosuke Misawa
Man in Tokyo Night Section

Crew

Bill Viola
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
Kira Perov
Production Assistant
Carol Brandenburg
Supervising Producer

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