11 Feb 2010
Yokohama Satoko’s exuberant movie centres on a young misfit living in a small town – 16-year-old Yoshiko, nicknamed Gorilla Man. She works as a gardener’s assistant alongside a young German man, and is determined to make it as a singer-songwriter. There are not many options around for Yoshiko, but still her life develops in a series of unexpected ways.
Dir Satoko Yokohama, Japan 2007, 71 mins, DVCAM, subtitles