広島国際映画祭 | HIFF » Special Screenings http://hiff.jp/en Sun, 23 Apr 2017 22:29:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.19 A Bride for Rip Van Winkle http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2521/ http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2521/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2016 16:00:37 +0000 http://hiff.jp/?p=2521 rvw_01

Nanami is an apathetic, part-time junior high school teacher, whose only solace comes from connecting with others on “Planet”, a new social network service. One day, a young man named Tetsuya messages her and asks to meet in person. The two begin dating and quickly become engaged. When Testuya begs Nanami to increase her guest list for the wedding, Nanami reaches out to online-friend, Amuro, a self-proclaimed jack-of-all-trades, who hires actors to play Nanami’s guests on her big day.

A few weeks following the ceremony, Tetsuya’s mother confronts Nanami with allegations of lying and cheating. Heartbroken and despondent, Nanami checks herself into a hotel and manages to get hired there as a maid.

One day, Amuro offers Nanami a housekeeping job in an old mansion, whose sole resident’s infectious spirit helps Nanami to let joy into her heart. However, Nanami soon realizes that Amuro, the mansion, and its occupant aren’t what they seem – and even dreams have limits.

Cast : Haru Kuroki, Go Ayano, Cocco

Director :Shunji Iwai
Writter : Shunji Iwai
Producer : Shigemichi Sugita
Produced by Rockwell Eyes Inc.

Year of production: 2016
Running time: 180’
Country: Japan
Language : Japanese

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Chongqing Hot Pot​ http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2559/ http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2559/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:59:59 +0000 http://hiff.jp/?p=2559 _mg_7596-1

Three high school classmates open a hotpot restaurant in an old bomb shelter in Chongqing. The business turns out a glorious failure. They find a buyer for the restaurant, but must first enlarge the space. Digging, they emerge in the vault of the bank next doors. Now they must devise a plan to sneak into the bank and fix the hole. Lucky break: a girl they know from high school is working in the bank. Bad break: the bank is a target of some badass robbers. Working with two of China’s biggest stars, director YANG Qing’s second feature after "One Night in Supermarket" (2009) continues to showcase his talents with plot twists and comic timing. It’s a spicy hot riot.

Cast : CHEN Kun, BAI Baihe, QIN Hao

Director: Qing Yang
Writer : Qing Yang
Producer : CHEN Kuofu

Year of production: 2016
Running time: 95’
Country: China
Language : Chinese (Sichuan dialect)
Original Title: 火锅英雄

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The Kon Ichikawa Story http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2547/ http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2547/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:57:36 +0000 http://hiff.jp/?p=2547 kons

Story of Kon Ichikawa was created to celebrate a big project: Kon Ichikawa’ s latest film, Murder of the Inugami Clan (showing from December 16th). Shunji Iwai, who took the lead as director for the first time since Hana to Arisu (2004), has in fact been greatly influenced by Kon Ichikawa. This work is a story tracing Kon Ichikawa from his childhood, through the Pacific war, and to the present. Kon’ s little known period as an animator is also told using rare visuals of the time.

Director : Shunji Iwai
Writer : Shunji Iwai
Editor : Shunji Iwai
Sound : Tetsuya Ohno
Music : Shunji Iwai
Producer : Ichise Takashige
Produced by : Rockwell Eyes Inc., KADOKAWA HERALD PICTURES.INC., Oz
Supervision : Yuki Mori

Year of production: 2006
Running time: 82'
Country: Japan
Language : Japanese

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Mysterious Transfer Student http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2553/ http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2553/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:56:44 +0000 http://hiff.jp/?p=2553 nazonotenkoseiS

A high school student Koichi Iwata sees a shooting star with Midori Kagawa. That night Koichi become confused as his neighbor Ehara Seizo keeps on telling him that he sees groups of strangers in his house. The other day, Koichi bumps into a boy he has never seen before(Norio Yamasawa) at the hallway of his apartment. Yamasawa tells Koichi he is the grandson of Ehara. However the way Yamasawa acts becomes very strange... Produced and script written by Shunji Iwai known for “Love Letter” etc.

Cast : Aoi Nakamura, Kanata Hongo, Minami Sakurai

Director : Masahiko Nagasawa
Writter : Shunji Iwai
Producer : Shunji Iwai
Produced by TV TOKYO Corporation
Author : Taku Mayumura

Year of production: 2014
Running time: 480'
Country: Japan
Language : Japanese

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All About Lily Chou-Chou http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2586/ http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2586/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:53:52 +0000 http://hiff.jp/?p=2586 lily_01

Since the late nineties, Japan has been plagued by a stream of violent acts committed by 14 year old teenagers, but no film had dared to look at what was behind such mindless behavior. LILY CHOU-CHOU looks at their pain, their fears, quests for affection, for belonging, and betrayals. Their turmoil, their reluctance,their inability to change themselves will challenge audiences, and society, to stand up and take notice!

Cast : Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari, Yu Aoi

Director : Shunji Iwai
Writter : Shunji Iwai
Cinematography : Noboru Shinoda
Editing : Shunji Iwai
Produced by Rockwell Eyes Inc.

Year of production: 2001
Running time: 146'
Country: Japan
Language : Japanese

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Wild Berries http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2650/ http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2650/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:52:27 +0000 http://hiff.jp/?p=2650 wb01

Shuji (Miyasako Hiroyuki), who's been gone for years, suddenly returns to the Akechi family home. After his arrival the ordinary, but happy family is thrown into chaos. Grandfather dies, father has tons of debts, and younger sister Tomoko (Tsumiki Miho) breaks up with her fiance, blaming it on Shuji's lies. Her big brother once told her a lie when they were small, about a secret place where wild berries could be found. Shuji tells her it was not a lie, and even takes her to the place. On the way there, Tomoko runs away from Shuji and calls the police. She knows Shuji is a con man and decides to sell out her own brother to the police. When she arrives back at home, she finds the dining room table covered with wild berries.

Cast : Hiroyuki Miyasako, Miho Tsumiki, Sei Hiraizumi

Director : Miwa Nishikawa
Writter : Miwa Nishikawa
ExecutiveProducer : Hirokazu Koreeda

Year of production: 2002
Running time: 108’
Country: Japan
Language : Japanese

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The Academy of the Muses http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2527/ http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2527/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:51:54 +0000 http://hiff.jp/?p=2527 academia_musas_30a

On returning from class, a teacher is questioned by his wife, who distrusts his pedagogic project: an “Academy of the Muses” inspired by classical references, which is supposed to contribute to regenerating the world through poetry.

The controversial project triggers a series of situations dominated by words and desire.

Raffale Pinto, an Italian professor of philosophy at Barcelona University, lectures on Dante's "Divine Comedy". The lecture progresses from about the roles of goddesses in the epic to about his own "theory of women", and the discussion, which are attended by not only university students but also mature students, heats up. On the other hand, quarrels between Professor Pinto who preaches "theory of women" and his wife escalate at home.
The audience will identify themselves as students in a lecture theatre, feeling they are witnessing the professor's behavior with their own eyes, and encounter some scenes that will evoke laughter.
A masterpiece by Guerin who explores the boundary between documentary and fiction opening the new frontier.

Cast:Raffaele Pinto,Emanuela Forgetta,Rosa Delor Muns,Mireia Iniesta,Patricia Gil,Carolina Llacher

Director/Editor:José Luis Guerin
Assistants:Alberto Diana Haliam Pérez
Sound Recordist:Amanda Villavieja
Sound Designer:Jordi Monrós
Sound Editor:Marisol Nievas
Production Companies : P.C.Guerin & Orfeo Films, S.L.U

Year of production: 2015
Running time: 92’
Country: Spain
Language : Spanish, Català,Italian
Original Title: La academia de las musas

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Memories of My Son http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2661/ http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2661/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:50:58 +0000 http://hiff.jp/?p=2661 hk01

“Mother, you wouldn't let me go so I had a hard time getting here, but I've finally made it.” August 9th, 1948. Nobuko (Sayuri YOSHINAGA), a midwife in Nagasaki, is stunned when she is suddenly visited by her son Koji (Kazunari NINOMIYA), who she thought had died three years ago when an atomic bomb fell on the city. That same day, she had stood before his grave and told herself: “In that instant,he was gone. It's time to let him go.”Nobuko asks Koji, “Are you well?” He doubles over in a fit of laughter. “I'm dead. Of course I'm not well.”From that day on, Koji begins to appear before Nobuko from time to time. He was a medical student,and had a girlfriend called Machiko (Haru KUROKI) who he planned to marry. She is a kind-hearted girl who has kept a concerned eye on Nobuko over the three years since the sudden loss of Koji, which left her with a gaping hole in her heart. Nobuko tells Koji, “If Machiko falls in love again, you'll have to let go of her. After all, you're no longer of this world.” However, her words only strengthen Koji's resolve. “Machiko only has me.” He understands the situation, but is unable to accept it, which endears him to Nobuko even more.Their time together is special: strange, but delightful. It seemed as if their happiness would last forever…

Cast : Kazunari Ninomiya, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tadanobu Asano

Director : Yoji Yamada
Writter : Yoji Yamada
Music : Ryuichi Sakamoto
Producer : Nozomi Enoki
Produced by Shochiku Tokyo Studio

Year of production: 2015
Running time: 130'
Country: Japan
Language : Japanese
Original Title: Haha to Kuraseba

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Princess Arete http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2668/ http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2668/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:49:09 +0000 http://hiff.jp/?p=2668 arete01

Imprisoned by a sorcerer who fears she will rob him of eternal life, guileless young Princess Arete befriends a villager who helps her plan an escape.

Director : Sunao Katabuchi
Writter : Sunao Katabuchi
Music : Akira Senju
Producer : Eiko Tanaka
Produced by STUDIO4℃
Author : Diana Coles

Year of production : 2000
Running time : 105'
Country : Japan
Language : Japanese

 

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Panamerican Machinery http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2606/ http://hiff.jp/en/archives/2606/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2016 15:46:58 +0000 http://hiff.jp/?p=2606 mp-photo-2

A run down construction-machine factory in Mexico City : Maquinaria Panamericana. The employees are happily winding down for the weekend, just like every Friday, except that this day a shocking event breaks their routine: their beloved boss, Don Alejandro, is found dead in the back of a warehouse.

Soon this discovery leads to further ones: the company is bankrupt, the workforces have no prospects of employment elsewhere and no hope for any retirement funds. In a state of confusion, fear and grief they decide to hide his death and lock themselves in their dusty workplace to play out an improbable solution.

Cast : Javier Zaragoza, Ramiro Orozco, Irene Ramirez
Directed by : Joaquín Del Paso
Written by : Joaquín Del Paso, Lucy Pawlak
Producer : Joaquín Del Paso, Susan Bernal
Produced by : Amondo Films, Black Maria

Year of production: 2016
Running time: 86'
Country: Mexico
Language : Spanish
Original Title: Maquinaria Panamericana

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