A Summer Family

  • 78'
  • Japan
  • 2010
The Japanese dancer Kamimura has lived for years with two women in the south of Normandy. Early in the summer, during a dance festival, his wife Akiko and his young daughter Mayu arrive from Tokyo. Yozuku, one of the other women, leaves for New York. Kamimura spends the summer with his family, and as autumn approaches and Yozuku returns, mother and daughter prepare to return to Japan.
The women get along without any trouble. Only it's strange that the daughter Mayu can be heard all the time, but never appears on screen. And does it just seem so, or is Akiko’s behaviour sometimes very inappropriate? In a mix of dance, theatre and film, director Iwana, who himself also lives in Normandy, creates a fairytale life in a commune where everything works out the way the protagonists would like to see it. Or is there something else going on? The film's website warns about ‘5 minutes of “pornographic" material'.


  • 78'
  • Japan
  • 2010
Director
Iwana Masaki
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Japan
Year
2010
Festival Edition
IFFR 2010
Length
78'
Medium
HDcam
Original title
Natsu no kazoku
Language
Japanese
Producer
Iwana Masaki
Production Company
La Maison du Butoh Blanc
Sales
La Maison du Butoh Blanc
Screenplay
Iwana Masaki
Cinematography
Iseki Hokuto
Editor
Iseki Hokuto
Music
Hiraishi Hirokazu
Cast
Wakamatsu Moeno, Iwana Masaki
Website
http://www.iwanabutoh.com/sf.php
Director
Iwana Masaki
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Japan
Year
2010
Festival Edition
IFFR 2010
Length
78'
Medium
HDcam
Original title
Natsu no kazoku
Language
Japanese
Producer
Iwana Masaki
Production Company
La Maison du Butoh Blanc
Sales
La Maison du Butoh Blanc
Screenplay
Iwana Masaki
Cinematography
Iseki Hokuto
Editor
Iseki Hokuto
Music
Hiraishi Hirokazu
Cast
Wakamatsu Moeno, Iwana Masaki
Website
http://www.iwanabutoh.com/sf.php