Cycle
From 29.09. To 05.10.2014.
Retrospective of Japanese films
Films in cycle
The Cat Leaves Home
(Inu neko, 2004.)
Directed by: Nami Iguchi
PHOTOGRAPHY: Akihiko Suzuki
Synopsis:
Friendship between two girls who have known each other since childhood is put to a test due to jealousy and love for the same man. One day, Suzu suddenly leaves her fiancé Furuta and their home. She moves into her friend Abe's apartment while he is abroad, but Yoko is already living there. Suzi and Yoko have known each other from before, and now they share the apartment and their love for Furuta.
color, 35 mm, 94 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 29.09.2014 AT 20:00
Blue Spring
(Aoi haru, 2001.)
Directed by: Toshiaki Toyoda
PHOTOGRAPHY: Norimichi Kasamatsu
Synopsis:
Asashi High is an all-boys high school and a place where teachers have given up hope that their students will ever have a bright future. Most of them have come to terms with the fact that there are no business careers ahead of them, unless they take up work for one of the yakuza clans. The school is already controlled by a gang of students whose boss is a boy who won in a dangerous game of "clapping". Aoki is happy to see his friend Kujo win, but soon realizes that his apathetic friend doesn't c...
color, 35 mm, 83 min
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 30.09.2014 AT 20:00
Fourteen
(Ju-yon-sai, 2007.)
Directed by: Hiromasa Hirosue
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hashimoto Kiyoaki
Synopsis:
Ryo is a young teacher who, unlike her colleagues, does not take an authoritative attitude with her students. While her students are trying to find self-confidence, security, and their own path in life, she has to face problems from her own adolescence. She meets Sugino, her former classmate tormented by a similar problem. Through communication and relationship with the younger generation, they both face their own past and unresolved issues.
color, 35 mm, 114 min
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 01.10.2014 AT 20:00
The Matsugane Potshot Affair
(Matsugane ransha jiken, 2006.)
Directed by: Nobuhiro Yamashita
PHOTOGRAPHY: Takahiro Tsutai
Synopsis:
The lives of eccentric inhabitants of a Japanese provincial town are stirred up after a discovery of a traffic accident victim. Someone hit Miyuki on an icy road, and police officer Kotaro has to find the culprit. At the morgue it becomes clear that the victim is actually still alive. Hikari, Kotaro's twin brother, was the one who hit her and now his accidental victim and her partner-criminal make his life a nightmare. The whole story contains gold bars and someone's head...
color, 35 mm, 112 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 02.10.2014 AT 20:00
Another Battle – Conspiracy
(Shin jingi naki tatakai, Bousatsu, 2002.)
Directed by: Hajime Hashimoto
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hideo Yamamoto
Synopsis:
Redateljski debut Hajimea Hashimotoa ujedno je dvanaesti film u seriji yakuza filmova čiji je začetnik Kinji Fukasaku. Kad višerangiran pripadnik yakuza klana Oda bude ubijen, dvojica odanih prijatelja, Yahagi Tetsuyuki i Fujimaki Hiroaki, postanu njegovi mogući nasljednici. Šefa njihova Oda klana nadređeni Sugiura iz jačeg Sahashi klana potiče da ode u mirovinu. Ne želeći se odreći vlasti, šef Oda klana počne spletkariti protiv Yahagija Tetsuyukija i Fujimakija Hiroakija želeći im međusobnu bor...
color, 35 mm, 100 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 03.10.2014 AT 18:00
A Laughing Frog
(Warau kaeru, 2002.)
Directed by: Hideyuki Hirayama
PHOTOGRAPHY: Kôzô Shibasaki
Synopsis:
Ryoko Kurasawa lives in his parents' cottage, hiding from people. The reason for it is her husband who has embezzled money from the bank in which he worked and has since disappeared without a trace. One day, Ryoko meets her husband, now tired of life on the run. She tries talking him into surrendering to the police, but then agrees to hide him for seven days. She has one condition – he has to sign their divorce so she can marry her new lover Yoshizumi.
color, 35 mm, 96 min
PROJECTION:
Friday 03.10.2014 AT 20:00
Haunted School
(Gakkô no kaidan, 1995.)
Directed by: Hideyuki Hirayama
Synopsis:
O napuštenoj zgradi osnovne škole među djecom kruže priče da je zaposjednuta duhovima. Vrijeme je školskih praznika, a djevojčica Mika slijedeći zvuk smijeha uđe u zgradu. Nakon što se ne vrati, njezina starija sestra i prijatelji je krenu potražiti u zgradi škole. Ubrzo nakon ulaska, shvate da su zatočeni i da glasine koje kruže nisu lažne. Morat će skupiti svu svoju hrabrost da pronađu Miku, spase se od duhova i pronađu izlaz.
color, 100 min, 100 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 04.10.2014 AT 11:00
5 Centimetres Per Second
(Byôsoku 5 senchimêtoru, 2009.)
Directed by: Makoto Shinkai
PHOTOGRAPHY: Makoto Shinkai
Synopsis:
Priču filma čine tri segmenta, smještena u Japan u rasponu od devedesetih godina prošloga stoljeća do sadašnjice. U osnovnoj školi mladić Takaki brzo se sprijateljuje s novopridošlom Akari. Dok ostala djeca za vrijeme odmora izlaze van, njih dvoje zbog svojih sezonskih alergija radije vrijeme provode unutra, zajedno se družeći i pričajući. Kada se Akari s roditeljima zbog njihova posla preseli, obećaju ostati u kontaktu. Takaki je jednog dana odluči posjetiti i priznati joj svoje osjećaje...
color, digital, 63 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 04.10.2014 AT 13:00
Translucent Tree
(Toukou no ki, 2004.)
Directed by: Kichitaro Negishi
PHOTOGRAPHY: Kôichi Kawakami
Synopsis:
After a divorce, the middle-aged Chigiri returns with her daughter to her hometown Tsurugi to take care of her sick father. One day a film producer Go from Tokyo arrives to town, to see the local famous tree. Twenty years earlier, under that same tree Chigiru and Go were resting after finishing the filming at the set. Back then they felt mutual attraction, which will now, after two decades, be confessed and reconsidered.
color, 35 mm, 121 min
PROJECTION:
Saturday 04.10.2014 AT 20:00
Haunted School 4
(Gakkô no kaidan 4, 1999.)
Directed by: Hideyuki Hirayama
Synopsis:
Četvrti iz serije Gakkô no kaidan filmova koju povezuju dječji protagonisti, duhovi i opsjednute škole iako radnja nije međusobno povezana. Ovaj nastavak ponešto je drugačiji, a počinje prikazom događanja iz dalje prošlosti. Četvero djece igra se skrivača, no nevina razbibriga završi tragedijom. U sadašnjosti, u mirnom priobalnom selu dešavaju se nestanci djece. Kako se ujedno djeca ponovno pojavljuju, odrasli tome ne pridaju pozornost. To ne vrijedi i za djecu...
color, 16 mm, 100 min
PROJECTION:
Sunday 05.10.2014 AT 11:00
The Garden of Words
(Koto no ha no niwa, 2013.)
Directed by: Makoto Shinkai
PHOTOGRAPHY: Makoto Shinkai
Synopsis:
Petnaestogodišnji Takao ide u srednju školu, ima honorarni posao i pomaže u kućanstvu. Voli kišu i san mu je postati postolar pa svakog kišnog dana markira prvi sat škole i vrijeme provodi u obližnjem parku crtajući skice cipela. Jednog dana u parku susretne ženu, nešto stariju od njega, kako pije pivo i jede čokoladu. Isprva započinju usputan pristojni razgovor, no kako vrijeme prolazi tako provode zajedno sve više kišnih sati.
color, digital, 46 min
PROJECTION:
Sunday 05.10.2014 AT 13:00
Pacchigi! Love & Peace
(2007.)
Directed by: Kazuyuki Izutsu
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hideo Yamamoto
Synopsis:
This film is a sequel to the one from 2005 (screened in Tuškanac in 2009 and titled Pacchigi! Break Through!) about problems faced by the Japanese of Korean origin (zainichi) during the mid 1970’s. An Song is trying to earn money to help her sick son who suffers from muscular dystrophy. Song's younger sister Gyong-jae tries to make a breakthrough as an actress after she is discovered by a talent scout. Her only aim is to earn money to help her nephew.