Tunnels

A film by Jay Hubert

Synopsis:

This is the story of Kazu and Miho, a couple of Korean descent who face discrimination growing up in Japan.  Kazu has a long history of using violence to deal with this discrimination, but after getting hurt in several fights and seeing visions of himself traversing a tunnel, he promises Miho he'll stop fighting.  They save up their money and go to Hawaii for college, where Miho excels in her painting and Kazu in soccer.  They settle into a steady rhythm, and even though money is tight, they are finally happy and seem to have escaped their problems back in Japan.  Kazu's biggest problem now is figuring out how to pop the big question to Miho.  But just when it looks like the fairy-tale ending is right around the corner, past discrimination returns to plague the couple.  Can Kazu learn to live with this, or will he revert to the violent ways of his past?

One-liner:

A beautiful couple, a fairy-tale life in paradise, and all their problems left behind in Japan... or so they thought.

Running Time: 20:55

Production Credits:

Writer/Director/Producer/DP/Editor: Jay Hubert

Cast: Tetsuhiko Arai, Itsuka Kobayashi (both first-time actors)

Production Assistant: Keiko Shimizu