Kaki koba
The Oyster Factory
(c)Laboratory X, Inc.
(c)Laboratory X, Inc.
(c)Laboratory X, Inc.
(c)Laboratory X, Inc.
(c)Laboratory X, Inc.
(c)Laboratory X, Inc.
- Release Date
- February, 20th, 2016
- Running Time
- 145 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP,Blu-ray
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Staff ]
- SODA Kazuhiro ── Cinematography
- SODA Kazuhiro ── Editor
[ Production Company ]
Laboratory X
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
TOFOO
[ Story ]
Documentary about an oyster factory that touches on globalization, the falling birthrate and aging population, depopulation, the difficulties facing the agriculture and manufacturing sectors, labor issues, immigration, and the impact of natural disaster. Director Soda Kazuhiro is known for films including Campaign and Mental.
Ushimado in Okayama Prefecture faces the Seto Inland Sea. A family that relocates from the disaster zone after the Great East Japan earthquake takes over an oyster factory in Ushimado. They decide to employ workers from China, but a slew of problems crop up.
[ Official Site ]
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2015 Locarno International Film Festival, Fuori concorso
2015 Festival des 3 Continents, International Competition
2015 Vancouver International Film Festival, Dragons & Tigers
2015 Montreal International Festival of New Cinema, Panorama
2016 Hong Kong International Film Festival, Reality Bites
[ Contact (International) ]
TOFOO, LLC. （Japan）
#306, Shinjuku Q Flat Bldg., 5-4-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
Rep: KINOSHITA Shigeki
tel: +81 3 5919 1542
fax: +81 3 5919 1543
E-mail: info@tongpoo-films.jp
http://www.tongpoo-films.jp
Laboratory X, Inc （outside of Japan）
Rep: SODA Kazuhiro
Attn: KASHIWAGI Kiyoko
E-mail: kiyoko@laboratoryx.us
https://www.kazuhirosoda.com
