Taro Imai on Going from Salaryman to Producer, Independent Producing, and Film Funding in Japan [#2‪]‬ Illectric Sheep

After studying film production in Los Angeles, Taro Imai worked for a car company and a trading company in Japan for 10 years. He launched Harakiri Films in 2015 and has produced 2 award-winning independent films since then. His second film, ERIKO, PRETENDED was released theatrically in Japan and in Thailand in 2018 after traveling to many international film festivals. He also co-produced the Korea-Japan co-production film THE GOOSE GOES SOUTH (2018). He has participated in EAVE Ties That Bind, Busan Asian Film School, Talents Tokyo, Rotterdam Lab, Asia Pacific Screen Lab, and SEAFIC x PAS. He is now developing 2 local arthouse films and 4 low-budget international co-production films.  EXTENDED PODCAST AT PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/cmdirectorjapan
 
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