Release Date

March, 19th, 2016

Running Time

99 min

Genre

Documentary

Color

Color

Screening Format

DCP,Blu-ray

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

Screening Format with Subtitles

English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

• KOBAYASHI Shigeru

[ Produced by ]

• YATABE Yoshi
• NAGAKURA Norio

[ Cast ]

• KOGURE Shigeo

[ Staff ]

• MATSUNE Hirotaka ── Cinematography
• HATA Takeshi ── Editor
• AMANO Tokiko ── Music
• KIKUCHI Nobuyuki ── Sound
• YAMAZAKI Yoichi ── Edit Cooperation

[ Production Company ]

Kasama Film

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

TOFOO

[ Story ]

Documentary about people living in the snowbelt region of Niigata Prefecture near the Nagano Prefecture border. Director Kobayashi Shigeru and his crew spent five years to shoot and finish the film. Official selection for the 2015 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.
Mr. and Mrs. Kogure relocate from the city to Echigo Tsumari and settle in a "satoyama," a place in the mountains where people live in harmony with nature. They renovate an old farmhouse with a thatch roof and figure out how to harvest rice by following the example of the people around them. Then, one spring morning a huge earthquake hits. Their home is completely destroyed, but they immediately decide to rebuild.

[ Official Site ]

http://kazenohamon.com

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2016 Taiwan International Documentary Festival, Asian Vision Competition
2015 Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, YIDFF Network Special Screening

[ Contact (International) ]

TOFOO, LLC. （Japan）
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