Contemporary Japanese Cinema
Kimajimegakutai no Bonyarisenso
Dir. Ikeda Akira
Japan 2020, 100’
Subtitles: Polish & English
Somewhere and sometime. People in this town are having a war against the town on the opposite side of the river. As this war continues for so long, nobody knows what they are fighting for… Tsuyuki, a soldier at the downstream flights from 9 am to 5 pm and repeats the same routine every day. One day, Tsuyuki is transferred to a music band and starts to play music looking at the other side of the river…
Ikeda Akira
Born in 1976. In 2013, his “Anatomy of a Paper Clip” won the Tiger Award in Rotterdam and Vancouver. His latest short “The Monster and the Woman” was also shown at many international film festivals including Rotterdam, Bucheon, etc.
Filmography
2013 Anatomy of paperclip
2017 Ambiguous Place
2018 The Monster and the Woman
Cast & Crew
Director: Ikeda Akira
Screenplay: Ikeda Akira
Cinematography: Ikeda Naoya
Editing: Ikeda Akira
Music: Kamimura Shuhei
Cast: Maehara Kō, Konno Hiroki, Nakajima Hiroki, Katagiri Hairi, Kitaro
Producer: Honma Hideyuki, Nezu Masaru, Kakuta Tomō
Production: VIPO
Language: Japanese
Colouration: Colour
