MATE

TitleMATE
BrandOTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO.
Product / ServiceCALORIE MATE
CategoryA01. Direction
EntrantAOI PRO Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation CATCH Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation 2 HAKUHODO INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Production AOI PRO Tokyo, JAPAN

Credits

Name Company Position
Akihiro Fukube catch Inc. Creative Director
Takuro Enomoto HAKUHODO Inc. Art Director
Hiroyuki Yamada AOI Pro. Inc. Producer
Shota Kawaguchi AOI Pro. Inc. Producer
Tsugihisa Tanaka VOYAGER Director
Orie Ichihashi Kayoko Sato office Cinematographer
Takuya Sakimoto Freelance Lighting Director
Hideki Mashima CINQ ART CO., LTD. Designer
Kazuki Yunoki Freelance Stylist
Eito Furukubo Otie Hair & Make Up Artist
Toru Takahashi  SPACE HYAKKA Co., Ltd. Coordinator
Setsu Fukushima Ongakushitsu Inc. Record Producer
Harumi Fuki  Inspired Holdings Composer
Tasuku Emoto ALPHA AGENCY Actor
Shuhei Nomura AMUSE INC. Actor
Morio Morita herringbone Narrator
Kinya Yokoyama DIGITAL GARDEN INC. Mixer
Hiromine Tanaka ONPa Sound Effects
Rikiya Saito AOI Pro. Inc. Production Manager
Noritaka Imamura Freelance Editor

Brief Explanation

The two main characters who are senior and junior to each other at the production company, were also in a senior/junior relationship on their high school baseball team. They had a steadfast bond--doing things together from polishing balls, making documents, rooting for the team from the bench, and going out for drinks. The images of them active on the baseball field and in their current circumstances are intermingled. The trials and tribulations unique to youths in their 20's, their hopes and despair about the future are portrayed in meticulous detail.

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