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TO SLEEP SO AS TO DREAM Yume Miruyoni Nemuritai Director:: Kaizo Hayashi Genre:: Detective | Drama Japan | 1985 | 16mm | 81 Min. | No dialogue

Cast and Credits

Screenwriter: Kaizo Hayashi Cinematography: Yuichi Nagata Editor: Kaizo Hayashi, Yuichi Nagata Producer: Kaizo Hayashi, Takashige Ichise

Cast: Shiro Sano, Moe Kamura, Koji Otake, Akira Oizumi, Moria Agata, Kazunari Ozawa, Fujiko Fukamizu

Synopsis

Set in the post-war Tokyo of the 1950's, To Sleep So As To Dream tells the story of private detective Uozuka and his assistant Kobayashi who are hired by a mysterious elderly woman named Sakura Tsukishima to rescue her daughter Kikyo from kidnappers who make capricious ransom demands as the M. Pathe Company. Guided by the kidnapper's serpentine clues and inspired by a dreamy recording of the girl's singing, detective Uozuka - a forthright young man with a penchant for hard-boiled eggs - meets a rouge's gallery of characters on a surreal journey that takes him from the top of Tokyo Tower through shrines, mansions, shops, magic shows, carnival fairgrounds, dark side streets, and dank warehouses to, what should be, a long gone silent movie theater. Past and present, fantasy and reality continually intertwine until nothing is as it appears to be.

About Director

Born 1957 in Kyoto, To Sleep So As To Dream (1985) is his feature film debut which he wrote, directed and produced. The film was invited to the Venice International Film Festival, New York Film Festival and other film festivals, winning several awards. His second feature film Circus Boys won the Charlie Chaplin award at the Edinburgh Film Festival (1989). Since the he has written and directed countless film including his Private Detective Hama series (1993-1995). As a producer, he produced Asian Beat (1992), a series of six episodes directed by different directors which were shot on location in six Asian countries. He also serves as a professor in the Film Department of the Kyoto University of Art and Design.

Filmography

1985: To Sleep So As To Dream 1986: Tokyo - The Last Megalopolis (writer) 1989: Circus Boys 1990: The Legend Of Zipang 1991: Figaro Story 1992: Asian Beat series (producer) 1993: The Most Terrible Time Of My Life 1994: Stairway To The Distant Path 1995: Trap 1996: Atlanta Boogie (producer) 1997: Cats Eye 1999: Power Ranger series 2000: Lost Angeles 2002: Private Detective: Maiku Hama (tv series), Private Detective 551 (shortfilm) 2003: Time Limit, Woman In Black (shortfilm) 2005: Detective Office 5 series 2007: The Code - Shanghai Waltz

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