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2012

Nippon no higeki

Japan's Tragedy

日本の悲劇

(c)2012 MONKEY TOWN PRODUCTIONS

(c)2012 MONKEY TOWN PRODUCTIONS

(c)2012 MONKEY TOWN PRODUCTIONS

(c)2012 MONKEY TOWN PRODUCTIONS

Release Date
August, 31st, 2013
Running Time
101 min
Genre
Drama , Feature
Color
Monochrome
Screening Format
35mm,DCP,HDCAM
Screen Size
Cinema Scope (1:2.35)
Sound Processing
DTS,5.1ch
Subtitle
English

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

Monkey Town Productions

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

UZUMASA

[ Story ]

A drama based on a real-life incident involving pension fraud. It exposes the darkness in a society in which people are cut adrift, as seen in the tragic existence of a father with three months left to live and his depression-stricken son who lives off his pension payments. Its director, Kobayashi Masahiro, has dealt with social issues in many of his previous films.
Fujio (Nakadai Tatsuya), a pensioner whose cancer has metastatized, forcibly discharges himself from hospital despite the objections of his doctor. He announces that he will become a "mummy," and locks himself in his bedroom. His son Yoshio (Kitamura Kazuki), who has lost his job, his wife, and his child, is at a loss at how to deal with his father's abrupt and bizarre behavior...

[ Official Site ]

http://www.u-picc.com/nippon-no-higeki

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2012 Busan International Film Festival, A Window on Asian Cinema
2013 Bangalore International Film Festival, Guest of Honour
2013 Black Movie Film Festival
2013 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Spectrum
2013 Goteborg International Film Festival
2013 Festival international des cinémas d'Asie de Vesoul
2013 Osaka Asian Film Festival
2013 Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival
2013 JAPAN CUTS
2013 Indie World Film Festival
2013 Warsaw Film Festival, Discoveries
2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Best Performance

[ Contact (International) ]

MONKEY TOWN PRODUCTIONS
Rep: KOBAYASHI Masahiro
Attn: KOBAYASHI Naoko
E-mail: sarumachi@monkeytownproductions.com
http://www.monkeytownproductions.com

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