Shinkiro no fune
The Ark in the Mirage
- Release Date
- January, 30th, 2016
- Running Time
- 99 min
- Genre
- Feature
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DCP
- Screening Format with Subtitles
- English (DCP, Blu-ray)
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- KOMIZU Taiga ── Man Working at Homeless Shelter
- TANAKA Min ── Homeless Father
- ADACHI Tomomitsu ── Mitsuo
[ Staff ]
- CHIKUMA Yasutomo ── Screenplay
- SASAKI Yasuyuki ── Cinematography
- KAMIJO Shintaro ── Sound Recording
- YAMAZAKI Azusa ── Editor
[ Production Company ]
chiyuw
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
UPLINK
[ Story ]
Drama about a guy who confronts his own emptiness after reuniting with his homeless father. Directed by Chikuma Yasutomo of Now, I.... Official selection at the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for the Forum of Independents Competition.
A guy (Komizu Taiga) works at a "kakoiya," which takes care of homeless people in exchange for skimming off their welfare benefits. After reuniting with his father (Takana Min), who abandoned him when he became homeless, he storms out of the kakoiya with his father in tow.
[ Official Site ]
http://uplink.co.jp/SHINKIRO_NO_FUNE/index.php
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2015 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Forum of Independents - Competition
2015 Singapore International Film Festival, ASIAN VISION
2016 Nippon Connection, Nippon Visions
[ Contact (International) ]
UPLINK Co.
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Rep: ASAI Takashi
Attn: SUMII Naoko
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