| First Squad : The Moment of Truth |
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Director: Yoshiharu Ashino Synopsis1942. The German offensive into Russia has stalled and fierce fighting is taking a deadly toll on both sides. In a last, desperate attempt to regain control the German army turns to their occult forces in a bid to raise the spirits of their dead ancestors to fight on their behalf. Their regular forces helpless against these supernatural warriors, the Red Army’s only hope is Nadya - a fourteen year old psychic girl who must cross the gulf into the underworld and recruit the souls of her dead friends, the Pioneers of the First Squad, to fight on Russia’s behalf. BioghraphyYoshiharu Ashino was born March 01, 1966, in Higashitone city, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. After finishing Tateoka High School (Yamagata), where Ashino played the horn in the school band as its leader, he started his carrier as a horn player in Yamagata Philharmonic Orchestra. Then he entered Tokyo Designer Gakuin College (TDG). Graduated from TDG, Ashino worked in the animation company Mad House, where he made his debut as the character designer and pictorial director of “Azuki-chan”. After engaging in making lots of animations in Walt Disney Japan, he joined Studio 4 and worked as the film director of “Tweeny Witches”, “The Capricious Robot” and other musical clips and advertisement clips. Ashino is working as a lecturer of Training Course for Animators organized by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. He is sometimes invited to colleges to teach professional technique of animation.Filmography“First Squad: The Moment of Truth” - (2009) AwardsAward at Moscow Int’l Film Fest” |
2009, Russia, 94 min.
