From Tokyo to New York
One "wanna-be" journalist's leap of faith confronts
her home country's corrupted media industry.
A New Japanese Indie Drama
Now Available
in the US, UK and Japan
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UK
JAPAN
Tired of Japan's sexist TV industry, Asuka Wada quits her job as a reporter and comes to New York to work at the Japanese digital news service start-up, HodoBuzz.
Her aggressive reporting style earns her personal slanders and even death threats online, while powerful players in the Japanese media plot to crush HodoBuzz.
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About creators
HodoBuzz was created by Derrrrruq!!!, a NY-based creative team.
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Cast
As Anika
as Atsushi Mori
as Eri Tokugawa
as Tetsuya Shibata
as Asuka Wada
as Shingo Tamura
as Shiori Kondo
As Richard Smith
as Sasaki
Writer: Tsukasa Kondo
Directer: Mari Kawade
Cinematographer: Katsumi Funahashi
Sound: Mike Wolf Snyder
Editor: Yasu Inoue
Production Designer: Yoko Morishita
Music: Shoko Nagai & Satoshi Takeishi
Script Development Supervisor: Dai Sato (Storyriders)
Assistant Director: Nori Mizukami
Gaffer: Caroline Mariko Stucky
Wardrobe: Yoko Morishita
Colorist: Katsu Funahashi
Sound Editor: Soichiro Migita
Makeup Artist: Tess Miller
Assistant Editors: Yasuko Takahashi-Guillaume, Sachiyo Yokoyama
First Assistant Camera: Gaetano Campolongo
DIT, Assistant Editor: Peter Edmondson
Grip: Ibai Vigil-escalera, Patrick Jao
Second Assistant Camera: Kazutoshi Sudo
Photographer: Masaki Hori
Production Assistants: Ted Sharks, Akiko Fujiwara, Suguru Ikeda,
Tammy Kremer, Raashid Johnson, Jane Tse, Justin Chen
News Footage: Bengoshi dot com, J-CAST News
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Executive Producer: Masuyama Com
Producers: Mari Kawade, Tsukasa Kondo, Maho Honda, Yutaka Toyama (Promax inc.)
Production: Tall Trees Playground LLC
Production Support: TATE Hatoryu NY / Y.K. Well Enterprise, Spyce Media LLC
Sponsored by Hoppy Beverage co., Deep Field Japan co.
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