Finishing Touch (画龍点晴 Garyoutensei)

Screening with Yuriko’s Aroma

Isn’t it always the way that something extra important occurs to you and the most awkward moment? In Satoshi Nagano’s hilarious short comedy Finishing Touch a samurai condemned to commit ritual suicide realizes he needs to make a change in the final poem he will ever write, but will he be given the chance to make this crucial revision?

Director: Satoshi Nagano

Producer: Hiroki Kawano

Screenplay: Satoshi Nagano

Cinematography: Yoshihiro Ito

Editing: Satoshi Nagano

Cast: Shigetoshi Masuya, Rio Natsumi, Hiroki Kawano, Kenichi Miizuguchi

Released: 2007

Running time: 10 min.

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Director’s Bio

Born in Tokyo in 1966 Satoshi Nagano is a veteran cinematographer and director in the Japanese independent film scene. His 101-minute 16mm feature directorial debut Uzumore was released in 2000. Nagano has also been the director of photography on Yoshihiro Ito’s Wife’s Knife and Hiroki Kawano’s Natsume. He’s worked extensively with the short film series Over8, from which Finishing Touch is taken. Also Nagano was the Director of Photography for Takuya Fukushima’s Our Brief Eternity which is also screening as part of this year’s Shinsedai Cinema Festival.