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Kentarô Hachisuka

Born June 17, 1965 (age 61)

Kentaro Hachisuka (蜂須賀 健太郎, Hachisuka Kentarō, born June 17, 1965) is a Japanese film director and a member of the Directors Guild of Japan, known for his imaginative storytelling and visual experimentation. A graduate of Wakō University, he began making 8 mm films in childhood. His professional debut came in 1988 with a music video in the enka genre, and in 1993 he directed his first feature film…

Known For

The Legend Of Chronos JaunterThe Legend Of Chronos Jaunter · 2019
The Legend Of Chronos Jaunter
2019
Movie
The company in which Fukihara worked developed the CHRONOS JAUNTER, a device that would enable one to time travel. The story follows Kazuhiro Fukihara in his quest to go back in time to save his girlfriend that died in a sudden accident. What was unknown to Fukihara was that the device had serious flaws that prevented time travel to function properly.
Alice in DreamlandAlice in Dreamland · 2015
Alice in Dreamland
6.52015
MovieAdventureFantasy
Alice is summoned by the White Rabbit to save Wonderland from spreading Darkness. However, she knows Alice in Wonderland is a story and that this must be a dream. And so it proves, but at the end, the now grown-up Alice sees the events of her dream begin to unfold for real.
AQUARIUMAQUARIUM · 1998
AQUARIUM
1998
MovieFantasy
Those Who Would Be EinsteinThose Who Would Be Einstein · 1994
Those Who Would Be Einstein
8.01994
Movie
This odd three-parter purports to map the metaphysics of the interpersonal universe, dividing its trio of tales into three, different-toned “planets.”
When I Opened the Door to That GardenWhen I Opened the Door to That Garden · 2022
When I Opened the Door to That Garden
2022
MovieFantasy
Yoko, a 5-year-old girl, on a walk with her father finds an abandoned Western-style building with a beautiful garden, into which an elderly woman is moving. Yoko is attracted to the noisy grandmother, although she is afraid. Eventually Yoko falls ill with diphtheria and spends her time in the hospital. One night she is guided by a girl, who looks into the mysterious world of her grandmother's memory. The memories of 5-year-old Yoko and her 70-year-old grandmother overlap. Yoko experiences an adventure in her grandmother's time that was neither her dream nor reality.

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