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  • 112'
  • Japan
  • 2014
The most original of all Japanese films about the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami, Shinozaki Makoto’s dark psychological thriller centres on two women. Psychology lecturer Eiko, who lost her fiancé Kiyoshi in the tsunami, begins researching premonition when she learns that some people had premonitory dreams of the disaster. One of them is the student Kaoru, who is working with classmates on a play about reactions to the tsunami; when her fellow actors drop out with misgivings, Kaoru turns the project into her own monologue performance.
Meanwhile, strange things are happening on the campus: Eiko sees Kiyoshi’s ghost, and a student reading Dostoyevsky begins to feel he has a double. There are recurring dreams and troubling time-slips in this Cronenberg-esque drama about traumatic premonitions and haunting empathies.

  • 112'
  • Japan
  • 2014
Director
Shinozaki Makoto
Country of production
Japan
Year
2014
Festival Edition
IFFR 2016
Length
112'
Medium
HDcam
Language
Japanese
Producer
Ichiyama Shozo
Production Company
Office Kitano Inc
Sales
Office Kitano Inc
Screenplay
Shinozaki Makoto, Sakai Zenzo
Cinematography
Akiyama Yuki
Editor
Izumi Yoko
Sound Design
Dodo Yasuyuki
Music
Nagashima Hiroyuki
Cast
Suzuki Takuji, Yamada Kinuo
Director
Shinozaki Makoto
Country of production
Japan
Year
2014
Festival Edition
IFFR 2016
Length
112'
Medium
HDcam
Language
Japanese
Producer
Ichiyama Shozo
Production Company
Office Kitano Inc
Sales
Office Kitano Inc
Screenplay
Shinozaki Makoto, Sakai Zenzo
Cinematography
Akiyama Yuki
Editor
Izumi Yoko
Sound Design
Dodo Yasuyuki
Music
Nagashima Hiroyuki
Cast
Suzuki Takuji, Yamada Kinuo