Mottainai

Mottainai

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Mottainai

2015

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A commercial aimed at Japanese youths in order to generate an appreciation of their present lives, such that it would be a waste to give up on their futures. Joint campaign by NHK and Advertising Council Japan.

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CoMix Wave Films

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