Seven Weeks 野のなななのか
2016/10/28
| FILMS 2016 | VENUE | BOOKING | CONTACT |
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| (c)Ashibetsu movie production Committee, PSC |
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2014 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival | Closing Film |
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2014 Casa Asia Film Week | Public Award |
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2014 TAMA Film Forum | Best Film |
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2015 Takasaki Film Festival | Best Film |
SYNOPSIS
(c)Ashibetsu movie production Committee, PSC
(c)Ashibetsu movie production Committee, PSC
One of the great directors of Japanese cinema, Nobuhiko Obayashi’s most recent film is a grand compilation of his career.
Ostensibly about a family mourning the death of their 92-year-old patriarch, it spans the local (set in Ashibetsu, a small northern town whose residents helped fund it) and the global (referencing the history of Japan’s colonization of Sakhalin Island, now part of Russia), and explores themes of lost love, memory, war and art. Ruthlessly fragmenting scenes and setting a furious pace with one experimental technique following another, Seven Weeks breaks down the barriers between past and present, reality and illusion, and even self and other, all in order to create an emotionally profound experience of loss and hope.
Relatives gather from afar in wintery Ashibetsu upon the death of patriarch Mitsuo (Shinagawa Toru). A mysterious woman named Nobuko (Tokiwa Takako) suddenly shows up. Her appearance gradually exposes wartime secrets and Mitsuo's unknown past.
Ostensibly about a family mourning the death of their 92-year-old patriarch, it spans the local (set in Ashibetsu, a small northern town whose residents helped fund it) and the global (referencing the history of Japan’s colonization of Sakhalin Island, now part of Russia), and explores themes of lost love, memory, war and art. Ruthlessly fragmenting scenes and setting a furious pace with one experimental technique following another, Seven Weeks breaks down the barriers between past and present, reality and illusion, and even self and other, all in order to create an emotionally profound experience of loss and hope.
Relatives gather from afar in wintery Ashibetsu upon the death of patriarch Mitsuo (Shinagawa Toru). A mysterious woman named Nobuko (Tokiwa Takako) suddenly shows up. Her appearance gradually exposes wartime secrets and Mitsuo's unknown past.
FILM DATA
| Year | 2014 |
| Duration | 171 min |
| Language | Japanese with English Subtitles |
| Genre | Drama / Mystery |
| Director | Nobuhiko Obayashi |
| Cast | Toru Shinagawa, Takako Tokiwa, Takehiro Murata, Yumi Adachi |
| Classification |  Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over |
SESSION TIME
Thursday 1 December 18:30
