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Two Juliets of Verona
Verona Girls’ High School has been holding its legendary theater festival for 120 years. Julie and Yuri are competing with each other to appear as the star of the play. When they find out the school will become co-educational and a male transfer student appears, the battle intensifies...
Director : Ken Ochiai
Born in 1983. Graduated from the UC Film Production Department, received a master's degree from the AFI Film Supervision Department, won the Tokyo Governor Prize (2009) and the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award (2010) at Short Shorts Film Festival 2013 Wentz Ei Masters' long-term debut with 'Tiger Mask', 'Mainichi Fujimoto' starring 'Futsui Lime Light' in 2014 won the Best Film Award at the Fantasia International Film Festival and W for the leading actor award. Dean Fujioka starring "NINJA THE MONSTER" will be released in 2015, and the latest work "Saigon Bodyguard" will record big hits beyond "Star Wars Rogue One" in Vietnam.