BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO

Origin Country: USA
Runtime: 83 MIN
Presentation Format: HD Cam

DIR/SCR David Boyle PROD Duane Andersen, Megan Boyle DP Bill Otto ED DuaneAndersen, Scott Hurst MUS Mark Schulz CAST David Boyle, Jayson Watabe, Rachel Morihiro, Drew Knight, Pepe Serna, Michael Yama, James Kyson Lee, Sonny Saito, Bobby Suetsugu, Naohiro Takita, Yuta Kinjo, Kei Miyara, Hiroshi Watanabe, Michael Birkeland, Jonna Tamases

Short Note:
BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO is the story of Boyd, who aspires to succeed in the world of Japanese business, but finds himself mostly on the outside looking in. His roommate Jerome is a Japanese American who has always felt too American to be Japanese, but too Japanese to be American. Together they struggle to find their place in a world where cultural identity is seldom what it seems.

Long Note:
Writer/director David Boyle weaves together short vignettes about a young man living in Little Tokyo to create one of the year's most hilarious and original films.

BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO is the story of Boyd, who aspires to succeed in the world ofJapanese business, but finds himself mostly on the outside looking in. Meanwhile, his roommate Jerome is a Japanese-American who has always felt too American to be Japanese, but too Japanese to be American. He aspires to be a sumo wrestler but finds his weight and blood pressure thwarting his dreams. Together they struggle to find their place in a world where cultural identity is seldom what it seems.

This charming and quirky comedy paints vivid characters and conflicts while finding the humor and drama in the disconnects of language and culture in the modern global community.
-Lane Kneedler

Biography:
It's hard to believe that even though Boyle was a student at Brigham Young University for a short time after returning from his Mormon mission, he is virtually untrained in the art of filmmaking. With a background of dabbling in independent endeavors and animation, Boyle's strongest asset in his projects is the ambition and innovation that many other potentially bright stars lack. Working from the time he returned from his mission to write the story, get the financing together, cast, and finally film, the non-stop drive of this young filmmaker is what ultimately helped him to turn into reality what many only dream.