. "11110287"^^ . "20.0"^^ . "Oliver Lindsay"@en . . . . . "1200.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "Canada"@en . . . . "Paper Cut Films"@en . . . . . "English subtitles"@en . . . . . "Hiro is a Canadian short film, written and directed by Matthew Swanson and released in 2005. The film centres on Hiro (Hiro Kanagawa), a shy Japanese insect collector who finds himself thrust into a wild chase to recover a stolen beetle after a chance encounter with a young girl (Vicky Huang). The film's dialogue is in Japanese, although Swanson does not personally speak the language. Swanson described it as \"liberating\" to direct in a language he did not understand. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival."@en . . . . . "Don MacDonald"@en . . "1107945216"^^ . . . . . . . . "Hiro"@en . "Hiro (film)"@en . . "2907"^^ . . . "Movie screenshot"@en . . . . . . . "Japanese"@en . . . . "Hiro is a Canadian short film, written and directed by Matthew Swanson and released in 2005. The film centres on Hiro (Hiro Kanagawa), a shy Japanese insect collector who finds himself thrust into a wild chase to recover a stolen beetle after a chance encounter with a young girl (Vicky Huang). The film's dialogue is in Japanese, although Swanson does not personally speak the language. Swanson described it as \"liberating\" to direct in a language he did not understand. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival."@en . . . . . "1200.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Hiro"@en . . . .