Nobuhiro YAMASHITA 山下敦弘
Tamako In Moratorium
もらとりあむタマ子
Nippon Cinema ª
After finishing college, ambitionless Tamako moves in with her father again. When he starts dating a teacher, Tamako makes a small effort to regain her dignity. Laconic minimalism, great timing and two fantastic actors add up to make this a perfect masterpiece.
もらとりあむタマ子
Moratoriamu Tamako
Japan 2013
78 minutes
Production
MON Entertainment
World sales
Bitters End
Cast
Atsuko MAEDA, Suon KAN, Yasuko TOMITA, Keiichi SUZUKI, Kumi NAKAMURA
About Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
山下敦弘
Nobuhiro YAMASHITA, born in Aichi Prefecture in 1976, studied at Osaka University of Arts and started his career at Planet Studyo +1 in Osaka. His feature film debut HAZY LIFE (1999) was an international success and was screened in 2000 at the first Nippon Connection Film Festival. He had his commercial breakthrough with the comedy LINDA LINDA LINDA (2005 / NC ’08). Establishing his distinctive style with his subsequent works, including A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE (2007 / NC ’07), TAMAKO IN MORATORIUM (2013 / NC ’14), and OVER THE FENCE (2016 / NC ’17), YAMASHITA has become one of the major protagonists of the Japanese film industry.