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2023(24th Edition)
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MOVING [4K Digitally Restored Version]
Made in Japan
Introduction
Japan / 1993 / 124 min
Director：SOMAI Shinji
Renko, an intelligent and energetic sixth-grader living in Kyoto. One day her father moves out, leaving her and her mother Nazuna alone. Nazuna lays down some ground rules for their new life together but Renko is unable to understand her mother's wish to make changes. A masterwork that captures the instant a young girl abandons childhood, tom between parents on the verge of divorce. The most refined expression of the common Somai motif of boys and girls roaming unmoored in an adult-free landscape and growing up in the process. Released theatrically in Japan in 1993, and screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival. The original 35mm negative was digitally restored in 4K for the film's 30th anniversary, premiering in the Venice Classics section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival held from August to September, where it won the award for Best Restored Film.
Director：SOMAI Shinji
Born January 13, 1948, in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. After leaving college without graduating, he joined Nikkatsu as an assistant director. In 1980, he made his directorial debut as a film director, “Tonda Couple." The following year, he directed "The Sailor Suit and the Machine Gun," which saw box office success as the year's highest-grossing Japanese film. He has directed a series of masterpieces in his unique long-take style, actively employing unknown actors and children who appear on film for the first time. His films include “P.P. Rider" (1983), “The Catch" (1983), "Typhoon Club" (1985), "Luminous Woman" (1987), "The Friends" (1994), “Wait and See" (1998), and “Kaza-hana" (2000).
Schedule
11/20（Mon）18:55 -
Human Trust Cinema Yurakucho