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Haruo Inoue

Haruo Inoue

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Biography

Haruo Inoue (井上春生 - born January 3,1963) is a japanese director and writer. Having received his education at Singapore Japanese School in childhood, graduated from Doshisha University in Japan. He started his film works at Toei Kyoto Studio, but he has worked there about 5years, then came to Tokyo as CM & TV director. His works are over 400 and he got several prizes of commercial films, such as Shiseido big cosmetic company. Most recently, Inoue has been developing movies, TV programs, and international projects. In 2007~2008 he created joint movie between Japan and Afghanistan. The title is "The Roots" feature film. Also in spring of 2008, he carried out "Afghanistan Movie Festival in Tokyo". His purpose is the re-construction of culture in a conflict country by making joint movie.His movie "Onpu to Konbu(a quarter note and tangle)"is invited at The 2st Chungmuro International Film Festival In Seoul at September 2008.

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During the 1980 Gwangju uprising in South Korea, a Korean man and a second-generation Korean-Japanese woman meet during the student activist movement. Under the chaos of the time the man and woman fall in love, but the woman disappears. 30 years later, the woman keeps her past a secret and worries that her daughter Mie Matsuki (Rina Uchiyama) may pursue her Korean roots. One day, Mie who already has a fine boyfriend, introduces her mother to a Korean man named Yoo Jung-Bae (Kim Eung-Soo). Yoo Jung-Bae is the man that her mother fell in love with 30 years ago during the Gwangju uprising. During his college days, Yoo Jung-Bae was the leader of the student activist movement. Now he is transferred to an investment company in Tokyo. Mie works at the same investment company. Feeling a bond with Mie, Yoo Jung-Bae walks the streets of Tokyo with Mie every weekend and begins to learn about each other.

Tooku no Sora

2010Movie