Takaomi OGATA 緒方貴臣
The Hungry Lion
飢えたライオン
Nippon Visions ½
After one of Hiromi’s teachers is arrested for having sex with a minor, a leaked video reveals another affair of his. Soon rumors spread that Hiromi is the girl in the video, leading her classmates and the media to create a public figure out of her which, inevitably, leads to disaster. Using a distant and undramatised style, Takaomi OGATA presents a biting commentary on the age of fake news.
飢えたライオン
Ueta raion
Japan 2017
78 minutes
Production
paranoidkitchen
World sales
Geta Films
Cast
Urara MATSUBAYASHI, Atomu MIZUISHI, Mariko TSUTSUI, Sakiko KATO, Nanami HIDAKA
About Takaomi OGATA
緒方貴臣
Takaomi OGATA, born 1981 in Fukuoka, began producing movies in 2009. His directing debut, NEVER ENDING BLUE (2011), was the runner-up for the grand prize at the Okinawa Film Festival. His fourth film THE HUNGRY LION had its premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2017.