CAST
Rex Hayashi
Originally from Kanagawa, Japan, Rex Hayashi has been honing his acting chops on the independent film circuit in Japan for some time. Fluent in Japanese, German and English, Hayashi has trained in Shakespearian theater and his previous films include "Gokudo Koshien," "Moonlight Jellyfish," "Furuhon-ya Tantei Mystery 2."Kayoko Kawahara
Hailing from picturesque Japan metropolis known as Fukuoka, Kayoko Kawahara tackled the role of Naomi as her debut appearance in a feature film. Previously she has trained in the local Tokyo actors workshop circuit. An aspiring Jazz pianist who speaks Japanese, Portuguese and English, Kawahara is currently working putting together a complete Jazz repertoire in Tokyo.Kayo Yoshida
From Tokyo, Japan, Kayo Yoshida has spent the last couple of years traveling back and forth between Japan and the U.S. as an international model for various publications. Her latest modeling spread was the featured model in the special Japan Spring issue of MacDirectory Magazine. Yoshida has appeared mostly on television for Tokyo MX TV, SkyPerfect TV, and in commercials for one of Japan's largest fashion outlets Uniqlo.Tsutomu Ishizuka
A veteran of Japan's cinema community, Ishizuka's claim to fame is that he previously served as an assistant cinematographer for the great directing legend Akira Kurosawa. After a career of serving the film world on the technical end, Ishizuka finally decided to take the plunge into the acting side of the industry in this, his first feature film acting role.
DIRECTOR
Adario Strange
Originally from New York City's Lower East Side, Adario Strange has become a staple of the New York multi-media artist movement. Most music industry watchers know Adario Strange from his work as the former Editor-In-Chief of The Source magazine, America's number one youth magazine. During this time, he also became a well-known New York radio personality and a record producer for the late Tupac Shakur. In the year 2001 Strange appeared in The New York Times as a leader of the digital music MP3 movement heading up FreeListen.com. Later in 2001, Strange released the book "The Art of Secrets: Pirates, Robots, & Beats," [available on Amazon.com] an episodic recounting of the growth of the bleeding-edge digital age emerging in America.Strange has appeared as a guest discussing youth culture and technology on ABC's World News Tonight, CBS News, PBS, and in the pages of The New York Times, The New York Daily News ,Crains business report and Billboard Magazine . Currently Strange is putting the finishing touches on a documentary filmed in New York and Japan, and touring America, Europe, and Asia with the film "Hikikomori: Tokyo Plastic."
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