Mura no Shashinshu
Village Album, The
(c) 2004 The Village Album Production Committee
(c) 2004 The Village Album Production Committee
- Release Date
- April, 23rd, 2005
- Running Time
- 111 min
- Genre
- Feature
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- 35mm
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- FUJI Tatsuya ── TAKAHASHI Kenichi
- KAITO Ken ── TAKAHASHI Takashi
- MIYAJI Mao ── TAKAHASHI Kana
[ Staff ]
- MIHARA Mitsuhiro ── Screenplay
- HONDA Shigeru ── Cinematography
- TSURUMAKI Hitoshi ── Recording
[ Production Company ]
YTV, Eisei Gekijo, WAKO, Shikoku Broadcasting, VIDEO PLANNING
[ Story ]
Hanatani Village in the valley of Tokushima Prefecture is going to be submerged when a dam is constructed. In order to preserve the beauty of the place for future generations, the villagers decide to take photographs of all the families in the village. Kenichi (Fuji Tatsuya), the only photographer in the village, is put in charge of the project. He calls his son Takashi (Kaito Ken), an aspiring photographer, to help him with the task. Takashi is puzzled since his father and he are not at all close, but as they visit each family in turn and Takashi sees his father working, Takashi's feelings towards his father begin to change. However, just as they are coming to the end of their shoot, Kenichi falls ill. Takashi tries to finish the project, but is unable to make the subjects come to life in the way that his father does. Takashi realizes how much Kenichi loves the village and carries him to the place where he will take the last photograph.
The film won the Best Film and Best Actor Award at the 8th International Shanghai Film Festival.
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
8th Shanghai International Film Festival
5th Gwangju International Film Festival
2005 Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival
8th Shanghai International Film Festival - Best Feature Film, Best Actor
[ Contact (International) ]
WAKO COMPANY LTD.
2th Fl., 27th Chuo Bldg., 2-14-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan
tel: +81-3-3248-0747
fax: +81-3-3248-0644
E-mail: yamagata@wa-ko.ecnet.jp
