A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

  • 180'
  • Japan
  • 2016

Nanami is an introverted teacher with a sweet voice. On her blog, she writes under a pseudonym about how she met Tetsuya in her hometown of Tokyo with one mouse click. Later she will marry and then divorce him. While setting the table in preparation for the wedding, it becomes obvious that Nanami has a small family. Ashamed, she hires the actor Yukimasu and his colleagues to fill the empty chairs during the ceremony.
Later these scenes are repeated, but then with Nanami herself acting the part of a relative. After this, the question keeps returning: are the people in Nanami’s life (only) playing a role? This is a metaphor for today’s Japan, where on the internet you can temporarily assume a more exuberant role. In this moving mystery story with surprising turns, Nanami ends up in the role of a maid servant in the house of the actress Mashiro, with whom she builds a special bond in their joint battle against loneliness.

  • 180'
  • Japan
  • 2016
Director
Iwai Shunji
Premiere
European premiere
Country of production
Japan
Year
2016
Festival Edition
IFFR 2017
Length
180'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Rip Van Winkle no hanayome
Language
Japanese
Producers
Miyagawa Tomoyuki / Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp., Mizuno Aki / Rockwell Eyes, Muneyuki Kii / Toei Company, Ltd.
Production Companies
Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp., Rockwell Eyes, Toei Company, Ltd.
Sales
Toei Company, Ltd.
Screenplay
Iwai Shunji
Cinematography
Kanbe Chigi
Editor
Iwai Shunji
Production Design
Heya Kyoko
Sound Design
Shintani Hiromi
Music
Kuwabara Mako
Cast
Kuroki Haru, Ayano Go, Cocco, Jibiki Go, Hara Hideko, Wada Soko, Mariya Tomoko
Website
http://rvw-bride.com/
Director
Iwai Shunji
Premiere
European premiere
Country of production
Japan
Year
2016
Festival Edition
IFFR 2017
Length
180'
Medium
DCP
Original title
Rip Van Winkle no hanayome
Language
Japanese
Producers
Miyagawa Tomoyuki / Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp., Mizuno Aki / Rockwell Eyes, Muneyuki Kii / Toei Company, Ltd.
Production Companies
Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corp., Rockwell Eyes, Toei Company, Ltd.
Sales
Toei Company, Ltd.
Screenplay
Iwai Shunji
Cinematography
Kanbe Chigi
Editor
Iwai Shunji
Production Design
Heya Kyoko
Sound Design
Shintani Hiromi
Music
Kuwabara Mako
Cast
Kuroki Haru, Ayano Go, Cocco, Jibiki Go, Hara Hideko, Wada Soko, Mariya Tomoko
Website
http://rvw-bride.com/