Fujita Yosuke, born in Kobe in 1963, won the Grand Prize at the Torino Film Festival with his 8mm film Tora in 1987 while still attending university. In the 1990s, he worked for the comedy theater troupe Otona Keikaku. After creating a series of documentary and short films, he made his feature film debut with Fine, Totally Fine (2007), which brought him the Nippon Cinema Award in 2008, among other prizes. Nippon Connection also screened his film Fuku-chan of Fukufuku Flats (2014 / NC ’14 and NC ’20).

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