Labyrinth of Cinema

Screening Schedule

Nov 24 (Sun.) 14:30 at NTT CRED Hall 1

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<Story>
At a movie theater in Onomichi, on the day it closes, three young men travel back in time and get into a war film which they watch.
They go to battlefronts in China and Okinawa, they face the death of people they love, then they go to Hiroshima at the time just before the atomic bomb was dropped.
They meet members of a travelling theater company named Sakura-tai. It really existed and all of the members died by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
They try to change destiny of Sakura-tai and try to save the members' lives, but...

<Staff>
Cast:Takuro Atuki,Takahito Hosoyamada,Yoshihiko Hosoda,Rei Yoshida,Riko Narumi,Hirona Yamazaki,Takako Tokiwa
Director:Nobuhiko Obayashi
Script:Nobuhiko Obayashi,Tadashi Naito,Kazuya Konaka
Executive Producer:Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Production cooperation:Kyoko Obayashi
Producer: Tadashi Nakamura,Hiroyuki Ogasawara,Daichi Monden
Planning Producer:Hisao Nabeshima

<Info>
Year of production: 2020
Running time: 179’
Country:Japan

Director

Nobuhiko Obayashi
Born in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture in 1938, Nobuhiko Obayashi started making films at the age of three, with a kinetoscope he found in the family storage room. After moving to Tokyo, he screened his independent film Émotion, shot on 16mm, at art galleries, halls and universities, and received glowing reviews. The Person Who Is Eaten （Tabeta Hito, 1963） won the Jury Award at EXPRMNTL, an international competition of avant-garde films held in Belgium. He then became involved in the early days of TV commercials, and created over 3,000 commercials, often with foreign stars such as Charles Bronson, Sophia Loren, Catherine Deneuve and many more. His first feature, House （1977）, won the Blue Ribbon Award along with Hitomi no Naka no Houmonsha （The Visitor in the Eye）, released the same year. Obayashi also made I Are You, You Am Me （1982）, The Little Girl Who Conquered Time （1983） and Lonely Heart （1985） which were shot in his hometown and adored by fans, who called them the Onomichi Trilogy. Obayashi won numerous awards inside and outside of Japan: The Discarnates （1988） won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Director; Beijing Watermelon （1989） won Best Director at the Yamaji Fumiko Movie Awards; Chizuko’s Younger Sister （1991） won the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film; The Rocking Horseman （1992） won Best Film at the ACA Film Awards; Sada （1998） won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival; The Reason （2004） won Best Director at the Japan Movie Critics Award and Honorable Mention at the Fujimoto Prize; Casting Blossoms to the Sky （2011） won the Grand Prix at the Tama Cinema Forum; Hanagatami （2017） won Best Director at the Kinema Junpo Awards and top prize at Mainichi Film Awards, and more. Recent works include Japanese pop idol group AKB48’s music video So long! The Movie （2013）, a youth version of Casting Blossoms to the Sky, and Seven Weeks （2014）. Despite being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2016, Obayashi completed his War Trilogy, which includes Casting Blossoms to the Sky （2011）, Seven Weeks （2014） and Hanagatami （2017）.