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Keisaku Sato PROFILE He was born in Tokyo. Graduated from Waseda University,majored in philosophy and ancient play. After being a columnist of art and film, he has started directing short films. At present, he is preparing his first feature length film about a stage play and sexuality. FILMOGRAPHY NIKAKO(2002) Watermelon & Sweets (2003) BONTEN(2004) BONTEN 2004/VIDEO(DVC-PRO)/24' PREVIEW (QuickTime) STORY One day, a girl wounded her ear by violence of her boyfriend visits an ear cleaning shop. She is seduced into the pleasure of being tickled her inner ear. It is a love story that a girl learns to make love with an ear cleaning woman without genital contact. No one does erotic films better than the Japanese. This time they focus on one of the more underrated orifices on the human body. Let's just say you will be running to Longs for a box of Q-tips after seeing this one.  -- John Castro (Cinema Paradise Film Festival) CAST Yumi Mizuno/Reiko Hayama/Koji Tsujimura/Senko Hida/Yasuko Nakagaki/ Yoshinori Ito/Leonardo Bizen STAFF DIRECTOR,SCREENPLAY Keisaku Sato EDITING Keisaku Sato, Tejina Matsuoka PHOTOGRAPHY Tejina Matsuoka,Takeshi Tanaka LIGHTING Takao Aoki PRODUCTION DESIGN Eiji Kajita SOUND Yoshinori Yoshida MUSIC Shiyu Yanagida PRODUCER Takeshi Tanaka, Keisaku Sato PRODUCTION ShowGuts Enterteinment Screening 2004 Sep.17-23 Cinema Paradise Film Festival(USA) Nov.29.30 Belfort International Film Festival(FRANCE) Prix du Public:court-métrage(Audience Award:Short films) 2005 Apr.25,28 Indie Lisboa 2005/International Independent Film Festival(PORTUGAL) Short Movies Competition Apr.23,24 20th Turin International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival(ITALIA) Video Competition May.5 Giornate di Cinema e Cultura Omosessuale 2005（ITALIA） Screening in Japan 2004 Feb.29 Planet film festival 2004 (OSAKA) Mar.12 AHFF Hiroshima Short Film Festival (HIROSHIMA) Grand Prix Apr.17 TAMA CINEMA FORUM Short Film Selection"REMIX"(TOKYO) Jul.17 The 13th Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (TOKYO) Aug.1 Short Shorts Film Festival 2004 in Osaka(OSAKA) Watermelon & Sweets 2003/VIDEO(DVC-PRO)/13' STORY Daughter came back in a small fishing village, with her boyfriend. Father got crabby about her marriage, which he had never told until then. Mother and daughter needed to keep it secret with a reason. CAST Nyumakken/Senko Hida/Akemi Miyatake/Masaya Nagano/Leonardo Bizen STAFF DIRECTOR,SCREENPLAY Keisaku Sato EDITING Keisaku Sato, Tejina Matsuoka PHOTOGRAPHY Tejina Matsuoka,Takeshi Tanaka LIGHTING Takao Aoki PRODUCTION DESIGN Eiji Kajita SOUND Yoshinori Yoshida MUSIC Keisaku Sato PRODUCER Takeshi Tanaka PRODUCTION Kansai University NIKAKO 2002/VIDEO/39' STORY To keep a dark family secret,  the twin sisters, Hanako and Nikako, lived deep in the mountain. Hanako made a mistake, and it led into the destruction of whole family. Lovely and tragic story goes on in the authentic Japanese house with beautiful landscape. CAST Yumi Mizuno/Mitsuki/Leonardo Bizen/Senko Hida/Hiromi Unakami/Akira Saito Yasuo Kobayashi/Yoshinori Ito/ Shinichiro Mikami STAFF DIRECTOR,SCREENPLAY Keisaku Sato SCREENPLAY Hirotaka Adachi EDITING Keisaku Sato, PHOTOGRAPHY Takeshi Tanaka LIGHTING Takao Aoki PRODUCTION DESIGN Eiji Kajita SOUND Yoshinori Yoshida SFX David Mazzucchi PRODUCER Takeshi Tanaka, Keisaku Sato PRODUCTION ShowGuts Enterteinment Screening 2003 "TOKYO ZONE２" at Auditorium Saint-Germain-des-pres(FRANCE) International Short Film Festival Hamburg JapanSpecial(GERMANY) Screening in Japan 2002 Planet film festival 2002 （OSAKA） 2nd SHOBI FILM FESTIVAL（TOKYO） 6th Michinoku International Mystery Film Festival（MORIOKA) TAMA CINEMA FORUM(TOKYO) Grand Prix