May 30, 2009
105 min
Full-HD

An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women (2009)

This is an omnibus of six short films by six different directors, whose lead characters are unconventional women. They are "Hijoshi," females who live true to themselves and their desires.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Rika Adachi

Tamae

Jiji Bû

Tanaka

Tomoharu Hasegawa

Egawa

Yutaka Izumihara

Shimizu

Kazushige Komatsu

Nomura

Kyoko Ochiai

Chiyo

Riku Ohtomo

Adam

Jiro Sato

Matsushita

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