Barrier-free screening of "DOGLEGS" and talk event

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Tollywood LLC

subsidy category

Social support through arts and culture

Grant Type

single year

2015 Social Support Grants through Arts and Culture

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Business Overview

New York-based filmmaker Heath Cousins closely followed the Doglegs, a Japanese professional wrestling organization for the disabled, over the course of five years in his documentary film "DOGLEGS". Through barrier-free screenings in Japanese and English with subtitles and talk events, the event will provide an opportunity to deepen understanding of the existence of "barriers" between the disabled and the able-bodied, as well as language barriers. Film "DOGLEGS" Director: Heath Cousins Actors: Antithesis Kitajima, Sambo Shintaro, etc.

implementation period

Saturday, January 9, 2016 - Friday, March 25

Place of implementation

Shimokitazawa Tollywood (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo) Polepole Higashinakano (Nakano-ku, Tokyo)

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Profile

[Tollywood GK]
Tollywood was established in 1999 as a movie theater specializing in the screening of short films by young filmmakers from Japan and overseas. In 2003, he began working with young filmmakers, and has continued the Tollywood Studio Project, which was launched in 2006 by Tollywood and the vocational school Tokyo Visual Arts, under the concept of (Students are in charge of everything from planning to production and advertising, and release it in theaters and on DVD.).