DEJIMA Japanese Film Festival

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• Films 2006
• Waiting for the Flood

Waiting for the Flood (Teibo wa kozui wo matteiru)
『堤防は洪水を待っている』

director: YAMADA Masafumi
監督： 山田雅史
cast: HATTORI Mahiro & IWAI Taro
主演：服部まひろ、岩井太郎、信国輝彦
2005 | video | 1:1.33 | 50 minutes
Ranchi (『ランチ』1996, 3 minutes)
River of Hair (Kami no ke no kawa:『髪の毛の河』, 1998, 20 minutes)

Outrageously bizarre and alienating. YAMADA Masafumi's second feature, like his debut Tsuburo, will arouse an extreme response. The industrial backdrop, in which hissing pneumatic machinery and buzzing power cables call the shots, becomes a protagonist in its own right. Meanwhile, a husband and wife attempt to draw closer to one another, but how can they succeed if colleagues who blow a fuse identify with their environment? Preceded by two YAMADA shorts: the origins of his singular universe.

Trailer
Website: Cosmic CollectionWorks

Screening schedule:

4 November: 15:00 (Amsterdam)