Programs

A&J 4【ONLINE 6/4〜】Asia International & Japan Program 4

Script written by AI (Artificial Intelligence)

Online

Special Screening

BOY SPROUTED

A boy who hates tomatoes is forced to eat tomatoes by his mother, and something べ begins to sprout from his body.
Thinking it was the tomato's fault, the boy sneaks into the tomato farm, but runs away when he meets a scary-looking old man.
Meanwhile the mother plans to somehow get the boy to eat the tomatoes.

This film was produced from a script generated by artificial intelligence as part of the AI "FURUKOTO" project.

Director: Yuko Watanabe
Time: 0:26:15
Country: Japan
Genre: Fantasy
Year: 2021

Awards Nominations

Director

Yuko Watanabe

Born in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture. Graduated from Musashino Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Film and Visual Arts. Completed a master's degree from Tokyo University of the Arts. As director - "Who Is a Fool" (2010/ starring Hironobu Nomura) won the 5th Anniversary Special Award at the Sapporo International Short Film Festival. For the Young Artist Project Co Festa PAO, she was selected in the short film category and directed "LIFELINE" (2011 / starring, Renji Ishibashi, Sakura Ando). Commercials such as GIFT (2014 / KUMON / Short Film Omnibus / Drama "Carpenter"), Haiku No Machi Arakawa (2016 / Arakawa-ku), "From a Fishing Village of Less Than 100" (2017 / Yokohama Port Opening Festival).