The Voice of Water

The Voice of Water
  • Saturday, June 6, 17:15 Mousonturm Saal
  • 水の声を聞く
    Mizu no koe o kiku
  • Japan 2014, HDcam, 129 min, Japanese with English subtitles, FSK 16
  • Director & Script: Masashi YAMAMOTO
  • Production: Cinema Impact
  • Camera: Futa TAKAGI
  • Music: Dr. Tommy
  • World sales: Cinema Impact
  • Cast: Hyunri, Shuri, Natsuko NAKAMURA, Akio KAMATAKI
  • In the presence of the director

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When the world around you turns crazy, it’s hard to keep a cool mind. That’s the problem Minjung, a young Korean­Japanese woman, faces when she starts to play the oracle for the “Church of God’s Water”. It doesn’t exactly help that her father is hunted by yakuza loan sharks. A strong performance by his leading actress is the cornerstone for YAMAMOTO’s biting satire.

Director Bio
Masashi YAMAMOTO, born in Oita Prefecture in 1956, started his 8mm film career after dropping out of university. His feature film debut, CARNIVAL IN THE NIGHT, was screened at Berlinale Forum in 1983. The follow­up ROBINSON’S GARDEN also was an international success and brought him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award in 1987. With his “Cinema Impact” workshop, founded in 2012, YAMAMOTO has also been active as a producer.

Filmography (selection)
1982 Carnival in the Night (Yami no carnival); 1987 Robinson’s Garden (Robinson no niwa); 1990 What’s Up Connection (Tenamonya Connection); 1996 Atlanta Boogie; 1997 Junk Food; 2006 Man and Woman and Wall (Kikareta onna); 2011 Three Points


Kindly supported by Japan Foundation Tokyo and the Consulate General of Japan in Frankfurt am Main

 

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