Dreamy Fifteen

- Friday, June 6, 18:00, Cinema in the German Film Museum
(Tickets only available at the German Film Museum) - 翔んだカップル
Tonda kappuru - Japan 1980, 16mm, 106 min, Japanese with English subtitles
- Director: Shinji SOMAI
- Script: Shoichi MARUYAMA nach einem Manga von Kimio YANAGISAWA
- Camera: Nobumasa MIZUNOO
- Music: Izumi KOBAYASHI
- World sales: Toho
- Copy: Japan Foundation
- Cast: Shingo TSURUMI, Hiroko YAKUSHIMARU, Mieko HARADA, Hiroshi MADOKA
- German premiere
Due to an error of the real estate office, 10th-graders Yusuke and Kei unintentionally find themselves as housemates in Yosuke’s uncle’s house while he is away – a fact that the two have to hide in order not to get expulsed from school. After accepting the situation as a necessary inconvenience, they soon become secret comrades and even discover first love. Based on a manga, SOMAI’s first feature film already shows the typical handwriting of his future filmmaking – very long takes in which the actors can give their best.
In cooperation with the Japan Foundation Tokyo and the Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne