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2015

Kaze no hamon

Dryads in a Snow Valley

風の波紋

(c)2015 Kasama Film All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Kasama Film All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Kasama Film All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Kasama Film All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Kasama Film All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Kasama Film All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Kasama Film All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Kasama Film All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Kasama Film All Rights Reserved.

(c)2015 Kasama Film All Rights Reserved.

Release Date
March, 19th, 2016
Running Time
99 min
Genre
Documentary
Color
Color
Screening Format
DCP,Blu-ray
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ 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)
#306, Shinjuku Q Flat Bldg., 5-4-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
Rep: KINOSHITA Shigeki
tel: +81 3 5919 1542
fax: +81 3 5919 1543
E-mail: info@tongpoo-films.jp
http://www.tongpoo-films.jp

ARTicle films (outside of Japan)
#702 Tagami Bldg., 4-14-1 Nishishinjyuku Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023
Attn: UEYAMA Emi
tel: +81 90 6665 1129
E-mail: emi@articlefilms.com

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[ Licensing contact ]

Oversea Sales
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Screen Presentation
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Music
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Use
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