Futoko
The Dark Harbor
(c)PFF Partners
(c)PFF Partners
- Release Date
- July, 19th, 2009
- Running Time
- 101 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- 35mm
- Screen Size
- American Vista (1:1.85)
- Sound Processing
- Mono
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- KOTE Shinya ── Manzo
- MIYAMOTO Yuko ── Mitsuko
- HIROOKA Kazuki ── Masao
[ Staff ]
- NAITO Takatsugu ── Screenplay
- HASHIMOTO Kiyoaki ── Cinematography
- FUSHIMA Shinichi ── Editor
- MATSUMOTO Akira ── Music
- MURATA Akihiko ── Lighting
- KATO Yamato ── Recording
- INOUE Shimpei ── Production Design
- MATSUO Takashi ── Assistant Director
- WAKE Toshiyuki ── Assistant Producer
[ Production Company ]
PFF Partners(PIA, HoriPro, Nikkatsu), PIA, TBS, TOKYO FM, IMAGICA, Avex Entertainment, USEN
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
THE KLOCKWORX
[ Story ]
Produced with a scholarship from the PiaFilm Festival, the showcase for young directors in Japan, this is Naito Takatsugu's first feature-length film. With exquisite offbeat timing, it depicts the trials in love of a taciturn, lackluster middle-aged man. Starring is stage veteran Kote Shinya, whose hardboiled poses and dubious lines produce a unique, melancholic eccentricity.
Manzo (Kote), a fisherman in a declining port town, is a forlorn bachelor, living alone at 38. He decides to get serious about finding a mate and attends a town-sponsored matchmaking party, but his tacky dress and clumsy manner doom him to failure. Then one day, Manzo encounters Mitsuko (Miyamoto Yuko), a beautiful woman with a past. She is caring for Masao (Hirooka Kazuki), the son of a former lover, and she's at her wit's end. Big-hearted Manzo takes the two in. Suddenly, Manzo has the warm, lively household he has been longing for, and he is filled with happiness. But…
[ Official Site ]
[ Premiere ]
International Premiere: International Film Festival Rotterdam
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
Taipei Film Festival 2009 Special Mention
[ Contact (International) ]
PFF General Incorporated Association
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