Award Winning Shorts Program2
Yokohama Award Winning 2
Preparing for Quakes
Isamu Hirabayashi/0:16:00/Japan/Drama/2018
Keyaki is an elementary school girl living in Yokohama. One day, she encounters a cat who speaks the human language. Having experienced the Great Kanto Earthquake (1923), the cat chats to Keyaki about disaster prevention.
A heartwarming comedy set in Yokohama, triggered by the sudden appearance of a cat who talks about the importance of disaster prevention, self-help and helping one another.
Director : Isamu Hirabayashi
Born in 1972 in Shizuoka, Japan.
After graduating from Musashino Art University, he became a graphic designer at an advertising production company, which he later left to become a freelance film director. He has worked on the production of numerous commer