Isamu HIRABAYASHI 平林勇
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About Isamu HIRABAYASHI
平林勇
Isamu HIRABAYASHI, born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1972, studied graphic design at Musashino Art University. After following a career in advertising design, he started working as an independent film director in 2001. Since then, his short films have been shown at major film festivals around the world, amongst others Cannes, Venice, Locarno, and Berlin. Nippon Connection dedicated a special program to his films in 2006. TEXTISM (2006 / NC ’06) was included in film critic Tony Rayns’ list of the ten best films of all time for the 2012 Sight & Sound poll. SHELL AND JOINT (2019 / NC ’20) is HIRABAYASHI’s first feature-length film.