The movie label "Cinema Lab" was born. The first is "Beautiful Dreamer" directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro.

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The movie experiment label "Cinema Lab" has been launched with the participation of directors Katsuyuki Motohiro, Mamoru Oshii, Kazuya Konaka, and Shinichiro Ueda. As the first work of the label, the movie "Beautiful Dreamer" directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro and starring Sara Ogawa will be released nationwide on November 6, 2020, including Theater Shinjuku and Cine Libre Ikebukuro. Will be done.

"Cinema Lab" is a "Cinema Lab" that maximizes the director's creativity, which was inspired by the Japanese Art Theater Guild, commonly known as ATG, which the participating directors had a great influence on the Japanese film industry. An experimental film label that produces movies with "Director Absolute Principle". The only condition for making a movie is "limited production budget". For the movie, all the creatives such as planning and development, script, casting, location, directing, etc., which are the production process, will be released to the public freely by the director.

Cinema Lab illuminates the Japanese movie world from a slightly different angle, making them like movies, rediscovering the charm of movies, discovering the next generation of movie directors, etc. It is called a label that aims to contribute to Japan.

■ Label name: Cinema Lab (Reading: Cinema Lab) ■ Participating movie director: Katsuyuki Motohiro "Dancing Daisousen" series Mamoru Oshii "GHOST IN THE SHELL / Ghost in the Shell" Kazuya Konaka "Hoshizora no Mukou no" "Country" directed by Shinichiro Ueda "Don't stop the camera! ■ Label site: https://cinema-lab.com/ ■ Production secretary: Avex Pictures, Production IG ■ Production committee: Avex Pictures, Production IG, Seiei Corporation, Pony Canyon

■ What is Cinema Lab? Cinema Lab is an "experimental movie label". Delivering movie works that incorporate the "heat" and "passion" of the film director. The only condition for making a movie is "limited production budget". The film director is free to handle planning and development, script writing, casting, location, and directing, so to speak, producing a movie with "director absolutism". After that, all creatives are basically left to the director.

▲ From left: Katsuyuki Motohiro, Mamoru Oshii, Kazuya Konaka, Shinichiro Ueda

Katsuyuki Motohiro Film director and director Born in 1965. Born in Kagawa prefecture. After graduating from high school, after working at a film school and a video production company, he made his theater debut in 1996 with his first film director, "7th of July Sunny Day." Block the movie "Dancing Daisousen THE MOVIE2 Rainbow Bridge" released in 2003! ], Won the number one position in the history of Japanese movie (live-action) box office revenue record. After that, the place of activity is wide-ranging, such as drama, drama, animation, game, MV, short movie, and commercial. In the movie "Maku ga Agaru" released in 2015 (Original by Oriza Hirata, starring Momoiro Clover Z), she is also in charge of directing the stage version. In 2019, the HTB 50th anniversary drama "Channel wa Sonomama! , And won the Grand Prix in the TV category of the 2019 National Association of Commercial Broadcasters Awards. His main directorial works: the movie "Ajin: Demi-Human" (released in 2017), "Laughing Under the Clouds" (released in 2018). The stage production includes "PSYCHO-PASS Virtue and Vice", "Transfer Student", and "Momokuro Ichiza Special Performance".

Mamoru Oshii is a film director and director. Born in 1951. Born in Tokyo. He is a graduate of Tokyo Gakugei University, Faculty of Education, Department of Art Education. He joined Tatsunoko Production and made his debut as a director with the TV anime "Ippatsu Kanta-kun". After that, he transferred to Studio Pierrot and participated in numerous works such as "Urusei Yatsura". He will be free later. The movie version of "GHOST IN THE SHELL" (95), which was released simultaneously in Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom, had a great influence on director James Cameron, the Wachowski brothers, and other well-known overseas directors. In addition, since "The Red Spectacles", he has been enthusiastically challenging many live-action movies such as "Avalon". Major directorial works: "Mobile Police Patlabor", "GHOST IN THE SHELL", "Sky Crawlers", etc. His latest work is "Garm Wars".

Kazuya Konaka Born February 8, 1963 After making an independent film, he made his commercial film debut in 1986 with the investment of Ikebukuro and Bungeiza in "The Land Beyond the Starry Sky". In 1992, he established Koguma Brothers Co., Ltd. (currently Bear Brothers Co., Ltd.) with his brother Chiaki Konaka and his wife Akiko. He made the movie "Kuma-chan" in collaboration with Pony Canyon and Takara. In 1997, he was the first director of the Ultra series in "Ultraman Zearth 2 Superhuman War: Light and Shadow". Since then, he has been deeply involved in the Ultra series in both movie and television series as a director and special effects director. In 2003, he directed the animation for the first time with "Astro Boy Tetsuwan Atom". The main production of NHK's Dora "Like! Light Source Mr. Kun" broadcast in April 2020. Widely active in special effects, animation, documentaries, TV dramas, and feature films. Major directorial works: Theatrical movie "April Ghost Story" (1988) "Ultraman Tiga Ultraman Dyna & Ultra Mangaia Super Space-Time Battle" (1999) "Tokyo Girl" (2008) "Nanase Again" (2010) "Red Love" Renkoi ”(2013)

Shinichiro Ueda Born in Shiga Prefecture in 1984. He started making independent films when he was in junior high school, and even after graduating from high school, he taught himself movies. In 2009, he formed the film production group PANPOKOPINA. "Rice and boobs. Directed eight films such as "Love Novelist" and "Take 8", and won 46 crowns including 20 Grand Prix at domestic and overseas film festivals. In 2017, his first feature film for the theater, "One Cut of the Dead! 』Recorded an exceptional blockbuster that expanded from 2 buildings to 350 buildings. The three-person co-directed work "Aesop's Game" was released in August 2019, and the second feature film for the theater, "Special Actors," was released in October of the same year. In May 2019, the director, staff, and cast will produce a "completely remote" work "Don't stop the camera!" "Remote Daisakusen" is released on YouTube for free. Main director's work: "Rice and Boobs. (2011) "Don't stop the camera! (2017) "Special Actors" (2019) "Don't stop the camera!" Remote strategy! (2020)

■ The first work "Beautiful Dreamer"

(C) 2020 Movie "Beautiful Dreamer" Production Committee

Starring: Sara Ogawa, Riko Fujitani, Kaede Kamio, Yasushi Uchida, Hiroshieri, Amoji Morita, Ko Saito, Saika Akimoto, Eiji Takigawa, Takeshi Masu, etc. Yusuke Moriguchi Character setting / composition: Yuta Okuyama (Rorie) Shoichi Yokoyama Screenplay cooperation: Hiroko Takai Production: Hideo Katsumata (Avex Pictures) Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (Production IG) Executive Producer: Takeshi Nishiyama Planning / Producing: Masahito Grainda Inaba Momo Producer: Mayuko Amenashi Associate Producer: Yuki Uekubo Advertising Producer: Manpei Takahara Photo: Kazunari Kawagoe Lighting: Shin Kimura Recording: Masaya Kuranuki Art: Naoki Soma Editing: Yukako Kishino Sound Design: Masaru Okawara VFX Supervisor: Dai Yasuhiro Mimi Music: Yugo Kanno Decoration: Masashi Kuwata Costume: Erica Nakajima Hair Makeup: Natsuko Hori Assistant Director: Juntasuke Yamaguchi Director: Yusuke Matsuda Production: LDS Distribution: Avex Pictures Production: Movie "Beautiful Dreamer" Production Committee Avex Pictures Production IG Seiei Corporation Pony Canyon Official HP https://beautifuldreamer-movie.jp/

◉ Cinema Lab official website: https://cinema-lab.com/