Voices in the Wind

Screening Schedule

Nov 22 (Sun.) 14:30 at NTT CRED Hall 1

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＜Story＞
8 years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake. A 16 year-old high school girl, Haru (Serena Motola) has been wondering why she is still alive. Because she lost her parents and younger brother in the Tsunami caused by the Earthquake when she was still in an elementary school student. Her aunt has been raising her as her own in Hiroshima, but Haru decides to take an unplanned journey. Through the journey, she meets various people. She doesn’t open her mind easily and sometimes lies.Along the way, Haru meets Morio (Hidetoshi Nishijima), who also lost his family with in the Tsunami. She gradually starts talking about her past. They go through Tokyo, Fukushima, and finally get to a town in Iwate...

＜Staff＞
Cast:Serena Motola Hidetoshi Nishijima Toshiyuki Nishida (Special Appearance) Tomokazu Miura
Director:Nobuhiro Suwa
Script:Kyoko Inukai
Producer:Eiji Izumi Dai Miyazaki Yoshiya Nagasawa

＜Info＞
Year of production:2020年
Running time:139'
Country: Japan

Director

Nobuhiro Suwa
Suwa, born in Hiroshima in 1960, started making movies when he was a student at Tokyo Zokei University School of Design. ln 1985, he directed, produced, wrote, and shot the short film "Hanasareru GANG", which was entered into the 8th Pia Film Festival. He has also worked on several TV documentaries, with his 1995 documentary about Sojin Kamiyama, one of a handfull Japanese actors working in Hollywood, receiving high praise. He made his feature-length film debut in 1997 with "2/Duo". From this point on, his unique improvisational style of filmmaking began in earnest. ln 1999, his film "Ｍ/Ｏther" won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 52nd Cannes Film Festival, Best Film at the 14th Takasaki Film Festival, and Best Script at 54th Mainichi Film Awards. He has made several experimental films, such as "H Story", which is a remake of Alain Resnais' "Hiroshima Mon Amour," "Un Couple Parfait," which is set in Paris and made with both a French and Japanese crew, and “Yuki ＆ Nina,” starring a 9-year-old girl with no prior acting experience, all of which were created with no set scenario. In 2017, he released "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," starring the legendary French actor Jean-Pierre Leaud. He currently teaches at the Graduate School of Film and New Media at Tokyo University of the Arts.