Naoto hitorikkiri
Alone in Fukushima
- Release Date
- April, 18th, 2015
- Running Time
- 98 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- Blu-ray,DVD
- Screen Size
- HD (16:9)
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (Blu-ray,DVD)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
[ Staff ]
- NAKAMURA Mayu ── Cinematography
- NAKAMURA Mayu ── Editor
- TERAO Saho ── Music
- FURUYA Masashi ── Sound
[ Production Company ]
Omphalos Pictures
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Argo Pictures
[ Story ]
The true state-of-affairs of Tomioka, a town in Fukushima Prefecture, now a no-man's-land after its complete evacuation during the Fukushima #1 Nuclear Power Plant accident, are described in this documentary. It follows the life of Matsumura Naoto, the man living there with the animals that were left behind and is directed by Nakamura Mayu of Lonely Swallows - Living as the Children of Migrant Workers.
Matsumura began taking care of dogs, cats, ostriches, and cows in this town deprived of electricity and water supply in the wake of the nuclear accident. Through Matsumura's struggles and the extraordinary pains he exerts to live and to keep the animals alive, the nature of true happiness questioned.
[ Official Site ]
http://aloneinfukushima.com/en
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2015 Montreal World Film Festival, Documentary
[ Contact (International) ]
ARGO PICTURES INC. (Japan)
1F, Yahata Bldg., 4-10-21 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052
Rep: OKADA Yutaka
Attn: KUMAGAI Mutsuko
tel: +81 3 3584 6237
fax: +81 3 3584 6238
E-mail: mail@argopictures.jp
http://www.argopictures.jp
Omphalos Pictures (outside of Japan)
Attn: NAKAMURA Mayu
E-mail: info@mayunakamura.com
http://mayunakamura.com