Kaitanshi jokei
Sketches of Kaitan City
(c)2010 Yasushi Sato/"Sketches of Kaitan City" Production Committee
(c)2010 Yasushi Sato/"Sketches of Kaitan City" Production Committee
- Release Date
- December, 18th, 2010
- Running Time
- 152 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- 35mm
- Screen Size
- American Vista (1:1.85)
- Sound Processing
- DTS
- Subtitle
- English
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- TANIMURA Mitsuki ── IGAWA Honami
- TAKEHARA Pistol ── IGAWA Sota
- KASE Ryo ── MEGURO Haruo
- MIURA Masaki ── HAGIYA Hiroshi
- KOBAYASHI Kaoru ── HIGA Ryuzo
[ Staff ]
- SATO Yasushi ── Original Story
- UJITA Takashi ── Screenplay
- Jim O'ROURKE ── Music
- KONDO Ryuto ── Cinematography
- FUJII Isamu ── Lighting
[ Production Company ]
"Sketches of Kaitan City" Production Committee (Iris, Scrum Try and JAPAN SKY WAY)
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
SLOW LEARNER
[ Story ]
Winner of the Lino Brocka Grand Prize and the award for Best Actor (ensemble cast) at the 12th Cinemanila International Film Festival, this film features several protagonists and storylines, played out by professional actors and residents of Hakodate, the city on which the original short story was modeled. Director Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, who boasts a number of international film awards, such as from the Berlin International Film Festival, depicts the bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man (Takehara Pistol) and his younger sister (Tanimura Mitsuki) go up a mountain to see the first sunrise of the year. Meanwhile, Haruo (Kase Ryo) has inherited his family's gas business, but things aren't going well in his new endeavor and he becomes increasingly frustrated.
[ Official Site ]
[ Premiere ]
World Premiere: Tokyo International Film Festival 2010
[ Contact (International) ]
Open Sesame Co., Ltd.
#303, 1-17-6 Shintomi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0041
Rep: ABE Ritsuko
Attn: NAKANE Kaho
tel: +81 3 6228 3453
fax: +81 3 6228 3458
E-mail: ritsuko@open-sesame.jp , kaho@open-sesame.jp
