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Shadow

影

Release Date: TBD

Running Time: 26 min

Genre: Documentary

Color: Color

Screening Format: Digital Betacam

Screen Size: -

Sound Processing: -

[ Directed by ]

KAWASE Naomi

[ Produced by ]

ASANO Hirotaka

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

YAMAZAKI Yutaka ── Cinematography
NAKANO Hideyo ── Cinematography
KAWASE Naomi ── Editor

[ Production Company ]

Moving Picture Japan, T-Artist

[ Story ]

Kawase Naomi, whose work has consistently featured an absent father figure, meets "him" through the body of an actress. A critique on the genre of personal film, as the staged situation reveals real emotions and subjectivity. Seen through the camera lens of cinematographer Yamazaki Yutaka (Nobody Knows, Shara), Hako is astonished when he tells her that he is her real father. A second camera captures them as they draw together, overcome by emotion. The event is interlaced by peaceful late afternoon interior shots with singing children's voices, a sure Kawase signature familiar from her personal documentaries.

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

Taiwan Documentary Festival 2004
Visions du Reel 2005 (Nyon, Switzerland)
Barcelona Women's Film Festival 2005 (Spain)
Yamagata IDFF 2005

[ Contact (International) ]

Kumie Inc.
2F, 45 Takamacho, Nara-shi, Nara 630-8241
tel: +81 742 27 2216
fax: +81 742 26 1830
E-mail: info@kumie.jp
http://www.kawasenaomi.com

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