Special Screenings
ARTIST OF FASTING
断食芸人
Director: ADACHI Masao(足立正生)
2015|Japan, Korea|Color|104min|Language: Japanese|Subtitles: English
Date | Time | Venue | Guest |
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3/9 (Wed) | 18:30 | The Seventh Art Theater | ◎ |
- Cast
- YAMAMOTO Hiroshi (山本浩司), SAKURAI Daizo (桜井大造), RYUZANJI Show (流山児祥), ITO Hiroko (伊藤弘子), IHATA Juri (井端珠里), YOSHIMASU Gozo (吉増剛造), WADA Syu (和田周), KAWAMOTO Sankichi (川本三吉), HONDA Shoichi (本多章一) Narration: TAGUCHI Tomorowo (田口トモロヲ)
- Synopsis
In this film adaptation of Franz Kafka's fable, legendary radical filmmaker ADACHI Masao brings the story to contemporary Japan. A nameless man sits down in a busy shopping street, and his silence is interpreted differently by every member of the crowd that begins to gather. People bring cash (later grabbed by the yakuza) and food (which the homeless descend upon). The Street Performers’ Association force him to join them; monks begin to pray at his side, seeking answers; suicidal youths feel soothed in his presence; the press wants to know if he’s a victim of Abenomics. Eventually, the man is caged and given an army guard. Filmed in a shopping arcade in Utsunomiya, the film features local people, as well as avant-garde actor YAMAMOTO Hiroshi.
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- Distributor in Japan
- UZUMASA